Sat, Jan-17-04, 17:16
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Plan: Bernstein Diabetes Soluti
Stats: 260/-/145
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Progress: 63%
Location: Michigan
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maybe they're revising the guidelines because they've learned more?
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Perhaps, but then why not come out and say that further research has indicated that it's better to eat less saturated fat instead of what Ms. Heimowitz said:
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Atkins representatives made the revision, Ms. Heimowitz said, because "we want physicians to feel comfortable with this diet, and we want people who are going to their physicians with this diet to feel comfortable."
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This indicates to me that it has nothing to do with any new knowledge that they may have come across, but making the Atkins approach "more palatable" to mainstream medicine. |