Professor: Atkins Diet Made America 'A Much Fatter Society'
These anti-Atkins people who have a platform for spreading their message to the masses just keep on hurling their insults at livin' la vida low-carb without any regard for the reality that low-carb living is helping so many people overcome weight and health problems they have suffered with for their entire lives.
I previously blogged about exercise physiology professor, syndicated health columnist, and radio show host named Dr. Bryant Stamford in July 2005 when he openly scorned the Atkins diet because it allegedly encouraged people to start "snacking on cheese wrapped in bacon [which] is clearly not healthy."
When I sent him a link to my blog post and asked him for a response to my challenge of his negative reaction to the Atkins diet, he replied, "I'm delighted. Thanks for letting me know." Can you say one fry short of a Happy Meal? :D
Nevertheless, Mr. "Body Shop" columnist is back again with yet another column in the Louisville, KY-based Courier-Journal sharing his negative opinions about the Atkins diet.
Dr. Stamford, who has since left the University of Louisville and now serves as professor and chairman of the department of exercise science at Hanover College, says he used to get a lot of e-mails from people who "had shunned my stupid cardboard and bean sprout approach to eating in favor of slabs of red meat and cheese wrapped in bacon."
"Boy, I sure was missing the boat by clinging to my outdated beliefs," Dr. Stamford sarcastically wrote. "Things really heated up when I offered my opinion of the Atkins diet, particularly my prediction that even though tens of millions of books had been sold, eventually the Atkins diet would go the way of the Edsel."
You are STILL behind the times, Dr. Stamford. Whether you realize it or not, your cherished low-fat diet approach to health has been proven to be a fraud with scientific evidence backing it up. What scientific evidence do you have to challenge my low-carb lifestyle? Say again, what was that? Oh, did you say you don't have any? Hmmm...as someone with as much experience and knowledge about health, I would think you would at least want to back up some of your strong accusastions against the Atkins diet with a little proof. But I guess that's not very important, is it?!
Dr. Stamford continued: "So, how are things going? Atkins fever has waned, and this spurious diet is gasping for breath."
The only thing "gasping for breath" are those millions of overweight and obese people who have to put up with such closed-minded pinheads like yourself because you refuse to even give credit where credit is due regarding how the Atkins/low-carb way of eating has helped so many people lose weight and get healthy.
Dr. Stamford, YOU are part of the problem with obesity in America right now whether you even know it or not. By ignorantly chastising the low-carb lifestyle to those who have put their trust in your opinions regarding health, you have effectively shut the door in the faces of so many who would otherwise benefit from beginning a low-carb program.
However, rather than recognizing low-carb as another excellent nutritional approach for overweight and obese people to use to improve their health, Dr. Stamford said it looks like the American people have finally realized they have been "hoodwinked."
Dr. Stamford recounts the story of a "middle-age friend" who started what he believed was the Atkins diet which had him "head straight for the trough."
"He embraced the Atkins plan as an excuse to eat all the fat he wanted. He initially bought into the very low-carb angle. But, soon, he was tired of eating all that fat without some carbs for variety. A huge steak without a baked potato just wasn't the same. So, he began moving carbs back into his diet."
I wonder if this "friend" of Dr. Stamford ever even cracked open Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution. Whenever someone tells you they went on the Atkins diet, it's a good idea to ask them what they think about the interesting concepts shared in Chapter 15. If they give you a puzzled look, then it's a good bet they never read the book.
I would venture to guess Dr. Stamford's "friend" never read the book either! If he had, then he would NOT just eat a bunch of fatty foods all the time, but instead he would be enjoying the excellent selection of fruits and vegetables to complement his low-carb lifestyle. If you eat "a huge steak" all the time, then obviously that would get boring.
That must have been what happened to Dr. Stamford's "friend." He must have decided to rebel against the Atkins diet by going back to "his old carbs" again, including eating sugar, processed foods and white flour.
"Eventually, his Atkins plan morphed into a good old-fashioned high-fat, high-sugar, high-calorie diet. He backslid quickly, gaining more weight than he had lost and raising his blood pressure and serum cholesterol. In short, he became another Atkins casualty."
Um, excuse me Dr. Stamford, but how can you pin your friend's weight loss and health failure on the Atkins diet? Once he stopped following the plan, the onus of responsibility was no longer on Dr. Atkins or low-carb living, but rather on your "friend." If he was eating a "high-fat, high-sugar (high-carb), high-calorie diet," then that is NOT the Atkins diet.
