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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Dr. Robert Atkins, creator of the high-protein, low-carbohydrate Atkins Diet, died Thursday after an accidental fall on April 8 left him comatose.
Atkins, 72, was rushed to New York Weill Cornell Medical Center by his colleague, Dr. Keith Berkowitz, where surgeons removed a blood clot to relieve pressure in his brain on April 9.
Atkins slipped on an icy sidewalk outside his New York office.
"We are hoping for a miracle," Richard Rothstein, a spokesman for Atkins told CNN April 11, "but the chances for a meaningful recovery are slim.
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I did Atkins and lost quite a bit of weight, close to 30 pounds. When I was on Atkins my cholesterol was low, my hdl was over 90, and things were going in the right direction. We backed off it during a very stressful time our lives. Then with the cancer they wanted me to eat nutrient dense foods and lots of protein. I wanted a lot of "comfort" foods at that time, too.
We will be going back to Atkins; with one modification. Limiting the amount of soy products; for women with hormone receptive breast cancer soy products need to be limited.
Recent studies have now shown that cancer cells need lots of glucose to grow. Glucose in the body is derived primarily from carbohydrates. We'll go back to limiting our processed carbs. We'll increase our intake of veggies, and eat fruits that are high in fiber and low on the glycemic index.
We've found a wonderful pasta - from Dreamfields, so we won't have to give that up. We'll continue to eat grains - but whole grains. We'll limit the amount of processed foods where all kinds of hidden junk resides, switch to strictly Splenda and actual real cane sugar that has been minimally processed. Chocolate is no problem - the higher the % of cocoa the lower the sugar content. Unsweetened coconut is wonderful.
As to the caveman & our ancestors only back to the 20's; they didn't eat the stuff that comes in the boxes on the store shelves. They ate what they grew or could get fresh, they ate meat and dairy products that weren't adulterated with hormones and antibiotics. High fructose corn syrup didn't exist. They didn't have hydrogenated fats - they ate what existed naturally in nature. And, the majority were not obese. Of course they didn't have little robots to sweep their floor, or Dysan vacuum cleaners, front loading washers, elevators, escalators, "automatic" spray cleaners for their showers.
Sorry, didn't mean to rant -