The McDougall Newsletter - February 2004
  February 2004 Printer Friendly PDF Vol. 3 Issue 02

Type-2 Diabetes – the Expected Adaptation to Overnutrition

Sixteen million people in the United States have type-2 diabetes, which shortens lifespan by up to 15 years, leads to almost 300,000 deaths annually, and costs about $100 billion annually.  Since 1980 the incidence has increased by 30%.  Born in the year 2000, your male child's lifetime risk of developing type-2 diabetes is nearly 33%, and a female's risk will be 39% when following the Western diet.

Widespread Infection with Leukemia Virus from Meat and Milk

One little Holstein dairy cow from a Yakima, Washington farm introduced mad cow into America’s food supply and changed the world forever.  Can you imagine the response when consumers discover 9 out of 10 of the herds in the US (89%) are infected with leukemia virus?  This means millions of cows presently have live, infectious, leukemia viruses – bovine leukemia virus – living inside them.  These viruses are known to cause cancers of the immune system, called leukemias and lymphomas, in these cows.  More startling will be the reaction when they learn that consuming tainted beef has already infected as many as 74% of people living in the US.

Atkins Was Grossly Overweight and Sick
But the Media Loves the Dead Guy

On Tuesday, February 10, 2004 the fall of the Atkins Empire began with the publication of a medical report on Atkins’ body by the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, the City of New York.  This report was obtained legally and without deception by Richard Flemming, MD, a cardiologist from Omaha, Nebraska.  The report was then sent to Neal Barnard, MD, of the Physicians’ Committee for Responsible Medicine.  This organization gave the report to the Wall Street Journal and they made these findings public with an added note from the Journal that with a weight of 258 pounds and a height of 6 feet he would be properly classified as “obese.” That week I appeared...

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