French Diet Doctors Duke it Out in Court
Popular diet books = $$$, after all.
The inventor of the popular Dukan Diet is defending his weight loss plan in a Paris courtroom, suing for libel against claims the diet is dangerous.
Dr. Pierre Dukan, the French creator of the high-protein and oat-bran diet, is suing another bestselling diet author, rival Jean-Michel Cohen.
Cohen told French health magazine “Meilleure Sante” that Dukan’s low-carb diet is dangerous. He accused pro-Dukan doctors, pharmaceuticals and the media of “climbing on the bandwagon of this fantasy.” Cohen claims the diet can lead to long-term health problems.
“This is a very dangerous diet because you have too much protein so you eat too much fat … you have no fiber and you have constipation, breast problems and also sometimes a very frequent heart disease,” Cohen said of the diet.
Who’s gonna win? I’m putting my poker chips on Dukan, as I tend to doubt that Cohen actually has any hard evidence that the Dukan diet is harmful for healthy people.