Of course he gained the weight back and saw a negative effect on his health. DUH! That would happen to ANYONE who gave up on their diet, whether it was low-carb, low-fat, or whatever. Describing this sequence of events as "another Atkins casualty" is a gross misrepresentation of what livin' la vida low-carb is truly about and you should be ashamed of yourself for casting a dark cloud on the Atkins diet because of your jaded point of view, Dr. Stamford!
Had your "friend" decided beforehand that he was committed to doing the low-carb lifestyle, educated himself about what this way of eating is all about, implemented the eating plan into his life, and vowed to never stop doing it for the rest of his life, then I would venture to say that his health and weight would be in FANTASTIC shape today.
But what your "friend" did was GIVE UP on his Atkins diet and at that point all bets were off. He was a quitter, plain and simple. He must not have been serious enough about wanting to get his weight under control the low-carb way or he would have stuck with it no matter what. No excuses are good enough to explain his utter and dismal failure.
I know you don't want to hear all of this, Dr. Stamford, but you cannot keep pointing the finger of blame at the Atkins diet.
Interestingly, though, Dr. Stamford confessed that his "friend didn't follow the precise Atkins guidelines."
Shazam, what a freakin' surprise!
He added: "But then, that's not what was promoted in the popular press, and it's not what made the Atkins diet popular."
Say what? Again, how can you place the responsibility for the people who started and failed on the "popular press" version of the Atkins diet on the creators of the Atkins diet itself? The book has been out there for three decades for anyone and everyone to read what it was all about (and it's still on the shelves of bookstores and drug stores in 2006, by the way!).
Dr. Atkins never asked for the "low-carb craze" to happen like it did a few years ago, but it did happen because the media was completely enamored by what they perceived was a bacon, eggs, and cheese diet. While the hoopla over this was certainly sensationalized by journalists who brought more attention to the Atkins way of eating, it all came down to bringing awareness to a different, yet effective nutritional approach than had ever been offered before.
Those who educated themselves about it saw and have continued to see great success because they understand the how and why of low-carb living. Those who didn't, well, they failed. That's exactly what happened to Dr. Stamford's "friend."
"My friend never read the book, never investigated the details of what he was supposed to do," he revealed.
Why is anyone surprised that he failed then? I'm certainly not surprised nor should anyone with half a brain. If you don't read the book, how are you ever supposed to know what the Atkins diet is about?
Even still, Dr. Stamford said the business of the Atkins diet prevented people like Dr. Atkins and other low-carb supporters from speaking out against the headlines and opposing the media frenzy regarding their diet plan.
"After all, selling diet books is a business, and you don't mess with millions of sales predicated on the idea of eating gobs of fat without penalty," he explained.
This doesn't make sense at all, Dr. Stamford. How did Dr. Atkins or anyone associated with the Atkins diet gain one red cent from those people who chose to do the Atkins diet on their own as you claim so many did? In other words, if all those people who were out there "eating gobs of fat without penalty" never bought the Atkins books, then how in the world did the Atkins people profit from this? The answer is they didn't profit from THOSE people.
Who they did profit from were intelligent, knowledge-hungry people (like me!) who wanted to learn more about what the Atkins diet was about, why it worked, and exactly what needed to be done to make it a permanent lifestyle change. That's how I was able to lose 180 pounds from my body forever going from a lazy, morbidly obese 410-pound man into an energetic, happy and healthy 230-pounder today!
Dr. Stamford believes America is "a much fatter society today than we were the day the Atkins plan came crashing onto the scene."
Again, why is the obesity epidemic the fault of the Atkins diet? The American public has never been given all the facts about healthy low-carb living and, thus, cannot be expected to know much about it apart from what they hear from the government, health leaders and the media. Oh, but they HAVE heard a lot about the low-fat/low-calorie/portion control diet since that message has been hammered and shoved down our throats for over thirty years! Where has that gotten us, Dr. Stamford?! Hmmm? Fatter and fatter and fatter and....
I just about fell out of my chair while typing this blog post when Dr. Stamford accurately proclaimed that "many of the health warnings tied to the Atkins approach and advanced by medical experts have not come to pass."
