Sunday, February 19, 2006

The diet that died

The Sunday Times Magazine

A report by Ed Moloney

When Dr Atkins died in 2003, his multi-million-dollar business evaporated. Then a leaked report suggested he was killed by his own creation.
Finally, it was a patch of ice, lurking unseen but deadly on a Manhattan sidewalk, that started the slump - that, and a mayor who couldn't keep his mouth shut, a careless New York City bureaucrat and a Florida-based millionaire with a blocked heart artery. From there, it was downhill all the way.

Read more…

No comments: