the author of" Carbophobia" is prominent vegan and animal rights advocate Michael Greger, M.D:
Michael Greger, M.D is an American physician, author, vegan and professional speaker. He is currently the Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at the Humane Society of the United States. His books include Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching and Carbophobia: The Scary Truth Behind America's Low Carb Craze.[1] Dr. Greger is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Agriculture and the Tufts University School of Medicine. He became vegan in 1990.[2] Greger has paid tribute to Dean Ornish's landmark Lifestyle Heart Trial published in 1990 which showed that heart disease could not only be slowed down, but actually reversed with a plant-based diet.[3] He appeared as an expert witness to testify about mad-cow disease when Cattle producers sued Oprah Winfrey for libel.[4] ## The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), based in Washington, D.C., is the largest animal advocacy organization in the world. With assets of over US$160 million[2],, it was founded in 1954 with a view to addressing among other things animal cruelty in factory farming.this is the same the guy who runs the website "Atkins Exposed" , a well organised and resourced blogs hostile to the Atkins low carb diet - a taste of it below:
Atkins Facts - Atkins "Nightmare" Diet,the comments section in the Amazon book review is full of the usual advocates and detractors, many of whom happily admit they have not even read the book
54kzone...beyond low carb: Attacking the Atkins diet - John McDougall, M.D.,
here he is: YouTube - The Latest in Human Nutrition 2010 - Michael Greger MD
