A Suit Based on Alleged Health Effects of the Atkins Diet

A man eats pastrami and cheesecake for 5 weeks and has chest pains, suffered higher cholesterol, and needed cardiac catherization; all this from F I V E weeks on the Atkins diet? I don’t think so.

Let’s see – This lawsuit sounds frivolous to me. Here is a more likely scenario: A 52-year-old man in questionable heath starts experiencing chest pain. He does not have insurance, or cannot afford the operation, he looks around for deep pockets, picks Atkins because its hot right now (it could have been any diet book), and sues for damages. This sounds just like the “McD made me fat” argument. He can’t possible win.