The low-fat "diet heart hypothesis" has been controversial for nearly 100 years. The low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet, promulgated vigorously by the National Cholesterol Education Program, National Institutes of Health, and American Heart Association since the Lipid Research Clinics-Primary Prevention Program in 1984, and earlier by the U.S. Department of Agriculture food pyramid, may well have played an unintended role in the current epidemics of obesity, lipid abnormalities, type II diabetes, and metabolic syndromes. This diet can no longer be defended by appeal to the authority of prestigious medical organizations or by rejecting clinical experience and a growing medical literature suggesting that the much-maligned low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet may have a salutary effect on the epidemics in question.
(J Am Coll Cardiol 2004;43:731-3) © 2004 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation

The full article is available here: http://www.lowcarbportal.com/docume...ebyWeinberg.pdf

I found it better to print out, its only 3 pages

Because Dr Weinberg's critique does not 'knock Atkins' I doubt very much whether it will be reported in the press, TV or radio over here in Britain. And probably not in the USA either.

There are certainly vested interests at work to cover up the huge body of evidence supporting a low-carb, high-fat diet. I imagine that, in such a litigious society as the USA, and increasingly here in UK, the nutritionists and dieticians, who really should have a better knowledge of their professed subject, dare not admit that they have been wrong and done so much harm. But the cracks are beginning to show and it only needs a trigger for the s*** to really start hitting the fan. This paper could be that trigger.

http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/vindicated.html

BigLez Soon to be Littlelez

If you have never made a mistake then you've done nothing

Well, I can't get there. The link to the full article isn't working for me.

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I went to the College of Cardiology site and they said I needed to register, so I did. When I finally got to the article, they wanted to sell it to me for $30.00.

*** sigh ***

Maggie
5'1" ~~ Atkins since '98 (160 + lbs)
~ 50 lbs. of "water" gone forever! ~

~~Redhead until further notice! ~~



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Maggie,
I got to it by going to lowcarbportal.com and there is a link to download a .PDF version of the article.

Rave
232/166/130
57yo. 5'2"
Started Atkins 6/1/02

Thanks, Rave!

Just click here and you'll all see the article and a link to download the pdf version on the right hand side of the page.

I was in a big hurry, before and, well... duh!

Maggie
5'1" ~~ Atkins since '98 (160 + lbs)
~ 50 lbs. of "water" gone forever! ~

~~Redhead until further notice! ~~

sorry about that but it was a link from a link. still interesting

BigLez Soon to be Littlelez

If you have never made a mistake then you've done nothing

Absolutely interesting! I'm really pleased to see this article in this widely read and well respected journal.

Thanks much, Lez.

Maggie
5'1" ~~ Atkins since '98 (160 + lbs)
~ 50 lbs. of "water" gone forever! ~

~~Redhead until further notice! ~~