RESEARCHER: ATKINS CAN KILL YOU

OK, the first name of the author of this article might make you wonder, but in Australia, a dietician and researcher has determined, after analyzing more than 100 studies worldwide, that low-carb diets "push the body into starvation mode, affecting the way the heart beats." In addition to a troubling number of sudden deaths of people on low-carb diets, "Dr Crowe's analysis found there was little benefit from going on the Atkins or any other strict low- carbohydrate diet. 'There are no major advantages and there are quite a few disadvantages that we know such as constipation, dehydration and so the list goes on with possible longer term side effects and risks,' he said."