The pastrami and cheesecake diet…
A New York federal judge on Monday tossed out
a lawsuit by a Florida man against the company behind the Atkins low-carb diet
that he alleged caused his cholesterol to skyrocket and necessitated an
angioplasty.
A New York federal judge on Monday tossed out a lawsuit by a Florida man against the company behind the Atkins low-carb diet that he alleged caused his cholesterol to skyrocket and necessitated an angioplasty.
Jody Gorran, 53, of Delray Beach, Florida, went on the Atkins Diet in 2001, admittedly eating mainly pastrami and cheesecake. After just two months, his cholesterol shot up to an unhealthy 230 from a low 146, according to the suit.
“Pastrami and cheesecake — large amounts of which Gorran admittedly consumed — may present risks, but these are risks of which consumers are aware,” wrote Judge Denny Chin in his dismissal of the suit.
The diet consists of only “advice and ideas” that are protected by the First Amendment, Chin wrote.
Gorran had sued Atkins Nutritionals Inc. claiming its products were “defective and unreasonably dangerous,” seeking money damages and an injunction requiring the company to put warning labels on all of its products and its Web site.
As I’ve said before, this is attempted “extortion by lawyer”.
Posted: Tue - December 12, 2006 at 03:58 PM