A study came out yesterday showing that an Atkins diet is better for weight loss, cholesterol levels, and blood sugar control. Let’s take a look.
So first, some good points:
It was a 2-year trial, meaning no one can say “well, it works well in the short-term, but…”. I suppose they can still say it [...]
I was sent a link to this article via my Contact Form, so I thought I’d give my thoughts on it: Diet Overkill: 25 Of the Most Ridiculous (and Ineffective) Popular Diets. There are 25 of them, so I’m not going to go through every one, but let’s take a look at what Ms. [...]
Friday, I posted my Letter to Dr. Bryant Stamford regarding his two fallacious articles in my local paper. He responded as follows:
HI, Scott…
thanks so much for the detailed note.
there is the misconception that in some way i’m defending simple sugar products — refined sugar.
i’m not. i think, andi believe the research literature will agree, [...]
In my local newspaper yesterday, I caught a glimpse of an article in a section that I typically avoid because it’s typically nonsense, the Health and Fitness section. Had I not read this article, I could’ve saved myself a good deal of time, but that wouldn’t have been nearly as much fun. The [...]
If you didn’t see this report yesterday about that dastardly Atkins Diet and the long-term damage that it will do to your blood vessels, here you go.
The high-fat Atkins diet can cause long-term damage to blood vessels, as well as some of the inflammation linked with heart and artery disease, U.S. researchers reported [...]
I recently wrote an email to Chris Wanjek for his article on Live Science titled “The Atkins Paradox?” A few days ago, I received a response to my email. This is a copy/paste, so all typos are his.
Greg,Thanks for your message. You make many good points. I don’t write the titles. [...]
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I found this lovely article by Chris Wanjek today. As you can imagine, that article made me shake my head in disgust. He is so far off-base, repeating the standard party line that I had to send him the following email:
Chris,
I have to disagree with you regarding your column [...]
I came across this on Jimmy Moore’s site and then again on Regina Wilshire’s site. It appears that the media outlets are determining what gets reported as healthful nutrition advice. Time, Newsweek, JAMA, and others rejected this response to Dr. Dean Ornish’s complaints about the A to Z Study that showed his diet [...]
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