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Old May 28, 04
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Man sues Atkins!

In the latest edition of "what the fuck were you thinking, you idiot"...


http://edition.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/d....ap/index.html


Man sues Atkins over heart problems
Diet company stands by plan
Thursday, May 27, 2004 Posted: 1634 GMT (0034 HKT)







WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) -- A businessman sued the promoters of the Atkins Diet and the estate of founder Dr. Robert Atkins, alleging that the low-carb, high-fat meal plan clogged his arteries and threatened his health.

The suit by Jody Gorran, filed Wednesday in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, seeks $15,000.

Gorran, 53, said Thursday he started the diet in May 2001 because his weight had risen from 140 to 148 pounds. In two months, he said, his cholesterol rose from a normal 146 to an unhealthy 230, and by October 2003, he needed heart angioplasty to clear his arteries.

"I came very close to dying, and this is from a diet I thought was marvelous," said Gorran.

Atkins Nutritionals said in a statement that it stands by the science that has "repeatedly reaffirmed the safety and health benefits of the Atkins Nutritional Approach."

The company questioned the motivation of a Washington-based advocacy group that helped Gorran with the suit. The group, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, promotes a vegan diet banning meat, fish, dairy and egg products.

"We should not let the real issue, providing people with a scientifically validated nutritional choice in the face of a worldwide obesity and type 2 diabetes epidemic, be manipulated by this extremist animal rights vegan group," Atkins Nutritionals said in a statement.

For years, doctors and nutritionists have debated the Atkins diet, which advocates meat, eggs and cheese, frowns on bread, rice and fruit, and allows up to two-thirds of calories from fat, more than double the usual recommendation.

The diet doctor, who died last year at 72 after falling on an icy sidewalk, argued that carbohydrates generate too much insulin, which makes people hungrier and encourages them to put on fat. His books, including the best-selling "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution," have sold 15 million copies and attracted millions of followers.

The advocacy group said Gorran's suit is the first to recently question the merits of the Atkins diet. In 1979, a New York jury rejected an elderly, overweight woman's lawsuit claiming that the Atkins Diet caused her heart disease.

Gorran, who owns a company that makes solar panels for swimming pools, said he believes Atkins products should warn of a risk for developing health problems when eating meat and other foods that are endorsed by the diet and are high in saturated fat.

"For 21/2 years, I extolled the virtues of this diet to anyone who listened because I was losing weight and I felt great. But when I started, I had no idea I was making a deal with the devil for trying to keep a 32-inch waistline," he said.
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Old May 28, 04
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people who want money.
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Old May 28, 04
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Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later... I mean, people sue McDonalds because they think that even though they eat there multiple times a week/day of their own will, it is the company's fault they get fat and ill....
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well u can't exactly have an all fat diet without raising cholesterol, so isn't this case legit?

people need a real well balanced diet and exercise, stupid atkins.
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No one forced them to start this diet. They choose to. Why should you be allowed to sue someone over something you CHOSE to do to yourself?
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because they can heh..people under the impression that this diet works a certain way, but are not informed it has bad consequences should have the right to sue atkins.. was gonna happen sooner or later..
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It's so stupid because all diets have a disclaimer on them to 'before you start any diet, please discuss this with your family dr'

what? could this idiot not read the fineprint?
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That is true... never underestimate the power of stupid people....

Especially in large groups...
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Wow people are so stupid.
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myra, it's not that funny, lol, OK, BYE.
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hey im not saying this guys not an idiot, cuz anyone who does that diet is stupid haha... just saying that in the eyes of a lawyer, he can sue, and well probably get away with it..
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Originally Posted by decypher
hey im not saying this guys not an idiot, cuz anyone who does that diet is stupid haha... just saying that in the eyes of a lawyer, he can sue, and well probably get away with it..
Stupid & sad, but probably true... he will probably win...

I am actually suprised he is only suing for 15K.... most lawsuits like this are for a hell of a lot more money.
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myra, it's not that funny, lol, OK, BYE.


yes, it is.
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No one forced them to start this diet. They choose to. Why should you be allowed to sue someone over something you CHOSE to do to yourself?
That's not whats at question - he's suing atkins because he's saying that their advertised 'medical soundness' is false - if he's right, then he has a legitimate case.
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the mother fucker wieghts 148 piunds...he should be looking to gain wieght not loose it..chump ass chump
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Old May 28, 04
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you can sue a diet now?

when can I sue my mixer for being a piece of shit?
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Originally Posted by Robb Peppertre
you can sue a diet now?

when can I sue my mixer for being a piece of shit?
As soon as you live in the US, and can come up with a shitty reason why it affects your health, job, or personal life...
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Old May 28, 04
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Not serprised... I was always sceptable about this atkins diet. Again and again its all about eating a BALANCED diet and exercise. One atkins dieter exlained to me that "if you cant pick/kill/??? forget the rest... then dont eat it" Basicly stick to eating REAL eath grown food! I think alot of this atkins stuff gets put out of context... such as beign able to eat really greasy food? Um yeah right thats gonna make you loose wait HA!
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As soon as you live in the US, and can come up with a shitty reason why it affects your health, job, or personal life...
my mixer made my un-cool and unable to pick up chicks... now I just have to move to the US.
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Originally Posted by Robb Peppertre
my mixer made my un-cool and unable to pick up chicks... now I just have to move to the US.
In the states, I think those would both be valid reasons for suing them for millions...

Let me know if you need a good lawyer.
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Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later... I mean, people sue McDonalds because they think that even though they eat there multiple times a week/day of their own will, it is the company's fault they get fat and ill....
haha i remember when that happened
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haha i remember when that happened
It's actually still happening... people trying to sue them...

I remember one woman that sued McDonalds when she burnt her mouth on the coffee, because she "Didn't know it was hot, and they did not make reasonable effort to inform her of this fact"

What was she expecting? Cold coffee??
The sad thing is, she won the case...
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Old May 28, 04
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that coffee was only 187 degree's the coffee we server (at seattle's best coffee) is 190 degrees, sissy
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I managed a McDonalds for 2 years, and could not have told you hot the coffee was in degree's....
Granted, I don't drink coffee... all I know is that it is hot...
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I always shudder when I look at strange, completely captain obvious warnings on consumer products when I think about the idiot dumbshit lawsuit or complaint that caused it.
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