Pambuyo pa imfa yake mu 2003, mphekesera kuti Dr. Robert Atkins "adafa chifukwa cha zakudya zake" akupitirizabe. Kuda nkhawa ndi mafuta ake ochepa, zakudya zamtengo wapatali zakhala zikukangana pazaka zambiri ndipo imfa yake sinayende pang'ono.
Mabodza okhudzana ndi imfa ya Dr. Atkins anafalitsidwa kwambiri ndi gulu la odwala Agulu la Madokotala la Mankhwala Oyenerera komanso magulu okhudzana ndi anthu.
Wolimbana ndi zida zisanafike imfa yake, Dr. Dean Ornish, anali mmodzi wa iwo. Analemba kachidutswa ka maganizo mu nyuzipepala ya Newsweek ya March 2007 imene ili ndi mabodza, omwe kenako anachotsedwa ndi magazini *.
Kodi Dr. Atkins anamwalira bwanji ndipo amadya chakudya chake? Yankho lake ndi lovuta ndipo ndi bwino kufufuza mozama zenizeni za moyo wake ndi imfa mmalo momvera mphekesera.
Kodi Zakudya Zake Zakale Zimakhala Zotani?
Dr. Atkins anali katswiri wamaganizo amene anayamba kupanga zakudya zake kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1970. Anali otsimikiza kuti kuchuluka kwa zimagawenga kunali ndi zotsatira zoipa pa odwala komanso kulemera kwa odwala ake.
Atkins anasindikiza buku lake loyambirira, "Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution" mu 1972, ndipo nthawi zambiri pazakazo adanena kuti adatsatira dongosolo lake mwiniwake. Anali wotchuka kwambiri, akuwonetsedwa pa TV nthaŵi zambiri ndipo anali ndi zithunzi zambiri zomwe zinatengedwa. Malinga ndi nkhani zonse, anali wathanzi ndipo amayenera nthawi zambiri.
Kusamalira thupi
Mu 2000, Dr. Atkins anayamba mtima wamtima, thupi losachiritsika lomwe limayambitsa zosiyana.
Zimaganiziridwa kuti matenda ake amayamba chifukwa cha matenda a tizilombo. Dokotala wake ananena panthaŵiyo kuti panalibe umboni wakuti chakudya chake chinapangitsa kuti vutoli likhalepo. Mitsempha yake yamtendereyo inanenedwa kuti idayang'anitsidwa pa nthawiyo ndipo imapezeka kuti ilibe mipanda.
Kusamalira mtima kumapangitsa munthu kukhala ndi mtima wam'mwamba (kuimitsa mtima), zomwe zinachitika kwa Dr. Atkins patatha zaka ziwiri atamupeza.
Apanso, kumangidwa kwa mtima sikunaganizidwe kukhala zakudya zokhudzana ndi zakudya chifukwa mitsempha yake yodalirika inali yoonekeratu. Katswiri wake wa zamoyo ananena kuti (osati kupweteka kwa mtima), Atkins anali ndi "dongosolo labwino labwino la mtima."
Kodi Kunenepa Kwambiri Kwa Atkins?
William Leith, mlembi yemwe anafunsana ndi Dr. Atkins pafupi ndi kumangidwa kwake kwa mtima, anati "akuwoneka ngati wamtalika mamita 6 ndi kuzungulira 200 lbs - osati wonyezimira, wosaonda, koma osakhala wolemera." Lipoti lochokera ku kampani ya dokotala, Atkins Nutritionals, linati iye ankasewera mpira wa masewera olimbitsa thupi komanso kuti kulemera kwake kunkawoneka kawirikawiri, ndipo zaka zisanafike imfa yake idakhala pansi pa 195, ndipo inali yaitali mamita asanu.
