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Caveat emptor (or calorie emptor?): You can't sue your diet book just because the diet you followed caused you various heart troubles. NYC-based U.S. District Judge Denny Chin threw out a lawsuit where a man sued the Atkins estate and tried to get warning labels put on Atkins merchandise. The plaintiff, Florida resident Jody Gorran, claimed that the Atkins diet caused his cholesterol to go from 146 to 230 in six months and prompted him to have heart troubles and require an angioplasty. Per the AP, Judge Chin, though, said that the book was not an ad but a guide for a healthy lifestyle. Plus, Gorran admitted to consuming "large amounts of pastrami and cheesecake, foods the average consumer expects may increase cholesterol levels and the risk of heart disease." Ooh, "cheese" is in the word "cheesecake," it might be totally within Atkins parameters! Chin even put a footnote about his own "much simpler diet, which can be described in four words: Run more, eat less."

Ng declined to comment on the incident, saying that only that there was an incident at the hotel and she had spoken to Duquette. She was also an assistant general manager for the Yankees, and her former boss, current Yankees GM Brian Cashman, had stepped in between Ng and Singer during the exchange. When Mets General Manager Jim Duquette met with Singer, Singer tried to excuse his behavior by saying his "low-carbohydrate diet" combined with alcohol caused him a chemical imbalance. A Mets source says, ""That didn't wash with Jim and it sure as hell won't wash with [Mets owner] Fred [Wilpon]. Plain and simple, there's no excuse for that kind of behavior, and there's no saving this guy." The irony is that Singer supposedly has "ties to the Pacific Rim" - which we take to mean, is good at scouting Japanese players.