Ornish Needs To State Clearly His Position On A High-Fat, Low-Carb Diet

Posted by Jimmy Moore on March 28 in Health

Is Dean Ornish prepared to admit a high-fat, low-carb diet is healthy?

I have had ample opportunities to meet and interview some of the best and brightest minds in the world of diet and health over the past couple of years and I consider it a real privilege and an honor anytime I am afforded the chance to glean from the many years of knowledge and experience that these people possess. As a simple layperson without any medical or nutritional background or education, I am merely a student trying to learn everything he can in order to make informed decisions about what is right for me and my body.

You can read my blog interviews or listen to my podcast interviews which now total well over 100 to see and hear from these amazing people and the fine work they are doing to promote good health. I honestly believe that everyone who is involved in this industry is doing it for the right reasons in their heart of hearts even if they are misguided in some areas. It's okay to have disagreements as long as you don't become disagreeable in the process.

That's sorta what I wanted to talk about today because I received a rather terse e-mail response from noted low-fat diet guru Dr. Dean Ornish (who I have interviewed TWICE in the past two years) earlier this week that accused me of making him out to be a "straw man" with the same old "stereotypes" about him that have existed for decades as the face of the low-fat diet in response to this blog post I wrote about Dr. Andrew Weil now supporting low-carb. I made an analogy to how big this news was stating it was tantamount to Dr. Ornish coming out and endorsing the Atkins diet and he subsequently became very angry with me and shot off an e-mail detailing his disgust.

Click here to read that e-mail along with my response and a personal challenge to Dr. Dean Ornish regarding where he stands on a high-fat, low-carb diet.