http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/02/10/atkins.widow.ap/index.html
Atkins died last April at age 72 after being injured in a fall on an icy
street.
Before his death, he had suffered a heart attack, congestive heart failure
and hypertension, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a report by the
city medical examiner.
At 258 pounds, the 6-foot-tall Atkins would have qualified as obese,
according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's body-mass
index calculator.
Diet is one potential factor in heart disease, but infections also can
contribute to it.
Stuart Trager, chairman of the Atkins Physicians Council in New York, told
the Journal that Atkins' heart disease stemmed from cardiomyopathy, a
condition thought to result from a viral infection.
Atkins' weight was due to bloating associated with his condition, and he had
been much slimmer during most of his life, Trager said.
Anth
(Maybe he should have taken more (L)ascorbate/lysine)