London Doctor: "I remain to be convinced it is any more dangerous..." : LC Research/Media Forum : Active Low-Carber Forums

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Fri, Mar-05-04, 12:47

gotbeer

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They may be been put off by his convoluted phrasing: "I remain to be convinced it is any more dangerous..."

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Fri, Mar-05-04, 12:59

FromVA

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Quote:

"I would not recommend the diet longterm..."

This is the quote I don't understand. Unless his parents never moved past induction on to the other three phases.

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Sat, Mar-06-04, 01:42

Worldlife

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Quote:

Originally Posted by FromVA

This is the quote I don't understand. Unless his parents never moved past induction on to the other three phases.

The quote concerned the long term effects of the Atkin's diet

Quote:

I would not recommend the diet longterm

On the BBC documentary there was some concern expressed about the effect of not having sufficient fibre intake. This if I recall came from an expert on colonic cancers.

However we are looking at long term possible and unproven risks in comparison with the known adverse affects of overweight to many junk foods.

As a professional I reckon Dr. Mark Porter was correct to express some reservation on this aspect.