"eat real, not invented or highly processed foods"

- couldn't agree more, and I think if Dr Atkins were around he would be upset in the way that new highly processed foods (albeit low carb) are now being promoted so heavily - including, it must be said, by the corporate Atkins group to which he and his widow sold their interests.

It is worth remembering that the low fat phenomenon. although misguided, originally suggested the consumption of a collection of natural and for the most part healthy foods, including vegetables, fruit, meat and fish. It was just the emphasis on grains and the fear of the wrong fats that were its original flaws. It got competely out of control, and much worse from a dietary point of view, when highly processed low fat alternatives to "real" food were adopted for their convenience.

I am convinced if Dr Atkins were around today he would be re-emphasising the healthy, natural, whole food approach with which he began .

Malcolm