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Article: Atkins diet critic in row over funding from flour industry.
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- Daily Mail (London)
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- August 18, 2003
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Byline: TIM UTTON
A LEADING critic of the Atkins diet faced controversy over her research funding last night.
Dr Susan Jebb, one of Britain's most senior nutrition experts, denounced the high-protein, high-fat regime as a 'major heath risk' last week.
She is now accused of a conflict of interest because the Medical Research Council (MRC) for which she works received [pounds sterling]20,000 for two reports - both written by Dr Jebb - from the Flour Advisory Bureau, which represents the flour-milling industry.
Producers of bread, pasta and other high-carbohydrate foods have complained of a fall in demand in the wake of the huge ...