Dr. Atkins: The Original Low Carb Diet?

One of my favorite Dr. Atkins titles

After reading countless diets for "permanent" weight loss, it occurred to me that not everyone out there remembers that the late Dr. Atkins went through a tough time back when he first published his book in the 1970s.  I personally didn't get exposed to his work until 1992 and it seemed like medical professionals of the status quo were far from convinced.  
The good doctor built his work on his equally brilliant predecessors' work, but it sometimes amazes me how many people publish without acknowledging his contributions.  They will just bolt some comments onto his principles, come up with an eye-catching title, and publish without much clinical research if any.  I would state that if you had to follow any of the low carb diets in existence, you would be hard pressed to find a better one than his re-released best seller in 2002.

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TEDsters Against Atkins?

Dr. Dean Ornish is the medical editor of the Huffington Post and the founder and CEO of the Preventative Medicine Research Institute. He has appeared on TED talks (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) which is known for its superb communication of cutting edge topics. It is a favorite show of mine and the speakers are usually exceptional. Even when I encounter a poor speaker or poorly researched topic, I can usually walk away with some interesting thoughts to ponder. That is why some of what Dr. Ornish covered was so disturbing to me. How could it be that parts of the medical community are still at odds with the late Dr. Atkins’s work?

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