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Article: ATKINS DIET 'DANGEROUS'; Government adviser warns slimmers of health timebomb.
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- Daily Mail (London)
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- August 13, 2003
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Byline: JENNY HOPE
THE hugely-popular Atkins Diet is medically unsound and a major health risk, nutrition experts warned yesterday.
They said the high-protein high-fat diet, followed by stars such as Catherine Zeta-Jones and Geri Halliwell, was a giant experiment which could have disastrous effects for millions.
Dr Susan Jebb of the Government-funded Medical Research Council said it would be 'negligent' to recommend it for long-term use and called for research into its safety.
She dismissed the theory behind the diet, that it changes the body's chemistry to burn off fat, as 'pseudo-science'. Adverse effects could include kidney damage ...