Thus goes the war of words that has erupted between vegetarians and the celebrated low-carb, high-meat nutritional regimen founded by Dr. Robert Atkins in 1989.

1989 ??? Really??? Where did they get that from?

A meat-eater who prefers vegetables, Larandelle recommends the Atkins diet for some of her patients but "as modified, because you need whole grains," she said.

Really? Which study was it that said we need whole grains? And besides, in the later stages of Atkins, and cetainly in lifetime maintainance, you are allowed to have whole grains.