attn: ImNoHippy

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http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/02/10/atkins.widow.ap/index.html

Paper: Diet guru Atkins qualified as obese

NEW YORK (AP) -- Dr. Robert Atkins, whose popular diet stresses protein-rich meat and cheese over carbohydrates, weighed 258 pounds at his death and had a history of heart disease, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

 

[FuSoYa]

"Fuck you and your internet cult. Sit and spin, bitches."

 

[deadair]

atkins is sooo a cult.

...soon they will be talking about space ships coming to pick-up all the people who lost the most weight.

 

[minxnim]

well i mean most doctor's don't follow their own advice though, really.

 

[minxnim]

not that i'm defending the lardass.....

 

[minxnim]

j/k

 

[xfer]

atkins wasn't just selling a diet, though--he was pushing a lifestyle. he claimed, variously, that the atkins diet was healthy not just for people wanting to lose weight, but to live healthier. he also routinely excoriated carbs as a food in general. so him not following his own diet is different (and worse) than most doctors not following their own advice.

 

[mindspell]

Prophet Atkins... scary!

 

[ImNoHippy]

hmm. sugar is an anti-nutrient. no vitamins or minerals are contained in sugar. not that you'd care to learn, but atkins...nevermind. i love you all. tongue-kiss me. (and love my supposed bad atkins breath) [smooch]

 

[minxnim]

i said i read the book!

also i don't eat sugar. so there!

 

[ImNoHippy]

kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssssss

 

[xfer]

"During his coma, as he deteriorated and his major organs failed, fluid retention and bloating dramatically distorted his body and left him at 258 pounds at the time of his death, a documented weight gain of over 60 pounds," the doctor said in a written statement. "How and why the Journal reported that he was obese remains the only unanswered question in this pathetic situation."

preppy: is that realistic? my first guess would be "yes". but i also think there is some serious exaggeration going on.

 

[minxnim]

if he had a brainstem injury it's definitely possible and realistic.

 

[ImNoHippy]

also he dies from heart complications due to a heart virus, which was not linked to clogged arteries etc associated with heart attacks...

 

[minxnim]

wait i thought he fell and hit his head?

 

[minxnim]

p.s. heart virus = virus that causes a buildup of heart scar tissue due to its size in passage AKA strep et al.

 

[xfer]

he did die from hitting his head, i think what imnohippy meant is "he had a heart attack (years earlier) due to a virus"

 

[minxnim]

oh ok