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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[x-mass.livejournal.com]

Ok cool - but perhaps you shoudl do some research before you comment on this area. You think i wasnt sceptical of this before i tried Atkins?
I admit i relied on a friend to my most of my reasearch I tried it out for a week to see if it helped, I have subsquenstly read and researched numerous papers because I have met a barrage of ill thought out hearsay based on little or no research. I have also found that Atkins worked for me - and that there is strong scientific evidance to back up the theories about how it works

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[tempaccount99]

but perhaps you shoudl do some research before you comment on this area
i haven't commented on this area. i have looked at both sides of the discussion, and come to conclusions. the one that makes most sense to me is that atkins is a diet, like many others. it's no better, no worse than any other diet.

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[(Anonymous)]

How disappointing. To say that attempting discussion with semi-literate trolls whose meagre grasp of logic and interconnectivity of arguments makes it less than exhilarating, would be quite an understatement. Are some people just born with a thick fog between their neurons that prevents clear thought?

Hmm, anyway, reminds me of the 'tards from siamang's bunny-eating post. Pity we have to share a planet with so many of them.

I know you conduct yourself too professionally to stoop to saying that yourself, so I hope you don't mind me taking this potshot for you ;) - unter
Bitchy mode: Disengaged

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[tempaccount99]

I hope you don't mind me taking this potshot for you
no, man, i don't mind you taking potshots... not sure you needed to do it anonymously though... :)