No kidding! That just goes to show you and others like you Dr. Stamford, that you should withhold judgment about something you don't know enough about until you can get all of your facts in order. All these doomsday reports that the so-called health "experts" and media personalities like yourself keep saying about the Atkins diet are just your opinions and not based on any evidential research. Shame on you for lashing out at Atkins the way you have.
Regardless, Dr. Stamford still insists on slamming the Atkins diet at every chance he can get.
"The Atkins diet was too good to be true. It simply couldn't last."
It's lasting pretty well for me and millions of others who are livin' la vida low-carb, Dr. Stamford. In fact, would you like to hear from a few of them? I'm sure they'd be happy to send you some e-mails this week sharing their amazing weight loss experiences and how low-carb has changed their lives forever for the better!
Finally, Dr. Stamford had a special message to share for everyone who is still livin' la vida low-carb in 2006.
"Without exception, everyone I know who at one time embraced the high-fat [Atkins/low-carb] plan has moved back to a more balanced diet. Call it what you like, as long as you no longer pursue the high-fat fantasy that can be so devastating to your health."
What an absolutely idiotic alarmist this Dr. Stamford is! Fat is NOT the great enemy and there's so much more to the Atkins diet than just eating fat. I suppose people like Dr. Stamford thing we low-carbers go around gnawing on a stick of butter all day long. Sheeez! Get real!
What a joke this Dr. Stamford is and you should let him know what you think about his baseless attacks against the Atkins diet are. Send him an e-mail at stamford@hanover.edu. Let's see if he has anything more brilliant to say this time other than "I'm delighted. Thanks for letting me know." Please forward any comments you get back from him.
5-15-06 UPDATE: Well, I did hear back from Dr. Stamford today with a few more comments this time around.
Hi Jimmy...
Congratulations on your success. It's natural to take personally the things I have written about the Atkins diet, because it has become such an integral part of your life. But in fairness, for the tens of millions who never followed through as you have and morphed the diet into an actual healthy eating plan, they have perhaps lost weight as always occurs on a crash diet of any type, but there is lots of proof that the ultimate outcome for such folks is a high fat, high sugar diet, gaining back all they lost plus some more, and a worse health profile.
Is it the fault of Dr. Atkins that the public grabbed one small aspect of his diet plan and ran with it? Yes, I believe it is, because this one small aspect is what sold 25 million books...and it is what the media pushed, and what the Atkins group emphasized... not in the core of their books, but few folks actually ventured there as you apparently have done.
At any rate, the proof is in the pudding. If Atkins worked for the masses it would still be as popular as ever and growing, because when something works it is sustained and shared. The fact that Atkins is disappearing tells the story.
Take care... Bryant
At least he responded with his thesis: Atkins failed because it has stopped being as popular as it once was. I don't buy into that theory because I still don't think the public knows enough about what the Atkins diet REALLY is and Dr. Stamford says as much in his response. Then how about pushing for a real education about what low-carb is, Dr. Stamford? In the sense of fairness regarding health, that's the RIGHT thing to do, don't you think? I'm still not buying his thesis at all.
7-12-06: Dr. Stamford idiot and insane comments about how the low-carb lifestyle has contributed to the obesity problem continues in his his latest column where he claims the "Atkins diet was just another fad that couldn't last." Sigh. Then I guess I'm gonna be on that fad diet forever, Dr. Stamford, because it helped me lose 180 pounds and keep it off forever. MORON!
I previously blogged about exercise physiology professor, syndicated health columnist, and radio show host named Dr. Bryant Stamford in July 2005 when he openly scorned the Atkins diet because it allegedly encouraged people to start "snacking on cheese wrapped in bacon [which] is clearly not healthy."
When I sent him a link to my blog post and asked him for a response to my challenge of his negative reaction to the Atkins diet, he replied, "I'm delighted. Thanks for letting me know." Can you say one fry short of a Happy Meal? :D
Nevertheless, Mr. "Body Shop" columnist is back again with yet another column in the Louisville, KY-based Courier-Journal sharing his negative opinions about the Atkins diet.
Dr. Stamford, who has since left the University of Louisville and now serves as professor and chairman of the department of exercise science at Hanover College, says he used to get a lot of e-mails from people who "had shunned my stupid cardboard and bean sprout approach to eating in favor of slabs of red meat and cheese wrapped in bacon."
"Boy, I sure was missing the boat by clinging to my outdated beliefs," Dr. Stamford sarcastically wrote. "Things really heated up when I offered my opinion of the Atkins diet, particularly my prediction that even though tens of millions of books had been sold, eventually the Atkins diet would go the way of the Edsel."
