Greetings:
I'm not a regular poster in this forum, but I'm now looking for answers.
I seems like I might get some balanced replies from this forum. (?)

Background:
My mom, who has been doing Atkins since the beginning of the
year, and who has lost 20 lbs, feels great, has low BP, but who has seen increased LDL since starting the diet, had an emergency doctor visit today.

Seems that she temporarily lost sight in one of her eyes this weekend,
and the GP is attributing it to a possible clot. He is doing more tests
on her this week. Until the tests come back, they don't really know
what caused the vision loss.

Here's what I'm wondering about:
The doctor told her that Atkins is BAD. (He didn't tell her this during
a previous visit; he said she seemed great and to keep doing what she
was doing.)

He told her that the fat is bad; she should be doing low carb AND low fat.
(?) And he recommended the South Beach diet. OK, whatever.

But here's the thing that really has me suspicious: He told her that
"Atkins *really* died from a heart attack and had vascular blockages.

I have asked her how he knows this; she hasn't replied yet.

Has anyone heard this from any RELIABLE source? (Are there any
reliable sources out there?)

With this information, along with all the cr*p going on about Iraq, I am
really starting to think that we can't believe ANYTHING anymore.

Thanks for reading!
S.