Atkins Diet is dangerous pseudo-science

[ciphergoth]

The Atkins Diet is a pile of dangerous pseudo-science. Not that this comes as a surprise, but here's the word from Dr Susan Jebb of the Medical Research Council's Human Nutrition Research Centre.

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Update: Post made friends-only. Thanks to babysimon for pointing out that vampwillow had invited people in atkins_uk to join the thread, resulting in some incredibly lunatic contributions. Update: Public again.

Comments

[babysimon]

I guess fat people will do anything to prevent other people loosing weight. :)

Paul, you've been rumbled. Learn to accept that you're a fat bastard.

[booklectica]

Should we start calling him Fat Paul?

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

I like this idea.

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

When you're younger you can eat what you like, drink what you like and still climb into your twenty six inch waist trousers and zip them closed. Then you reach that age, 24, 25 31, 32, your muscles give up, they wave a little white flag and without any warning at all you're suddenly a FAT BASTARD!

[neenaw.livejournal.com]

YOU FAT BASTARD! YOU FAT BASTARD!!!!