Americans have sought out Atkins and other high-protein diets as “quick weight-loss solutions,” but nutrition data points to the dangerous health risks associated with this type of diet if continued for too long.
The Associated Press reported on February 10, 2004 that “Dr. Robert Atkins, whose popular diet stresses protein-rich meat and cheese over carbohydrates, weighed 258 pounds at his death and had a history of heart disease…” The full story from CBS News.com
Atkins Diet Information and Resources
Atkins:
Paying a High Price for Low-Carb
by Brenda Davis, registered dietitian and past chair of the Vegetarian
Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association.
“What’s
Wrong With the Atkins Diet?” Fact Sheet
by George Eisman, registered dietitian and author of A Basic Course in
Vegetarian and Vegan Nutrition (2003).
Atkins Diet Alert
A Resource for Physicians and Laypeople With Questions and Concerns About
High-Protein Diets from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
Other
Related Links:
American
Heart Association (AHA)
American
Dietetics Association (ADA)
American Kidney
Fund
