one is some people did lose weight on the atkins diet. as like any diet, no matter what the diet is, the grapefruit diet, you remember that, all kinds of diets, some people lose weight and they may be helped. but i think for losing weight, the best kind of study to look at is one that looked at people who did lose weight and kept it off. what kind of a diet did they eat. and the overwhelming kind of diet was a diet low in fat, low in refined sugars, low in fat, low in refined sugars and people were careful about their calories plus exercise. that helped people lose weight and keep it off better than any other kind of a diet. >> you remember julia childs of course. >> i sure do. >> the host of a widely popular french chef tv series and the author of numerous books. she had one of her interests in thinking about food is the tendency to view food about poison. do you think you're a little bit alarmist, not so much you but michael jacobson, the example directly opposit childs who was a great believer of eating and drinking great cuisine. >> w

one is some people did lose weight on the atkins diet. as like any diet, no matter what the diet is, the grapefruit diet, you remember that, all kinds of diets, some people lose weight and they may be helped. but i think for losing weight, the best kind of study to look at is one that looked at people who did lose weight and kept it off. what kind of a diet did they eat. and the overwhelming kind of diet was a diet low in fat, low in refined sugars, low in fat, low in refined sugars and people were careful about their calories plus exercise. that helped people lose weight and keep it off better than any other kind of a diet. >> you remember julia childs of course. >> i sure do. >> the host of a widely popular french chef tv series and the author of numerous books. she had one of her interests in thinking about food is the tendency to view food about poison. do you think you're a little bit alarmist, not so much you but michael jacobson, the example directly opposite childs who was a great believer of eating and drinking great cuisine. >>

, dale atkins.s. >>> just ahead mark bittman cooks is f >>> this morning on how to cook everything today, the best of mark bitt man began writing his column in 1997. now that column is coming to an end. >> hi, matt. >> you're ending that but you are going to do recipes in the new york times magazine and do a weekly op-ed on food. >> really exciting. >> that's cool. >> yeah. >> looking at the recipes from the minimalist you have three hall-of-famers. >> i have a list today of 25, which wasn't easy out of a thousand. >> this is spaghetti with fried eggs. >> arthur swartz, a fellow new yorker taught me this. this is one of the best late night, get home at 10:00, you didn't eat dinner, you want something fast. this is great. take olive oil, set pasta to cook. fry up some eggs in there. >> okay. >> you don't have to be careful but the idea is you understood cook them. you really just want the whites to set. >> if you don't like the runny yolk can you break it? >> no. here's the thing, the heat of the pas

. >> reporter: cynthia atkins helps fund programs at the center where giffords will spend two months in speech, occupational and physiotherapy relearning basic skills. >> they have to do hours and hours and hours of rehab and it is difficult and it is long and it is grueling but the outcome is a very positive outcome. >> reporter: even though giffords is making remarkable process doctors say it is too soon to tell if some brain functions suffered permanent damage. her husband says if anyone can make a full recovery she can. >> she is a strong person. a fighter. i mean, she is a fighter like nobody else that i know. >> reporter: giffords will be the last of more than a dozen people wounded in the shooting to leave the hospital. cbc news >>> well, while he got a warm reception at the state dinner last night it turned chillier today on capitol hill for china's president. lawmakers and the president pressed hu jintao on china's human rights record and unfair trade practices. after much prodding hu jintao said a lot needs to be done in china on human rights. >>> the obama administration p

how to re-energize ourselves and our relationships, dale atkins and hal rungel, "scream-free marriageife connection." good morning to you. >> good morning. >> happy new year it is the time of year you start to re-evaluate your life and your relationships. dale, you look at your husband or your wife one day and say, is this what i signed up for? >> very often happens and as hal knows, people ask themselves that question and one of the things we want to know and help people figure out, if you signed up for this person, what was it about that person you loochbd was attracted to in the beginning and how can you re-energize that? sometimes we focus on the things missing and we don't think about the things that we had had, both in ourselves and in our relationship. >> the dissatisfaction is pretty common among couples? >> absolutely. and so often we find ourselves thinking that we with need to get along well and be comfortable and not rock the boat. what happens is we end up compromising ourselves along the way and forgetting those parts of us that made us edgy or made us attracted to each

dean atkin atkinson, mr. and world war ii, steeped in the painful lessons of southeast asia, participates in the twilight struggle that led ultimately to freedom's triumph during the cold war. after the shadow of communism, richard understand the we could not retreat from the world. he recognized our prosperity is tied to that of others. that our security is endangered by instability abroad. most importantly that our moral leadership is at stake when innocent men, women, and children are slaughtered through senseless violence, whether it's islamabad. richard possessed a hard-headed, clear-eyed realism about how the world works. he was not naive. he also believed that america has a unique responsibility in the course of human events. he understood american power and all of it's complexities and believed that when it is applied with purpose and principal it can tip the scales of history. and that coupling of realism and idealism which is always represented what is best in american foreign policy, that was at th

who the hell is this guy atkins? other panelists i want to thank you or in hansen my reputation. i think i'm like senator bayh and i haven't heard him say that before that i am in errantly a optimist and i've seen a lot of amazing pieces of legislation go through the house and the senate and pass the people said would not pass but i think 15 years on the hill and a couple of years in the white house that convinced me that we are a long ways from any serious solution to our problem and it is questionable whether we will get there before we have a really serious outside event. so i'm not optimistic but if you do a mathematical thing here and figure out what are the factors that tend to push toward towards some sort of agreement among republicans and factors that would oppose it. there have been really hopeful signs. by the way alice offices by mind and i try to go by there as much as i can. republicans are serious about cutting appropriations. the governor right now -- i'll bet you they do it. out that they will get th

