Atkins Diet is dangerous pseudo-science

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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.

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[vampwillow]

There is a massive difference of substance between 'encouraging a bad diet' and 'not promoting a better diet'. Similarly, I'm not saying that something is done 'in return for memo pads' but that pharma companies would not engage in the substantial advertising and 'marketing' to end-prescribers (ie doctors) that they do if they did not believe they would increase their income from such activities.

If there was nothing in it for the pharma industry to place their product names in such locations they would not take part in such an activity. The fact that they do, and with such a high level of activitity, clearly demonstrates that they feel such an activity is financially beneficial to them.

Pharma companies make money, pay taxes, make products on which users pay additional taxes.

Basic foodstuffs (meat, fish, cheese) in this country and vat-free and do not represent additional income for the government.

The government funds various organisations for 'public' purposes.

You do the math!