Ngemuva kokufa kwakhe ngo-2003, amahemuhemu athi uDkt. Robert Atkins "wafa ngokudla kwakhe" aphikelela. Ukukhathazeka ngenxa ye -carb yakhe encane , ukudla okunamafutha amaningi kuye kwaba yingxoxo yokuphikisana okuningi phakathi neminyaka futhi ukufa kwakhe akuzange kubangele ukuyeka.
Amanga aphathelene nokufa kukaDkt. Atkins ngokuyinhloko asakazwa yiqembu le-vegan iKomiti Yezinkampani ZeMithi Ephendulayo kanye namaqembu ahlobene nabantu ngabanye.
Umphikisi ophikisayo ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe, uDkt Dean Ornish, wayephakathi kwalabo. Wabhala umcabango wombono kumagazini ka-March 2007 we- Newsweek oqukethe ezinye izinto ezingamanga, kamuva ezikhishwe umagazini *.
UDkt. Atkins wafa kanjani futhi wayedla ukusola? Impendulo iyinkimbinkimbi futhi kungcono ukuhlola ngokugcwele amaqiniso okuphila nokufa kwakhe kunokuba ulalele amahemuhemu.
I-Atkins Ede Kangakanani Ekudleni Kwakhe?
UDkt. Atkins wayengumuntu wezinhliziyo owaqala ukudla kwakhe ekuqaleni kwawo-1970. Wayeqiniseka ukuthi ngokweqile kwe-carbohydrate kwaba nemiphumela emibi empilweni yakhe nasesiswini seziguli.
U-Atkins washicilela incwadi yakhe yokuqala, "uDkt. Atkins Diet Revolution" ngo-1972, futhi izikhathi eziningi eminyakeni edlule wathi wayelandela uhlelo lwakhe ngokwakhe. Wayesesidlangalaleni kakhulu, ebonakala kuthelevishini kaningi futhi ethathwe izithombe eziningi. Ngawo wonke ama-akhawunti, wayenempilo futhi afanelekile kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi.
I-Cardiomyopathy
Ngo-2000, uDkt. Atkins wakhula ukukhathazeka komzimba, isimo senhliziyo esingelapheki esinezimbangela eziningi ezahlukene.
Kucatshangwa ukuthi ukushaya inhliziyo kwakhe kungenxa yokugula kwegciwane. Udokotela wakhe wathi ngaleso sikhathi kwakungekho ubufakazi bokuthi ukudla kwakhe kunomthelela esimweni. Kubikwa ukuthi imishanguzo yakhe yayibhekwe ngaleso sikhathi futhi itholakale ingenayo i-blockages.
I-Cardiomyopathy yenza kube lula ukuthi umuntu abe nokuboshwa inhliziyo (ukuyeka inhliziyo), okwenzeke kuDkt. Atkins eminyakeni emibili ngemuva kokuxilongwa.
Nakulokhu, ukuboshwa komzimba kwakungacatshangwa ukuthi kwakukhona ukudla okuhlobene ngoba imithwalo yakhe yomsindo yayicacile. I-cardiologist yakhe yathi (ngaphandle kwe-cardiomyopathy), i-Atkins "yayisimiso esingokomzimba esingenasifo senhliziyo."
Ingabe i-Atkins ngokweqile?
UWilliam Leith, umbhali owaxoxa noDkt. Atkins ngesikhathi sokuboshwa kwakhe kwenhliziyo, wathi "ubheka ngaphansi kwamamitha ayisithupha ubude futhi azungeze ama-200 lbs - ayengenabala, hhayi omncane, kodwa nakanjani akanamafutha." Umbiko ovela enkampanini kaDokotela, i-Atkins Nutritionals, uthe udlala imidlalo ye-tennis ngokuncintisana nokuthi isisindo sakhe sivame ukuhlolwa, kanti eminyakeni ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe kwahlala ngaphansi kuka-195, futhi ubude buyizingalo eziyisithupha.
Umbiko wezokwelapha ngesikhathi eseniswa esibhedlela, kamuva owashiwo umphakathi umfelokazi wakhe, uthi uneminyaka engamaphilenti angama-195 ekungenwe esibhedlela. Lokhu kungamnika isibalo esikhulu somzimba (BMI) se-26, esingaphezu kwebanga elibhekwa ngokuthi "isisindo esivamile." Kaningi, wayekhulu kakhulu kakhulu.
Ukufa kwe-Atkins
Ngo-Ephreli 8, 2003, eneminyaka engama-72 ubudala, uDkt Atkins wehla eqhweni ngesikhathi ehamba emsebenzini. Ngesikhathi sokuwa, washaya ikhanda futhi lokhu kwaholela ekuphumeni kwegazi ebuchosheni bakhe. Ulahlekelwe endleleni eya esibhedlela, lapho achitha khona amasonto amabili ekunakekeleni okukhulu.
Umzimba wakhe wehla ngokushesha futhi wahluleka kakhulu.
Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, umzimba wakhe ubonakala unamanzi amaningi. Isisindo sakhe ekufeni sabhalwa ngamapounds angu-258 (futhi, amarekhodi athi uneminyaka engu-195 lapho engena esibhedlela). Isitifiketi sakhe sokufa sithi imbangela yokufa kwaba "ukulimala okunomthelela omkhulu wekhanda nge-epidural hematoma."
Ngemva kwalokhu, uDkt. Richard Fleming, udokotela waseNebraska owaziwa ukuthi uphikisana no-Atkins futhi ehlotshaniswa neKomiti Yezokwelapha ZeMithi Ephendulayo, wacela amarekhodi ezempilo kaDkt. Atkins. Lawa akufanele akhululwe kodwa athunyelwe ngephutha nanyana kunjalo.
Umbiko womhloli wezokwelapha wawunombhalo obhaliwe ngesandla u-Atkins wayenomlando we-myocardial infarction (ukushaya kwenhliziyo), ukwehluleka kwenhliziyo kwangempela, kanye nokucindezeleka komzimba (kubhalwe "h / o MI, CHF, HTN"). IKomidi elingenhla yenza okuningi kwalokhu futhi laqala ukuthi ama-Atkins "ashone ngokudla kwakhe siqu."
Unyaka olandela ukushona kwakhe, umfelokazi wakhe wakhipha isitatimende esithatha lokho ayebiza ngokuthi "abantu abangazikhohlisi" ukuze basakaze amanga ngomyeni wakhe. Ngokusobala, labo bantu basenempumelelo ethile ngoba imicabango engafanele ihlala kuze kube yilolu suku.
Izwi elivela
Isizathu sangempela sokufa kukaDkt. Atkins, ngokusho kwemibiko, bekulimala ikhanda ayekusekele, kunokuba kuvezwe uhlelo lokudla. Kodwa-ke, la maqiniso akufanele asetshenziselwe ukucacisa ukuthi ngabe i-Atkins Diet ikufanele yini noma cha. Khuluma nodokotela wakho, isondlo sokudla, noma umhlengikazi bese ubuza noma yimiphi imibuzo onayo. Bangakwazi ukunikeza iseluleko esihle kakhulu ngezinjongo zakho zokulahlekelwa isisindo.
* Ngo-March 2007, umagazini we-Newsweek ushicilele ukulungiswa okusho ukuthi, "Inguqulo yangaphambilini yale ndaba yayine-akhawunti engalungile yezenzakalo ezungeze ukufa kukaDkt. Robert Atkins." Izindabaweek izisola iphutha. "
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