>Atkins wyrzucony ze szpitali w Anglii!! 8-2003

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> Medical Research Council - sponsorowana przez Rząd Wielkiej Brytanii
fachowa isnstytucja medyczna - opublikowała opinie w której zaleca usunięcie
diety Atkinsa ze szpitali w ktorych była tolerowana w jadłospisie - jako
ryzykowna dla pacjentów . może być przyczyna uszkodzenia nerek
> podobne kroki sa proponowane w USA
>takie sa FAKTY
News Release
Thursday, August 21, 2003
CONTACT: Simon Chaitowitz,
202-686-2210, ext. 309 ; simonc@pcrm.org
Doctors’ Group Urges Top Hospitals to Ban Atkins Diet
PCRM Nutrition Experts Call on U.S. Hospitals to Follow British Lead
Washington, D.C.—Nutritionists with the Physicians Committee for Responsible
Medicine are urging the top ten U.S. hospitals to ban the Atkins Diet. The
nonprofit is hoping the institutions will follow the lead of England’s
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, which just announced that it would ban the
controversial diet from its menus. British hospital officials fear the diet,
which was condemned by the government-funded Medical Research Council last
week because of its link to kidney damage, is not safe enough for its
patients.
PCRM will encourage a similar policy in letters next week to Johns Hopkins
Hospital (Baltimore); the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.); UCLA Medical Center
(Los Angeles); Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston); Cleveland Clinic;
Duke University Medical Center (Durham, N.C.); the University of California,
San Francisco Medical Center; Barnes-Jewish Hospital (St. Louis); the
University of Michigan Medical Center (Ann Arbor); and the University of
Washington Medical Center (Seattle).
“U.S. hospitals would be wise to emulate Britain’s Norfolk and Norwich
Hospital and protect their patients from the dangerous Atkins Diet,” says
PCRM nutrition director Amy Joy Lanou, Ph.D. “Hospitals that serve meat-
heavy, fatty foods might be good at keeping their beds filled, but they’re
doing little to improve patient health. Research has clearly shown that high-
protein, meat-heavy diets increase the risk of osteoporosis and kidney
disorders and that low-fat vegetarian diets help prevent heart disease,
diabetes, some cancers, and other health problems.”
PCRM is in the process of reviewing food served at top hospitals across the
country for a major report to be released next year. It’s unclear at this
point if any U.S. hospitals actually serve the Atkins diet. A recently
published study showed that a growing number of U.S. hospitals are allowing
fast-food companies to operate in their cafeterias.
To book an interview with Dr. Lanou or another PCRM nutritionist, please
contact Ms. Simon Chaitowitz at 202-686-2210, ext. 309, or simonc@pcrm.org.
For more information about the health risks associated with high-protein
diets, visit www.AtkinsDietAlert.org.
Founded in 1985, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is a
nonprofit health organization that promotes preventive medicine, especially
good nutrition. PCRM also conducts clinical research studies, opposes
unethical human experimentation, and promotes alternatives to animal
research. PCRM’s full-page ad (www.SafeDiets.org/ads.html) warning of
the dangers of the Atkins Diet ran in U.S. News & World
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