http://dagblog.com/link/risk-high-protein-diets-18344 Comments for "The Risk of High-Protein Diets" en http://dagblog.com/comment/193108#comment-193108 <a id="comment-193108"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/risk-high-protein-diets-18344">The Risk of High-Protein Diets</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>When Atkins first came out with his high-protein diet, one of the issues mentioned was the resulting ketosis which, for reasons I can't explain, is considered harmful.</p> <p>Yes, people lost weight, but sort of by "poisoning" the body.</p> <p>Lots of people swore by that diet and ended up swearing at it. FWIW, old man Atkins died pretty young. One case doesn't prove anything, but it did put a dent in his sales.</p> </div></div></div> Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:46:01 +0000 Peter Schwartz comment 193108 at http://dagblog.com