PCRM 2005: The Year in Review |
Atkins Goes Bust
 When
Atkins Nutritionals declared bankruptcy in August, trade publications
credited PCRM’s outspoken public education efforts as a factor
in its demise. PCRM has been among the leading critics of the dangerous
meat-heavy, low-carb diet fad.
On PCRM’s AtkinsDietAlert.org Web
site, PCRM experts have described the dangers of low-carb diets
and offered a registry for dieters who felt the high-protein, low-carb
diets had damaged their health. In 2005, PCRM collaborated with
the Centers for Disease Control and the National Cancer Institute
to revamp the registry, gaining approval to use it as an official
research collection tool.
PCRM’s
legal team also pursued a major lawsuit, filed on behalf of a man
who developed heart disease after two years on the Atkins diet,
pushing for warning labels on low-carb products.
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