dean atkin atkinson, mr.any ways he was the leading light of a generation of american diplomats who came of age in vietnam. there's a generation that came to know both the tragic limits and awesome possibilities of american power. born of a time of triumph and world war ii, steeped in the painful lessons of southeast asia, participates in the twilight struggle that led ultimately to freedom's triumph during the cold war. after the shadow of communism, richard understand the we could not retreat from the world. he recognized our prosperity is tied to that of others. that our security is endangered by instability abroad. most importantly that our moral leadership is at stake when innocent men, women, and children are slaughtered through senseless violence, whether it's islamabad. richard possessed a hard-headed, clear-eyed realism about how the world works. he was not naive. he also believed that america has a unique responsibility in the course of human events. he understood american power and all of it's comp

dean atkin atkinson, mr.any ways he was the leading light of a generation of american diplomats who came of age in vietnam. there's a generation that came to know both the tragic limits and awesome possibilities of american power. born of a time of triumph and world war ii, steeped in the painful lessons of southeast asia, participates in the twilight struggle that led ultimately to freedom's triumph during the cold war. after the shadow of communism, richard understand the we could not retreat from the world. he recognized our prosperity is tied to that of others. that our security is endangered by instability abroad. most importantly that our moral leadership is at stake when innocent men, women, and children are slaughtered through senseless violence, whether it's islamabad. richard possessed a hard-headed, clear-eyed realism about how the world works. he was not naive. he also believed that america has a unique responsibility in the course of human events. he understood american power and all of it's comp

dale atkins is a psychologist. good morning to you both. age-related memory loss that happens to a lot of people around the age of 50. you had a huge response from people. >> i think people were heartened to know some of the issues of memory loss related to aging didn't mean they would have alzheimer's disease which we'll talk about today. >> we need to define alzheimer's. >> as opposed to normal age-related memory loss which is slowness of processing which is where you forget a word but it comes back to you. it's on the tip of your tongue. alzheimer's is a progressive disorder commonly characterized by short-term memory loss, changes in behavior, sleep, orientation and date. it's a much more progressive and insidious disease. >> some of the signs would be that you may notice in somebody? >> we can have losing the keys, cell phones, forgetting appointments, getting lost while driving. basically not being able to take care of the things you were able to take care of before the onset of the disease. >> if somebody you know and love develops a

janet taylor is a new york city psychiatrist and dale atkins is a psychologist.birthrate of u.s. teens is down 6% which is good news, but not in memphis. what is going on there, do you think? >> well, you know, it's a multi-factorial problem. number one the county has a high rate of teen pregnancy but it is a problem with self-esteem. sometimes anxiety, depression. also family problems. the more connected girls are with mothers and fathers the less likelihood they will have a baby and a community problem from a school perspective and what's tolerated. teen moms who have babies, only 2% will go to college. so the economic impact is tremendous. >> it's huge. >> they made it clear in the piece that they don't believe this is part of a pregnancy pact like the school in massachusetts. but when you see a cluster like this what does it say to you? >> it says there is support amongst the girls themselves and also says something more important to me and, i think to janet as well. the kids need education, knowledge, information about how to make healthy responsible decisio

but all the irons in the fire is so overwhelming, i think i told you about dale atkins, the psychologistthe staff, i'm going to call her a little more often. >> she's an nbc news contributor. >> a contributor, yes, i didn't get a chance to call her, but i think i'm going to use her as somewhat of a sponsor or a therapist too. >> do you think you're going to need that? >> yes. >> you looked like you were going to say something, julia. >> the sign they called me and told me that he had, i went to bed and i thought, oh, it couldn't be this way. >> it's disgraceful. >> you mean the sign in the video. >> yes, yes, yes. >> someone called and told me, mama, ted has a sign. i said what snin they said he's holding up a sign. >> it's what the homeless people here in new york do, collecting cans. >> i said how can you do something like that? this is my home and all my family is out there, how could you get so low to do a thing like that? and then i just went to bed and through the night i could see him with this sign. >> and what did the sign say? >> i have a god given talent, i'm an ex-radio annou

. >> reporter: psychologist gail atkins met with williams off camera when hi first appeared on "today want to watch the very intimate and special moments of a person's life and i just believe that not everything has to be out there for the world. >> you're watching late night with jimmy fallon. >> reporter: some say he'll only keep it if his personal weaknesses are dealt with first. >> you know you love it. >> reporter: for "today," lee cowan, nbc news, los angeles. >> coming up, the newest baby gear for your bouncing bundle of joy. but first these messages. okay. [ cellphone rings ] hey. you haven't left yet. no. i'm boarding now. what's up? um, would you mind doing it again? last time. [ engine turns over ] ooh. sweet. [ male announcer ] the all-new chevy cruze with the mychevrolet app. the remote-control car is finally here. well, now she's just playing with us. oh. [ horn honks ] oh. your favorites, in pieces. ♪ [ pop ] right now at h&r block, and you could get it fast. just bring in your tax information... and get a refund anticipation check for up to $9,999. you pay nothing out

dean atkin atkinson, mr. harold, clark gifford, and in many ways he was the leading light of a generation of american diplomats who came of age in vietnam. there's a generation that came to know both the tragic limits and awesome possibilities of american power. born of a time of triumph and world war ii, steeped in the painful lessons of southeast asia, participates in the twilight struggle that led ultimately to freedom's triumph during the cold war. after the shadow of communism, richard understand the we could not retreat from the world. he recognized our prosperity is tied to that of others. that our security is endangered by instability abroad. most importantly that our moral leadership is at stake when innocent men, women, and children are slaughtered through senseless violence, whether it's islamabad. richard possessed a hard-headed, clear-eyed realism about how the world works. he was not naive. he also believed that america has a unique responsibility in the course of human events. he understood ame