Atkins dies of "obesity and heart attack" says Group

Post #140,966 by folkert 2/10/04 3:48:39 PM Reply	Atkins dies of "obesity and heart attack" says Group [link\|http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4230348/\|http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4230348/] Not a very good thing to do when you are using questionable tactics to get your information... Dam Vegetarian Doctors. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* "Lately, The only thing keeping me from being a Serial Killer is my distaste for manual labor." -- Dilbert Calendar, January 4, 2004
Post #140,973 by tuberculosis 2/10/04 4:11:34 PM Reply	Who cares? I read his book - it makes a lot of sense. Its not about weight loss - its about keeping a stable blood sugar level over time. The tree of research must from time to time be refreshed with the blood of bean counters. -- Alan Kay
Post #140,978 by dmarker 2/10/04 4:39:30 PM Reply	Re: Diets & health programs can't alter someones genenetic blueprint if it has them dying at approx age xx from a pre determined disease. There are so many anecdotal stories of prominent 'health' gurus dying at young ages from the causes they spent much of their lives 'guru'ing against. A bit like the slogan 'Jog for health' (then at age 65 suffer like hell from damaged joints due to so much jogging on hard surfaces :-) Doug M
Post #141,082 by Andrew Grygus 2/11/04 1:08:19 AM Reply	It is probable they do the health guru bit . . . . to try to beat a problem they know about, at least subconciously - but in the end it gets them anyway. Hard to say whether they would have lived longer with or without. It's just like therapists - they're often nut cases who got interested in therapy due to recognizing their own problems. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #141,355 by dmarker 2/12/04 6:04:53 AM Reply	Re: It is probable they do the health guru bit . . Very insightful & wise comments. Doug (A clever man can see others, a wise man can also see himself) I kew there was a reason I like you :-)
Post #140,984 by deSitter 2/10/04 5:16:06 PM Reply	Jim Fixx, obsessive jogger, keeled over while jogging -drl
Post #141,413 by Nightowl 2/12/04 11:40:53 AM Reply	Re: Atkins dies of "obesity and heart attack" says Group They also claimed in my newspaper yesterday that he gained 60 pounds of just water and bloating retention while in the coma. Apparently he weighed 195 pounds upon admittance and being in the coma caused him to have to have fluid sustenance which causes water gain. Nightowl >8# "To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are." Eric Hoffer

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