Responsible is as responsible does.

You may have heard the recent news about the Florida man -
Jody Gorran - who is suing Atkins Nutritionals. He claims
that by following the Atkins diet for more than two years,
he developed "life-threatening health problems."

To Mr. Gorran's credit, he's not suing for millions of
dollars in damages. He's asking that health-warning labels
be placed on all Atkins books, products and web sites. He's
also asking for a total of $40.45 (the amount of money he
spent on Atkins products).

According to the New York Times, Mr. Gorran ate "cheesecake
three times a week" while on the Atkins diet. And according
to the motion filed by Mr. Gorran's attorneys, "Mr. Gorran
had been eating large amounts of pastrami and cheesecake,
because the Atkins diet allows unlimited pastrami and
Atkins, Inc. sells a cheesecake that is 'Atkins friendly.'"

Notice that this doesn't state that he actually ate any
Atkins brand, low-carb cheesecake - only that Atkins sells
such a cheesecake. And if he only spent a total of $40.45 on
Atkins products, that wouldn't cover a couple of years worth
of cheesecakes.

So was Mr. Gorran actually eating standard, commercial
cheesecakes three times a week for nearly 30 months? If he
was, then he was getting loads of sugars and carbohydrates,
which would mean, of course, that he was not really
following the Atkins plan. So should Atkins take the blame
for his life-threatening health problems?

Maybe it's time to bring Sara Lee in for questioning.

Mr. Gorran's attorneys state that the "unfair, deceptive or
unconscionable acts or practices" of Atkin's Inc.
are "immoral, unethical, oppressive, unscrupulous, or
substantially injurious to consumers." And if that seems a
little over the top, consider the source: Mr. Gorran's legal
bills are being paid for by the Physicians Committee for
Responsible Medicine (PCRM), according to the Palm Beach
Post. His attorney was also provided by PCRM.

Remember PCRM? This is the pro-vegan group that attacks
Atkins at every opportunity. In fact, in addition to its
primary web site, the PCRM maintains an entirely separate
site completely devoted to one thing: discrediting the
Atkins diet. And PCRM is also the upstanding organization
that furnished the Wall Street Journal with a copy of Dr.
Atkins' death certificate earlier this year, claiming
(falsely) that Dr. Atkins had been obese and had died of
heart disease.

Mr. Gorran says his only goal with the lawsuit is to warn
the public about the Atkins diet. Legal experts don't
believe that he'll win in court, but PCRM has already
accomplished its goal: To once again plant the idea in the
public's mind that the Atkin's diet is dangerous.

I know what Judge Judy might say about all this: "See my
forehead? Stupid it doesn't say here!"


[The problem in this world is to decide "Who Will I
Believe?" I say: don't believe Atkins, don't believe
Sears, don't believe the U.S. Food Guide Pyramid...
don't even believe ME. Only believe the Glucose Meter.

Cheese cake is not good or bad, per se... It is the
amount of any food that determines if it is good or
bad... So... what was the size of the portion that he ate?
Cheese cake is roughly 50% or 75% carbohydrates, according
to the Carbohydrate Thermometer (the best way to
calculate carbohydrate content of any food, immediately
and easily) So if he ate a normal size chunk of cheese
cake AND is diabetic or pre-diabetic, of course it would
threaten his life! But it isn't the Atkins diet that
caused him to reach that point.

If this dummy had used a glucose meter, he would have
seen that a LARGE PIECE of cheese cake is bad, any time,
including one time or three times a week... even a fairly
small size cheese cake weighs 200 grams, so he was eating
100 to 150 grams of sugar, plus whatever else he was
eating before his dessert...

And if I was a lawyer I would point out that if he ate
cheese cake in excess, which was sold to him by an Atkins
store, he undoubtedly also ate fruits in excess, potatoes
and bread and rice and beans and cereals etc. which he
didn't buy from the Atkins store, and which probably
contributed as much or more to his present problems.

It is the "excess" which makes any food good or bad,
because a little will not spike up glucose levels
high enough... but you can't eat a little cheese cake,
because 75% carbs means it is too full of carbohydrates and
a portion of 20 grams is only one bite...

As you said, the object of this lawsuit is not to win
$40 but to plant the idea in the public's mind that the
Atkins diet is bad... I used to think the same, because
I was convinced the U.S.D.A. "experts" knew better, and
Atkins went against everything I had been brainwashed to
think was correct...

People who have been subscribed to Rejuvenation for 5 years
have seen that I changed my "anti aging diet" 180 degrees,
AFTER I BOUGHT A GLUCOSE METER and I found that Atkins is
right... at least, he is right that carbohydrates are the
most important enemy...

In my opinion, and according to Dr. Walford's "less calories
is always better than more calories, given the same amount
of nutrients" with which I agree, Atkins is mistaken that
you can pour on the butter and fat and bacon... But Atkins
is more right where it counts and less mistaken where it is
not as bad than the Food Guide Pyramid, which is almost
exactly upside down, especially concerning carbohydrates.

So, anybody who wants to plant the idea that the Atkins
diet is mistaken has probably been brainwashed about the
correctness of the Food Guide Pyramid, as I was. They
can only change their minds if they test the food they
eat with a glucose meter, as I did.

See:

The Carbohydrate Thermometer
http://www.rajeun.net/carbotherm.html

The Glucose Theory of Aging
http://www.rajeun.net/glucose.html

The Anti Aging Diet
http://www.rajeun.net/aadiet.html

- Ellis]