Atkins Diet Alert / a Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) site


	Why I Disagree with This Study Dean Ornish, M.D., discusses why a comparison of four diets is misleading and riddled with problems March 2007 The Pitfalls of a Low-Carb Diet The American Cancer Society says low-carb diets "can be a high-risk option" April 2004 Telling People What They Want to Believe Dean Ornish, M.D., examines low-carb diets in Journal of the American Dietetic Association April 2004 Science of Dieting: Slim Pickings 'Nature' writer finds scant evidence to back Atkins diet claims March 2004 American Heart Association statement against high-protein diets American Heart Association paper on high-protein diets in Circulation (PDF document) American Kidney Fund warns about impact of high-protein diets on kidney health (article dated April 25, 2002) American Dietetic Association statement about low-carb diets “The Diet War: Low-Fat vs. High-Protein” WebMD chat with Dean Ornish, M.D., on July 17, 2002

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"Eating large amounts of high-fat foods for a sustained period
raises the risk of coronary heart disease, diabetes, stroke and
several types of cancer."

- American Heart Association