Joel Fuhrman - Eat To Live

96 Joel Fuhrman, M.D.

ATKINS

(FROM HIS BOOK)

FUHRMAN

EAT TO LIVE (SAMPLE)

Total calories 2,550 1,600

Fiber 5.4 gm 77 gm

Protein 188 gm 60 gm

Fat 167 gm 19 gm

Carbohydrate 67 gm 314gm

Saturated fat 60 gm 2gm

Sodium 5,920 mg 592 mg

B-carotene 212 mcg 8,260 mcg

Vitamin C 30 mg 625 mg

Calcium 543 mg 877 mg

Magnesium 187 mg 593 mg

Iron 18 mg 22 mg

Manganese 1.5 mg 8.1 mg

Vitamin E 10 IU 22 IU

Folate 316 mcg 1,242 mcg

Chromium 0.034 mg 0.168 mg

The Atkins menu above, like most of his meal plans, averages 60

percent of calories from fat. Obviously, the Eat to Live menu has

fewer calories and almost no saturated fat and is much higher in fiber

and other (anti-cancer) plant-derived nutrients.

Remember, the grams of fiber consumed, when acquired from

natural foods, mark the level of other phytochemicals — which may

make the difference between a long life and a premature death.

It is difficult to imagine a physician, practicing as a nutritional

expert, selling millions of books while recommending 60 grams of

disease-promoting saturated fat a day.^14

Telling people what they want to hear sells books, products, and

services. Atkins continues to make irresponsible statements in sup-

port of his dangerous advice. Take, for example, statements from his

winter 2001 Health Revelations Special Report (an advenisement brochure

for his newsletter):

Reverse heart disease with filet mignonl

Stop strokes with cheese!

Prevent breast cancer with butter!

The worst part is that most people do not have a comprehensive

knowledge of the world's nutritional literature and research and

therefore are not in a position to evaluate his fraudulent claims.