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Article: PETA MUST HAVE CHOKED WHEN PRAISE FOR RED-MEAT-LOVING ATKINS DIET POURED IN.(LOCAL)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- November 20, 2002
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Byline: Dave Addis
Monday may have been the darkest day ever suffered by my good friends at the downtown international PETA enclave, where, given the opportunity, folks would sooner take a hatchet to Oscar Mayer than to Osama bin Laden.
That was the day that serious scientists, tugging thoughtfully at their serious-scientist goatees, began to wonder aloud if there might actually be something to the widely debated Atkins diet plan.
News stories of this event, on each of the three networks I saw, were accompanied by footage of huge piles of raw meat being grilled on an open flame.
Succulent sausages, beautifully marbled steaks, massive ...