Diet to death with Atkins … literally

According to research, as reported by the Daily Mirror, high carb, low fat diets could cause heart failure.

Studies have shown that the heart’s “fuel tank” was seriously depleted after a fortnight on a diet similar to Atkins. Severe depletion can lead to heart failure.

“One participant couldn’t manage his daily run whist on the diet.

“Of course this is a small and short term study. The body is remarkably adaptive … we don’t know if our hearts would go back to normal had we stuck to the diet.”

The research does not suggest that a high fat, low carb WILL lead to heart failure, said Prof P Weissberg, but it does demonstrate that extreme unbalanced diets do affect the body, and may have undesired effects on their heart.