On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 1:05 AM, Sandra Clark <sclarkli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > And once again Sam, you are wrong wrong wrong
First of all I'm never wrong. > http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/atkinsdiet/a/dratkinsdeath.htm > "In 2000, Dr. Atkins developed cardiomyopathy, an incurable heart condition > which has quite a few different causes. His was thought to be from a viral > illness, and his physician stated at the time that there was no evidence > that his diet contributed to the condition. His coronary arteries were > reported to have been checked at that time and found to be free of > blockages. Second, I never said being obese or his diet killed him. > Cardiomyopathy makes it more likely that a person will have a cardiac arrest > (heart stopping), which happened to him two years later. Again, the cardiac > arrest was not thought to be diet related. His cardiologist stated that > (other than the cardiomyopathy), Atkins had "an extraordinarily healthy > cardiovascular system". News report about that incident." So his healthy heart killed him? > " On April 8, 2003, at age 72, Dr. Atkins slipped on the ice while walking > to work, hitting his head and causing bleeding around his brain. He lost > consciousness on the way to the hospital, where he spent two weeks in > intensive care. His body deteriorated rapidly and he suffered massive organ > failure. During this time, his body apparently retained an enormous amount > of fluid, and his weight at death was recorded at 258 pounds. His death > certificate states that the cause of death was "blunt impact injury of head > with epidural hematoma"." No autopsy, pure speculation it was fluids. > How is an impact injury of the head associated with a man's diet? Never said it was. I said he died obese full stop. New sentence. His diet was a failure. Sorry for not starting a new paragraph. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:334643 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
