Dr. Atkins was overweight, had heart problems: report

[groverman1]

One word, HYPOCRITE. **** the Adkin diet, how bout do some cardio, lift a few weights and eat sensibly. Change your lifestyle.

[Pete235]

Here is my .02 on the Atkins diet craze...for what it's worth. The diet was devised by Atkins as a quick and effective way for obese people to lose weight before surgery. It does work and it does work relativly quickly. But IMO it is not healthy and it does not represent a realistic and long term lifestyle change. The bottom line is, most North Americans are obese due to poor eating habits and a sedentary lifestyle. Essentially we are lazy overeaters. Being lazy leads people to search for the path of least resistance...or the quick fix. Why WOULDN'T a lazy slob jump on this plan if they could eat greasy high fat foods and still lose weight. They have no concept of hard work and discipline when it comes to eating and training. Why bust your ass in the gym and worry about macronutrient ratios when all you have to do is battle a few carb cravings. Big businesses are jumping all over this bandwagon and to me it is akin to the multitude of exercise equipment, fat blockers and other miracle pills that are hawked on infomercials every day. Ketosis has it's place and keto diets can be used evectivly as part of a bodybuilding regime...they key phrase being "part of". I personally have no use at all for The Atkins craze, to each his own, that is just my humble opinion.