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...intuitive than the old fat-makes-you-fat theory and therefore easier to argue over. Each of the low-carb diets is a variation on the theme that cutting down on carbohydrates and thus decreasing blood-sugar levels will cause the pancreas to produce less of the energy catalyst insulin. With less insulin to draw on, the body is forced to burn fat reserves for energy, thus leading to a quick weight loss. Opponents argue that cause and effect have been reversed: excess insulin is caused not by too many carbs but by being too fat. The reason people lose...
Perhaps the most appalled is Eat More, Weigh Less author Dr. Dean Ornish, one of the most respected of the low-fat, heart-healthy gurus and hence Atkins' natural enemy. "These books say you should eat healthy foods that won't provoke an insulin response, like bacon, as if insulin is the only mechanism that affects health," he says. "Most people eat so much sugar that when they stop eating it, they lose weight. But they're mortgaging their health in the process." Ornish, who has published studies in various medical journals, challenges the upstarts to do the same. "What...
...next wave of fad diets base their low-carb logic on even stranger theories than insulin or food combining. Peter J. D'Adamo's book Eat Right 4 Your Type advocates diets tailored to your specific blood type. Type O's get to eat red meat. Type A's aren't as lucky; they're stuck with mostly vegetables and fruits. Type A's, however, get to keep using their arteries. D'Adamo sells vitamins for each body type and claims he has got the already skinny Elizabeth Hurley, Hugh Grant and Andy Dick to buy into his logic...
Drugs like endostatin could make very useful and effective treatments for these diseases since, as Folkman says, they are "very safe, like insulin, but also potent...
...fears that stocking the pill will offend Wal-Mart's oft-conservative customers in rural areas, is it appropriate for a pharmacy to stop dispensing a legal medication? "Imagine, for instance," says TIME medical columnist Christine Gorman, "if for business reasons the company had decided not to dispense insulin" -- would Wal-Mart?s decision be ethically supportable? "This is a dangerous, slippery-slope situation," says Gorman. By the way, although the company will no longer be dispensing Preven, it will still be selling Viagra...