[yhwhsman]

aren't doctors more dangerous than the Atkins diet?

Yep, don't doctors kill over 100,000 people every year?

[groanup]

"Yep, don't doctors kill over 100,000 people every year?"

I actually heard it was more like 150,000. But, what the hell, 50,000 give or take is irrelevant because doctors are such IMPORTANT people.

[Robert_Paulson2]

one of the biggest moneymakers these days is bypass surgery.
treating heart disease is a big moneymaker, but the more they treat it, the more of a national problem it seems to persist.

when people actually LOSE weight, their odds of heart disease, diabetes and cancer drop lower... and that cuts into the doctors and "dietician trades" income... BIG time.

If we beat the obesity problem in the usa... the doctors would be loooking for nose jobs to perform and going door to door, instead of jacking the beejeebers on the cost for their "life saving" treatments.

If atkins works for some people, for THOSE people, it can be a life saver. People gotta use what works. And putting doctors out of the quadruple bypass business model, would do us all a lot of good.