You are STILL behind the times, Dr. Stamford. Whether you realize it or not, your cherished low-fat diet approach to health has been proven to be a fraud with scientific evidence backing it up. What scientific evidence do you have to challenge my low-carb lifestyle? Say again, what was that? Oh, did you say you don't have any? Hmmm...as someone with as much experience and knowledge about health, I would think you would at least want to back up some of your strong accusastions against the Atkins diet with a little proof. But I guess that's not very important, is it?!
Dr. Stamford continued: "So, how are things going? Atkins fever has waned, and this spurious diet is gasping for breath."
The only thing "gasping for breath" are those millions of overweight and obese people who have to put up with such closed-minded pinheads like yourself because you refuse to even give credit where credit is due regarding how the Atkins/low-carb way of eating has helped so many people lose weight and get healthy.
Dr. Stamford, YOU are part of the problem with obesity in America right now whether you even know it or not. By ignorantly chastising the low-carb lifestyle to those who have put their trust in your opinions regarding health, you have effectively shut the door in the faces of so many who would otherwise benefit from beginning a low-carb program.
However, rather than recognizing low-carb as another excellent nutritional approach for overweight and obese people to use to improve their health, Dr. Stamford said it looks like the American people have finally realized they have been "hoodwinked."
Dr. Stamford recounts the story of a "middle-age friend" who started what he believed was the Atkins diet which had him "head straight for the trough."
"He embraced the Atkins plan as an excuse to eat all the fat he wanted. He initially bought into the very low-carb angle. But, soon, he was tired of eating all that fat without some carbs for variety. A huge steak without a baked potato just wasn't the same. So, he began moving carbs back into his diet."
I wonder if this "friend" of Dr. Stamford ever even cracked open Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution. Whenever someone tells you they went on the Atkins diet, it's a good idea to ask them what they think about the interesting concepts shared in Chapter 15. If they give you a puzzled look, then it's a good bet they never read the book.
I would venture to guess Dr. Stamford's "friend" never read the book either! If he had, then he would NOT just eat a bunch of fatty foods all the time, but instead he would be enjoying the excellent selection of fruits and vegetables to complement his low-carb lifestyle. If you eat "a huge steak" all the time, then obviously that would get boring.
That must have been what happened to Dr. Stamford's "friend." He must have decided to rebel against the Atkins diet by going back to "his old carbs" again, including eating sugar, processed foods and white flour.
"Eventually, his Atkins plan morphed into a good old-fashioned high-fat, high-sugar, high-calorie diet. He backslid quickly, gaining more weight than he had lost and raising his blood pressure and serum cholesterol. In short, he became another Atkins casualty."
Um, excuse me Dr. Stamford, but how can you pin your friend's weight loss and health failure on the Atkins diet? Once he stopped following the plan, the onus of responsibility was no longer on Dr. Atkins or low-carb living, but rather on your "friend." If he was eating a "high-fat, high-sugar (high-carb), high-calorie diet," then that is NOT the Atkins diet.
Of course he gained the weight back and saw a negative effect on his health. DUH! That would happen to ANYONE who gave up on their diet, whether it was low-carb, low-fat, or whatever. Describing this sequence of events as "another Atkins casualty" is a gross misrepresentation of what livin' la vida low-carb is truly about and you should be ashamed of yourself for casting a dark cloud on the Atkins diet because of your jaded point of view, Dr. Stamford!
Had your "friend" decided beforehand that he was committed to doing the low-carb lifestyle, educated himself about what this way of eating is all about, implemented the eating plan into his life, and vowed to never stop doing it for the rest of his life, then I would venture to say that his health and weight would be in FANTASTIC shape today.
But what your "friend" did was GIVE UP on his Atkins diet and at that point all bets were off. He was a quitter, plain and simple. He must not have been serious enough about wanting to get his weight under control the low-carb way or he would have stuck with it no matter what. No excuses are good enough to explain his utter and dismal failure.
I know you don't want to hear all of this, Dr. Stamford, but you cannot keep pointing the finger of blame at the Atkins diet.
Interestingly, though, Dr. Stamford confessed that his "friend didn't follow the precise Atkins guidelines."
Shazam, what a freakin' surprise!
He added: "But then, that's not what was promoted in the popular press, and it's not what made the Atkins diet popular."
