KEn Becker wrote: > We hear stories all the time, how people eat food considered to be unhealthy, > and seem to be strong , healthy and slim. Yes -- I like Winston Churchill and George Burns as examples!! > What do you think of the Atkins > diet, for example? Sigh! This diet has a gaggle of variations, one of which seems to reincarnate every few years. Sorry, no sanction from me -- or any other RD I know of. Particularly dangerous for anyone who has an undiagnosed kidney disease. Kathrynne -- Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD Editor-in-Chief, "Spotlight on Food--nutrition news for people 60-plus" http://www.fortnet.org/~fivstar and NUTRITION TOPICS copy-ready handouts http://www.dietetics.com/class/fivstar/ Tel: 970-493-6532 Fax: 970-493-6538