Diet Gurus Face Off at Convention
DENVER, Oct 20, 2000 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- It was a skirmish in the war on
fat as two rival diet gurus faced off at the American Dietetic Association
convention.
Dr. Robert Atkins, author of two popular diet books advocating loads of protein
and minimal carbohydrates, sparred with Dr. Dean Ornish, who advocates eating
more fruits and vegetables and less fat, more in line with what most
nutritionists recommend.
"I'm very happy to be here," Atkins quipped Thursday. "Not as happy as Daniel in
the lion's den."
Atkins said his popular diet, which allows dieters to eat all the eggs, beef,
chicken and fish they want, produces results. The crowd was polite but
skeptical, with no overt heckling but many narrowed eyes and a bit of muttering
from the aisles.
Ornish said Atkins' theories have no science behind them. Showing a poster from
the movie "The Sixth Sense," about a boy who sees the dead, Ornish said, "I see
dead people, too. They are on a high-protein diet."
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