Say what? Again, how can you place the responsibility for the people who started and failed on the "popular press" version of the Atkins diet on the creators of the Atkins diet itself? The book has been out there for three decades for anyone and everyone to read what it was all about (and it's still on the shelves of bookstores and drug stores in 2006, by the way!).
Dr. Atkins never asked for the "low-carb craze" to happen like it did a few years ago, but it did happen because the media was completely enamored by what they perceived was a bacon, eggs, and cheese diet. While the hoopla over this was certainly sensationalized by journalists who brought more attention to the Atkins way of eating, it all came down to bringing awareness to a different, yet effective nutritional approach than had ever been offered before.
Those who educated themselves about it saw and have continued to see great success because they understand the how and why of low-carb living. Those who didn't, well, they failed. That's exactly what happened to Dr. Stamford's "friend."
"My friend never read the book, never investigated the details of what he was supposed to do," he revealed.
Why is anyone surprised that he failed then? I'm certainly not surprised nor should anyone with half a brain. If you don't read the book, how are you ever supposed to know what the Atkins diet is about?
Even still, Dr. Stamford said the business of the Atkins diet prevented people like Dr. Atkins and other low-carb supporters from speaking out against the headlines and opposing the media frenzy regarding their diet plan.
"After all, selling diet books is a business, and you don't mess with millions of sales predicated on the idea of eating gobs of fat without penalty," he explained.
This doesn't make sense at all, Dr. Stamford. How did Dr. Atkins or anyone associated with the Atkins diet gain one red cent from those people who chose to do the Atkins diet on their own as you claim so many did? In other words, if all those people who were out there "eating gobs of fat without penalty" never bought the Atkins books, then how in the world did the Atkins people profit from this? The answer is they didn't profit from THOSE people.
Who they did profit from were intelligent, knowledge-hungry people (like me!) who wanted to learn more about what the Atkins diet was about, why it worked, and exactly what needed to be done to make it a permanent lifestyle change. That's how I was able to lose 180 pounds from my body forever going from a lazy, morbidly obese 410-pound man into an energetic, happy and healthy 230-pounder today!
Dr. Stamford believes America is "a much fatter society today than we were the day the Atkins plan came crashing onto the scene."
Again, why is the obesity epidemic the fault of the Atkins diet? The American public has never been given all the facts about healthy low-carb living and, thus, cannot be expected to know much about it apart from what they hear from the government, health leaders and the media. Oh, but they HAVE heard a lot about the low-fat/low-calorie/portion control diet since that message has been hammered and shoved down our throats for over thirty years! Where has that gotten us, Dr. Stamford?! Hmmm? Fatter and fatter and fatter and....
I just about fell out of my chair while typing this blog post when Dr. Stamford accurately proclaimed that "many of the health warnings tied to the Atkins approach and advanced by medical experts have not come to pass."
No kidding! That just goes to show you and others like you Dr. Stamford, that you should withhold judgment about something you don't know enough about until you can get all of your facts in order. All these doomsday reports that the so-called health "experts" and media personalities like yourself keep saying about the Atkins diet are just your opinions and not based on any evidential research. Shame on you for lashing out at Atkins the way you have.
Regardless, Dr. Stamford still insists on slamming the Atkins diet at every chance he can get.
"The Atkins diet was too good to be true. It simply couldn't last."
It's lasting pretty well for me and millions of others who are livin' la vida low-carb, Dr. Stamford. In fact, would you like to hear from a few of them? I'm sure they'd be happy to send you some e-mails this week sharing their amazing weight loss experiences and how low-carb has changed their lives forever for the better!
Finally, Dr. Stamford had a special message to share for everyone who is still livin' la vida low-carb in 2006.
"Without exception, everyone I know who at one time embraced the high-fat [Atkins/low-carb] plan has moved back to a more balanced diet. Call it what you like, as long as you no longer pursue the high-fat fantasy that can be so devastating to your health."
What an absolutely idiotic alarmist this Dr. Stamford is! Fat is NOT the great enemy and there's so much more to the Atkins diet than just eating fat. I suppose people like Dr. Stamford thing we low-carbers go around gnawing on a stick of butter all day long. Sheeez! Get real!
What a joke this Dr. Stamford is and you should let him know what you think about his baseless attacks against the Atkins diet are. Send him an e-mail at stamford@hanover.edu. Let's see if he has anything more brilliant to say this time other than "I'm delighted. Thanks for letting me know." Please forward any comments you get back from him.
