I'm sorry but...

... with all due respect, I cannot agree at all.  Not to offend you or anyone but I find those extreme proportions to not make any sense.  Frankly, I even find it hard to believe that anyone puts any faith in low-fat diets anymore when there's so much proof today that what we need is GOOD FATS not low-fat.  And since our organs are mainly composed of proteins, how in the world could our tissues be properly repaired with such low protein intake?  Not to mention the varied nutrient deficiencies high-carb/vegetarian diets can cause.  For that reason, Dr. Wilson, who apparently used to be a vegetarian or maybe even a vegan, makes a really good point against most vegan/vegetarian diets for people with AF. 

What I believe is that there is NO such thing as a one-size-fits-all approach to ANYTHING having to do with our health, not only our body types and individual chemistries do not allow for that but the infinite range of different life/environmental circumstances and stress levels cause each one of us to process things differently.  To look at the diet people from other parts of the world have thrived on and discount the many other factors WHY such diets work for them and tcould not work for us and then believe that's how the rest of the world 'should' eat is the typical "looking at the trees and forgetting the forest" POV.

At this point of my life (late 50s...) I'm convinced that the reason all those extreme diets become 'popular' or 'trendy' - at least for a while - it's because they can help a number of people at least for a while but that doesn't signify by any means that they should be a permanent thing.  The key word for everything in nature is BALANCE, most of us are sick because at some point in our lives we became out of balance (if we ever even had it...), and it's not just a matter of what we eat or drink, it also has to do with our amount of sleep we get, environment, relationships (including to ourselves!), chosen occupation, leisure activities, general attitude in life, level of spitiuality, etc., in short, we need to seek BALANCE in ALL areas of our lives, and incidentally, this awareness makes me feel I'm closer than ever to achieving good health.