Lipoti lachipatala pa nthawi yomwe adaloledwa kupita kuchipatala, lomwe pambuyo pake adalengeza ndi mayi wake wamasiye, akuti anali ndi ndalama zokwana mapaundi 195 pomulowetsa kuchipatala. Izi zikanamupangitsa kuti azikhala ndi chiwerengero cha thupi (BMI) cha 26, chomwe chimangopitirira malire omwe amawoneka ngati "olemera thupi." Nthawi zambiri, anali wolemera kwambiri.
Atkins 'Death
Pa April 8, 2003, ali ndi zaka 72, Dr. Atkins anatsika pa ayezi akuyenda kuntchito. Mu kugwa, adagunda mutu wake ndipo izi zinayambitsa magazi m'mimba mwake. Anataya mtima pa njira yopita ku chipatala, kumene anakhala milungu iwiri kuchipatala chachikulu.
Thupi lake linachepa mofulumira ndipo anavutika kwambiri ndi thupi.
Panthawi imeneyi, zikuoneka kuti thupi lake linali ndi madzi ambiri. Kulemera kwake ku imfa kunalembedwa pa mapaundi 258 (kachiwiri, zolemba zimati anali 195 pamene adalowa kuchipatala). Kalata yake ya imfa imanena kuti chifukwa cha imfa chinali "kuvulaza koopsa kwa mutu ndi epidural hematoma."
Pambuyo pake, Dr. Richard Fleming, dokotala wa ku Nebraska wodziwika kuti ndi wotsutsa-Atkins ndipo amagwirizana ndi Komiti Yogwira Ntchito ya Mankhwala Opindulitsa, anapempha zolemba za Dokotala Atkins. Izi siziyenera kumasulidwa koma zidatumizidwa molakwika.
Lipoti la wofufuza za zamankhwala linali ndi malemba olembedwa ndi manja a Atkins omwe anali ndi mbiri ya matenda a mtima, mtima wa congestive, komanso matenda oopsa kwambiri (olembedwa "h, MI, CHF, HTN"). Komiti yapamwamba idachita zambirizi ndipo inayamba kunena kuti Atkins "adafa chifukwa cha zakudya zake."
Chaka chotsatira imfa yake, mkazi wake wamasiye adatulutsa mawu omwe adatcha "anthu osadziwika" kuti azifalitsa zabodza zokhudza mwamuna wake. Mwachiwonekere, anthu amenewo akadakali ndi kupambana kwabwino chifukwa malingaliro olakwika akhalabe mpaka lero.
Mawu Ochokera
Cholinga chenichenicho cha kufa kwa Dr. Atkins ', malinga ndi malipoti, chinali kuvulala kwa mutu kumene iye adalimbikitsa, m'malo mwa pulogalamu ya zakudya yomwe adalenga. Komabe, izi siziyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito kuti mudziwe ngati Atkins Diet kapena ayi ndi yoyenera. Lankhulani ndi dokotala wanu, katswiri wa zamaphunziro, kapena katswiri wa zakufa ndikufunsa mafunso aliwonse omwe muli nawo. Iwo akhoza kupereka malangizo abwino kwambiri pa zolinga zanu zolemetsa.
* Mu March 2007, magazini ya Newsweek inalongosola kuti, "Nkhaniyi idali ndi mbiri yolakwika yokhudza zochitika za imfa ya Dr. Robert Atkins. Newsweek imakumbukira cholakwikacho."
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> Leith W. The Hungry Years: Umboni wa Chidakwa Chakudya. London, UK; Kusindikiza kwa Bloomsbury: 2005.
> Rowland R. Atkins Kudyetsa Wolemba Buku Pambuyo pa Kutsegulidwa kwa Mtima. CNN. April 25, 2002.
> Teicholz N. Kulimbana pakati pa Atkins ndi Ornish. Mu: Chisangalalo Chachikulu Chachikulu: Chifukwa Chophimba, Nyama, ndi Tchizi Zikudya Zakudya Zabwino. New York, NY; Simon & Schuster: 2014.