"Dana Carpender" > wrote in message
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> mdginzo wrote:
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>>>>And if you didn't promote this nonesense you wouldn't sell as many
>>>>cookbooks, now would ya?
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>>>Right, because an argument on usenet reaches soooo many people.
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>> No, but I am sure you promote this dangerous diet wherever you go - TV,
>> radio, your daily interactions. Otherwise, you couldn't sell your
>> books.
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> You realize I've sold over a million books. Do you really think I've
> spoken to that many people?
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> Dr. Atkins himself keeled over from a heart attack fer
>> chrissakes.
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> Dr. Atkins did not have a heart attack, Dr. Atkins suffered a cardiac
> arrest from a viral cardiomyopathy. Even the AHA, no fans of the Atkins
> diet, stated publicly that they felt his diet had nothing to do with his
> heart problems. But if you want to believe it was his diet, I can't stop
> you.
>
> Dana

No sane cardiologist would ever suggest Adkins for someone with
congestive heart failure (the more common name for viral cardio-
myopathy).

I know this from anecdotal evidence (having talked with many
of them when a family member was diagnosed with congestive
heart failure) and having researched the subject, in some detail,
myself).

--AJ