Fri, Dec-06-02, 06:58
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Plan: Atkins/PP/BFL
Stats: 400/223/200
BF:37%/17%/12%
Progress: 89%
Location: Ottawa, ON
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I emailed Fumento about this article, and got a prompt reply back. Here's what he says about the dropout percentages:
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You should be confused. This was an earlier stage of the study, so early in
fact that there was no control group. Westman added in more patients in the
Atkins group and added the control group. EACH was followed for six months;
it's not like the trial began Jan. 1 and ended June 30th. The drop-out data
is in the abstract presented at the AHA conference and was confirmed to me
by Dr. Westman personally.
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Which makes a little more sense.
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Maybe he's right about the drop out rate in that study, but there are other studies showing it's easiet to stick to low-carb diets than low-calorie low-fat diets.
But the guy just doesn't make any sense, and sounds like a highly paid lawyer, defending a confessed murderrer 
If you summarize the arguments in his article, filtering out his circular thinking and mind-fog, here's what his logic boils down to:
Atkins and low-carb diet is bad due to the following:
1. You only lose twice as much as other starvation diets.
2. You only improve your blood cholesterol levels on Atkins because you lose a lot of weight on it.
3. Followers eat less on it, since they lose cravings, and tend to not over eat.
4. There are many other studies showing the same success, but one study was funded by Atkins, who is popular and sold many books!
Therefore, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, it's just plain bad, bad, really bad for you, and I ask you to vendicate my clients, the low-fat and low-calorie myths.
Wa'il
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