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Originally posted by evenodds
Robert C. Atkins, 72, Creator of Controversial Diet, Dies
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Dr. Robert C. Atkins, a cardiologist who devised a controversial diet favoring pork chops over pasta and butter over bran, which more than 30 million Americans have tried, died today at New York Weill-Cornell Medical Center. He was 72.
Dr. Atkins fell and suffered head injuries on April 8 in front of his Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine in Manhattan, where he also lived. The center offered an eclectic mix of traditional and alternative treatments for many illnesses and conditions, including obesity.
Full text: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/17/ob...partner=GOOGLE
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In honor of the great doctor, I think that instead of refusing bread to keep Kosher for Pesach, all of my fellow jews should refuse bread on account of all the carbs.
str(carb free in '03)8
2 down (sigh), 14 to go (sigh).
