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Silly. It’s not Atkins; that’s passe. It’s now “Keto.”

Getcher propaganda terms in order. /s

Here’s the deal: I did Atkins when I was most ignorant and, for a time, it worked for me. Like most everyone out there, no ‘diet’ is panacea for all. MOTUS makes some very good points, points which I elaborate at-length in my book due to the fact that it’s a little more complicated than his hit-n-run post.

If you’re still doing Atkins after 20 years, I can only presume a couple of things: 1. It’s working for you and 2. You’ve probably modified things a bit for what works best for you & you alone.

No ‘diet’ will cure everyone’s problems. “Keto” included.

But the takeaway from MOTUS should be a very Conservative reaction:

Question EVERYTHING the government says, especially when special interests are driving things. It will take generations for the damage wrought over the past 70 years to be reversed...if action began TODAY.

But the problem governs not government action. Nor the medical community. It governs personal responsibility. I fault everyone suffering from this so-called “opioid epidemic” for their own poor choices. That includes not asking “why” they have the pain in the first place. Who the hell actually trusts their doctor implicitly? That’s as crazy as “settled science.”

Sadly, I doubt I will live to see a medical name applied to the condition from which I recovered and which I believe afflicts 2/3 of the country, as this “climate change” debate is a red flag for the state of science...applicable to all areas, not just health.