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From the London Sunday Times
This is by a columnist from the London Times, Sunday edition. Hooray!
After the death of Dr Robert Atkins in 2003, the company founded in his name began manufacturing the sort of fake sweets, fake cakes and fake shakes he would have disapproved of. Last week the company filed for bankruptcy. Cue lots of stupid, gloating articles about how the Atkins diet doesn’t work. Well, excuse me: any doctor, my GP included, will tell you it does work, which is why I am 10½ lb lighter than I was two weeks ago, and counting.
Furthermore, done properly — you need to read the book from cover to cover, not guzzle red meat and cream like an imbecile — it makes you feel unbelievably well, causes you (or at least me) to eat more vegetables and leap out of bed in the morning full of energy.
The diet is always going to be controversial, and people are entitled to their opinions. But it would be helpful if those yelling about its calamitous effects had actually read the book. There is nothing wrong with avoiding sugar, alcohol, processed food or additives, or about eating whole grains, vegetables, organic meat and eggs. And the sooner we get this into our heads the sooner we’ll stop being an obese nation breeding obese children.
After the death of Dr Robert Atkins in 2003, the company founded in his name began manufacturing the sort of fake sweets, fake cakes and fake shakes he would have disapproved of. Last week the company filed for bankruptcy. Cue lots of stupid, gloating articles about how the Atkins diet doesn’t work. Well, excuse me: any doctor, my GP included, will tell you it does work, which is why I am 10½ lb lighter than I was two weeks ago, and counting.
Furthermore, done properly — you need to read the book from cover to cover, not guzzle red meat and cream like an imbecile — it makes you feel unbelievably well, causes you (or at least me) to eat more vegetables and leap out of bed in the morning full of energy.
The diet is always going to be controversial, and people are entitled to their opinions. But it would be helpful if those yelling about its calamitous effects had actually read the book. There is nothing wrong with avoiding sugar, alcohol, processed food or additives, or about eating whole grains, vegetables, organic meat and eggs. And the sooner we get this into our heads the sooner we’ll stop being an obese nation breeding obese children.
Found the slippery slope: March/April 2006
Completely fell off wagon: August 2006
AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE (FROM OBESITY!)
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