At 12:18 PM -0400 7/5/11, Sandy Rzetelny wrote:
>Hi
>I went to the cardiologist today and asked him about gary taubes book and a
> very low carb high saturated fat diet.He said that was like Atkins, ok for
>short  term dieting but not for the long term, because the fat raises LDL.
>He said  Atkins died of a heart attack, saying he knew someone who
>participated in the  autopsy and confirmed that he had heart issues.
> 
>Any thoughts on that?
>Thanks, Sandy

Yes.  Your doctor does not do an research.

Here are a few sites to read for info from representative sources:

http://www.atkins.com/Library/TruthsandMyths.aspx

http://www.controlcarb.com/ccn-myths.htm

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