Edited sentence: Atkins believed that the cause for this increase in diabetes was the hyperinsulination created by refined foods and elevated amount of carbohydrates.Critics of the Atkins diet argue that although this is a valid explanation, his rate of fluid retention was higher than normal.He claimed that he had followed the Atkins diet for two years, resulting in a needed medical procedure to open his cholesterol-clogged arteries.Jody Gorran, 53, of Delray Beach, Florida, filed a lawsuit against Atkins' estate and his company in May 2004.Many doctors do not recommend the Atkins Diet.See also: South Beach diet.Since the official food pyramid was put in effect and followed by millions of people, the cases for diabetes have skyrocketed.Studies have shown that the doctor-recommended normal food pyramid way of eating (lots of carbs) is the most healthy over a span of thirty years.The Inuit people, for example, have a diet that contain almost no carbohydrates but since the introduction of Western style diets, the cases of diabetes have gone up considerably.The studies that have tested Atkins have only gone for three years