There is not a single syllable of difference in what this Mayo Doc in this article is saying and what has been proffered by the medical establishment for the past 45 years, during which time the average weight of Americans has risen 30%!
What is really happening with the prevailing die-hard opinion is the falsehood of these people in they don't practice what they preach. They preach, and preach to stay in the mainstream of their friends and what everyone that lives on research grants is paid to conclude..
As an example, (ADM) Archer Daniels Midland funds about 1/3 of all studies in nutrition and funny how they almost all conclude the the SOY BEAN is the answer to everything healthy.. I'm not saying that that bean isn't good, but get real.. I'd rather die than live on Tofu..
Now, lets take the National Heart Healthy (stupid) Food Pyramid, it is more of a headstone than a monument to commonsense. It has killed more people every year than all of the guns, ammo and SUV's in the history of the mankind, but it saves millions of animals from the slaughterhouse, That may be just a coincidence, what do you think?.. DUH!
Too many folks claim to be living the Atkins lifestyle of eating that don't know a thing about it..and those that just bought the book and stopped reading after the introduction. They are suffering the delusion that Atkins and other Low Carb diets are about eating all of the meat and fats that you wish, and give everyone that has benefited from it a bad name. Low Carb is not for everyone either is water, more folks die of drowning every year than has be documented as suffering from any distress caused by a Low Carb diet. And while we are at it, don't let the naysayers get away with claiming that there hasn't been enough time to asses the Atkins diet to get a true picture of it's long term effects, Hahahahhhaha, stop it your killin me.. try 32 years, and millions of success stories!