5-15-06 UPDATE: Well, I did hear back from Dr. Stamford today with a few more comments this time around.
Hi Jimmy...
Congratulations on your success. It's natural to take personally the things I have written about the Atkins diet, because it has become such an integral part of your life. But in fairness, for the tens of millions who never followed through as you have and morphed the diet into an actual healthy eating plan, they have perhaps lost weight as always occurs on a crash diet of any type, but there is lots of proof that the ultimate outcome for such folks is a high fat, high sugar diet, gaining back all they lost plus some more, and a worse health profile.
Is it the fault of Dr. Atkins that the public grabbed one small aspect of his diet plan and ran with it? Yes, I believe it is, because this one small aspect is what sold 25 million books...and it is what the media pushed, and what the Atkins group emphasized... not in the core of their books, but few folks actually ventured there as you apparently have done.
At any rate, the proof is in the pudding. If Atkins worked for the masses it would still be as popular as ever and growing, because when something works it is sustained and shared. The fact that Atkins is disappearing tells the story.
Take care... Bryant
At least he responded with his thesis: Atkins failed because it has stopped being as popular as it once was. I don't buy into that theory because I still don't think the public knows enough about what the Atkins diet REALLY is and Dr. Stamford says as much in his response. Then how about pushing for a real education about what low-carb is, Dr. Stamford? In the sense of fairness regarding health, that's the RIGHT thing to do, don't you think? I'm still not buying his thesis at all.
7-12-06: Dr. Stamford idiot and insane comments about how the low-carb lifestyle has contributed to the obesity problem continues in his his latest column where he claims the "Atkins diet was just another fad that couldn't last." Sigh. Then I guess I'm gonna be on that fad diet forever, Dr. Stamford, because it helped me lose 180 pounds and keep it off forever. MORON!
posted by Jimmy Moore at
5/14/2006 04:17:00 PM
9 Comments:
Lisa,
Excellent letter! You should post that on your blog.
... And what about those who "fail" at low fat/low calorie diets? Is it the diet's fault?
No, they wouldn't think that, would they? In that case, it would be the fault of the person for giving up on the diet, or perhaps for not exercising enough willpower.
If Dr. Stamford's friends have gone back to a 'balanced' diet after their 'psuedo atkins', and have found unbridled health and weight loss success - then that is great.
But I don't think that happenned now did it!
I can see fully that it's a 'mentality' that this guy has. It has nothing to do with how intelligent his brain can be (he is probably very itelligent), he is thinking with the blinders on and he is guided by his beliefs!
Unfortunately for the world these guys are in power and influence and they have the most influence over what people eat.
Don't we have an obesity epidemic?
Is this guy trying to shift his portion of the blame ?
Professor Dr. Stamford needs to go back to medical school, at least to ask his money back. The only thing he proves with his moronic statements is that his degrees have not protected him from Alzheimer's.
The more idiots like this are exposed for what they are, thanks to Jimmy, the more clear it becomes that even highly credentialed so-called "authorities" can be very, very wrong and highly biased too.
You confounded the wise with the simplicity of livin' la vida low-carb, Lisa! This guy is smokin' crack if he actually believes this garbage he is spouting. I'm proud of you for sharing your story and encourage others to follow in her footsteps by sending your own story of low-carb success to Dr. Stamford!
>Is it the fault of Dr. Atkins that the public grabbed one small aspect of his diet plan and ran with it? Yes, I believe it is, because this one small aspect is what sold 25 million books...and it is what the media pushed, and what the Atkins group emphasized...<
No, it's the media's fault for picking only the sensational and running with it.
And what "Atkins group" emphasized meat, cheese, and eggs? I never saw any of that. And in the TV commertials (when they aired), veggies were prominant (I remember one with swiss chard), not meat, cheese, and eggs.
But hey, blame the messanger if you personally dislike them, eh?
I can understand what he is saying, but I think he is a little confused.
He should focus less on his distain for the Low Carb craze, where people weren't following the proper Atkins diet, and focus on the underlying low carb philosophy.
Stupid people who went on their own version of Atkins, who called it atkins, who said they 'tried atkins', they have a lot to answer for all the trouble us real Atkins dieters face today!
THANKS for adding to the discussion, Dr. Carroll.
Where did he find the "fact" that Atkins is disappearing is another story. I want to know where he digged up that one.
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