http://my.webmd.com/content/chat_sc...stselectedguid={5FE84E90-BC77-4056-A91C-9531713CA348}

Some points Dr. Ornish makes:

1) Atkins' philosophy is only half-right: American DO eat too many simple carbs but the cure is wrong.

2) Studies have shown that a "whole-food" diet (foods with complex carbs) can "reverse the progression of even severe heart disease in most people. These results have been published in the leading peer-reviewed medical journals."

3) Just because a person loses weight, doesn't mean they have done so in a manner that is healthy.

4) "The only peer-reviewed study of the effects of a high-protein diet on heart function found that blood flow to the heart actually worsened and heart disease became more severe."

5) People often believe what they WANT to hear regardless of the research and evidence.