Passage 20
Dieting advisor Dr. Robert Atkins recommends eating a diet high in protein for those who want to lose weight and keep it off. The hamburger patty is good, the hamburger bun bad, according to the _1_ of Atkins, who has turned his philosophies into a dieting revolution, starting with his first book, Dr.Atkins Diet Revolution, in 1972.
Atkins，books _2_ top best-seller lists. Atkins companies have made millions of dollars in sales of specialty low-carb food products and carb-counting scales.
But the popularity of Atkins’ eating advice, now appealing to another generation, is _3_ some food companies who rely on the consumer _4_ for carbohydrate-laden foods such as pastas and pizzas, cakes, cookies and cereals, to add weight to their own bottom lines.
“Our industry has to do something, and soon. It is starting to become a _5_belief that carbohydrates are bad,” said Judi Adams, director of the Wheat Foods Council. Part of the society's push will be in Washington, where federal health officials are starting talks on _6_ to the nation's 11-year-old Food Guide Pyramid.
Currently, the pyramid puts bread, cereals, rice and pasta as the _7_ for healthy eating. The strategy is a direct attack on Atkins: Americans who follow the Atkins diet _8_ their risk of health problems that include cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol, kidney damage and some cancers, the Wheat Foods Council says.
According to Atkins, he is not looking to go to war with the food companies, and even Atkins diehards allow for an _9_ doughnut or cookie. “We teach people how to respect it and, on rare occasions, have it in _10_,” he said. “We know people can’t stay away from it forever.”
A) mainstream B) increase C) profitable D) occasional
E) routinely F) panicking G) foundation H) hasty
I) recommends J) appetite K) teachings L) revisions
M) empirically N) moderation O) merge
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