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Low carb, high profit.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
The low-carbohydrate mania is sweeping the country. Unfortunately, Dr. Robert C. Atkins, who made a lot of money playing on the ignorance of Americans, knew about as much about nutrition as an Arkansas hog knows about astronomy ("Glycemic Index Key to Many New Diets," Oct. 1, 2003, p. 1).
Dr. Atkins' ideas about losing weight on a low-carbohydrate diet are completely erroneous, but because many people lack knowledge of nutrition, they fall prey to all sorts of scams. They believe that grapefruit juice burns fat. They pay good money for Slim-Fast, which won't make you slim. They waste millions on Metabolite and other products that are supposed to speed up metabolism. Now the ...
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