by Anthony Colpo
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Extract:
Below is a fascinating article about the very poor longevity track record of famous health ‘experts’ and diet ‘gurus’. It’s worth noting the article was written a few years before the controversy-filled passing of low-carbohydrate author Dr. Robert Atkins, one of the most famous diet ‘gurus’ in history. Atkins ... died after slipping on an icy New York footpath. He spent nine days in a coma before dying on April 17, 2003 aged 72. A year earlier, Atkins had suffered cardiac arrest due to cardiomyopathy. Other recent developments include:
- The heart attack death of K. Dun Gifford, who promoted the Mediterranean diet, at 71;
- Michio Kushi, macrobiotic advocate and author of The Cancer Prevention Diet, suffering colon cancer at 81. He is still alive, but his wife died of cervical cancer at 78.
- The death of Roy Walford in 2004 at age 79. The longevity researcher and author died of respiratory failure as a complication of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Walford’s books included Maximum Life Span and The 120-Year Diet.
- The death of Robert E. Kowalski from a pulmonary aneurysm in 2007, aged 65. Kowalski wrote several best-selling books, including The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure, The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure Cookbook, Cholesterol & Children, 8 Steps to a Healthy Heart (a guide to recovery from heart attack and bypass surgery), The Type II Diabetes Diet Book, and The Blood Pressure Cure: 8 Weeks to Lower Blood Pressure Without Prescription Drugs. Kowalski developed his programs after enduring a major heart attack and multiple-bypass surgery at age 35.
