Accusation #8:
AtkinsFacts.org Provides "Inaccurate Interpretation"
A number of objectionable statements appear on the AtkinsFacts.org website regarding Atkins...
* Comparisons to Other Nutritional Approaches. At pages 7 and 15 of the site, you provide an inaccurate interpretation of the data from Dansinger study comparing the ANA [Atkins Diet], Weight Watchers, The Zone Diet, and the Ornish Diet, leaving the impression that the largely vegetarian Ornish Diet is superior to the ANA [Atkins Diet].
Of all the diets studied, the Ornish diet was the only one to significantly lower the single most important cardiac risk factor measured, LDL-cholesterol ("bad cholesterol").[852] It was the only one to significantly lower insulin levels, even though that's what Atkins and The Zone diets were designed to do. Unlike the Atkins Diet, the Ornish diet also significantly lowered inflammatory and heart disease risk factor C-reactive protein, and improved a measure of kidney function.[853] The Ornish diet also was the one in which adherents lost the most weight.[854]
Risk factors aside, the Ornish Diet has been shown to actually reverse heart disease, opening up coronary arteries and improving blood flow to the heart.[855] The Atkins Diet, however, has been shown to close off coronary arteries, diminishing blood flow to the heart an average of 40%.[856]
For more information on cardiac risk factors see our response to accusation #14.
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