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Why the insults? You don't know anything about me. As it turns out over the twenty five years I worked for a big city fire department I can't even tell you how many people I did CPR on who didn't think that their diet and lack of exercise would kill them. So I take this stuff pretty seriously. When my friends tell me that they don't have to worry about the amount of saturated fat in their diet and the ratio between their HDL and total cholesterol, I let them know that one day it may catch up with them regardless of what they want to believe.

Execs at Atkins Nutritional just spent another $20,000,000 promoting frozen high protein meals, food bars, snack food, protein powder, and numerous other products. The ad agencies they have hired have managed to turn these products into one of the most successful brands of processed foods currently available. Much of what they claim about their products is along the lines of what you profess. But how much do you think the ad execs care about your health? I will give you a clue. Their goal is not to give the best available health information; they want to sell you their products.

The article you linked to was based on the opinion of an English cardiologist. My wife and I have a pen pal who lives in England. Her husband had a heart problem... Over here they would have fixed his problem in a week with a stint and medication even with Obamacare. They put him on medication and a waiting list. They had plenty of money... my wife suggested that they come over here or take a “medical vacation” to Thailand. His cardiologist told him he would be just “fine”.

After 18 months of waiting he had a cardiac event and died... So as far as I am concerned, I would not bet my life on the opinion of a cardiologist from Great Britain. You are free to ignore conventional wisdom and the chances are very good that you will survive if you live in this country. My dad did... he still raises beef cattle and loves butter and beef. He wasn't overweight and has always stayed active. He ignored chest pain for weeks because he believed that he was perfectly healthy. He finally had a cardiac event that put him in the hospital. Emergency surgery was performed and he survived.

My dad was lucky he could have been one of the half of men who die suddenly of heart disease and had no previous symptoms. It is the leading cause of death for men in the United States. 1 in 4 male deaths in the United States are currently from heart disease. That is from the CDC... but I suppose you believe that they are corrupt and behind the times as well. Everything that I have stated in this post is up to date and supported by data from the CDC.

http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fs_men_heart.htm

As far as the link you provided in your latest post...

It states early on, “However, anyone who does serious research on the best diet for human health will come to the conclusion that a diet lower in carbohydrates and higher in fat is the healthiest diet.”

That is a BLATANT LIE that is easily disproven. The rest of the article is filled with half truths and faulty logic. In short anyone who believes such nonsense is putting their health at risk if they follow advice from this author. It is not too surprising that the author does not identify himself, his background, or his credentials.

I can’t help but add that Dr. Atkins died on April 17, 2003. He was admitted to the hospital on April 7, 2003. Lawyers from the family and the Atkins processed food conglomerate immediately said that he slipped on some ice and hit his head. The only time in the history of the weather record that New York City experienced sub freezing temperatures on April 7 was in 1982 which was a record low. Needless to say temperatures were not any where near freezing the day or the night before Dr. Atkins died.

The autopsy performed on Dr. Atkins after his untimely death on April 17, 2003 was eventually leaked to the press. It showed that he was obese and had advanced heart disease at the time of his death. The family and the lawyers for the company tried to spin this by saying that he gained nearly 70 pounds during the week he spent in a coma in the hospital. Yeah, that happens a lot... Doctors like to pump nearly ten gallons of IV fluid into their unconscious patients in a week. It really helps with their recovery.

The truth of the matter is that Dr. Atkins most likely collapsed from a coronary event and hit his head. It is also possible that a clot from all the plaque built up in his arteries broke loose and blocked circulation to his brain. Either way his poor diet, obesity, and history of heart disease were major contributors if not the direct cause of his demise. Yet you have the good sense to want to follow in his example and indeed encourage others to do the same? What a guy!