Quote by Samuel:
"It was written to insult Dr. Atkins and to scare people of his diet."

I did not read it quite that way although the way the press have been "having a go" recently you could be right.

I saw it more along the lines of "there is nothing knew under the sun"

Moreover I suspect that Barry Groves was severely misquoted. It is not like him to call the Atkins diet "dangerous"