[thechat] Atkins diet - news out today

[Martin Burns]

On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Hugh Blair wrote:

> I'm not taking sides - just passing on new information:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2t7b
>
> "But now, some of the same researchers who long scoffed
> at the diet are putting it to the test, and they say the
> results astonish them. Rather than making cholesterol soar,
> as they feared, the diet actually appears to improve it,
> and volunteers take off more weight."
>
> But read it all. There's mixed messages as usual.

Not sure there is, beyond "more work needed to confirm", although given
that before this and the other 2 studies cited (all of which have the same
results), the medical establishment hasn't really done *any* work on the
diet, and has therefore been condemning it out of hand.

Interestingly, the feeling of the drug companies is that cholesterol
levels (not sure which type of cholesterol but presumably LDL) aren't
really significantly impacted by diet.

Cheers
Martin

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