Doesn't surprise me. A lot of the dangers of his diet weren't understood when he devised it. It wasn't til 5-10 years later that all these people who used the diet started developing problems that were then linked to it.

I did Atkins for a year back in my 20s, and while it was extremely effective in helping me drop the extra weight, I got diverticulitis a few years later, which is normally something people in their 60s get. I had to have surgery to remove 7in of my intestine, which was unbelievably painful.

After that, I figured I was better off just staying on a balanced diet. I'm predisposed to carrying a little extra weight, and I just resigned myself to it.