James is a 52-year-old overweight smoker taking theophylline for his persistent asthma. He tells his provider he is going to start the Atkin's diet for weight loss. The appropriate response would .

The correct answer is -  he try stopping smoking instead of the Atkin's diet.

Explanation:

Before initiating any diet plan that is different than normal diet plans one should avoid their unhealthy habits. In this case James is overweight smoker with asthma.

He should avoid smoking before the initiating as if smoking is stopped one might experience less chances of asthma attacks and excercise would be helpful for wight loss. Atkin's diet is a diet that allows only proteins and fat as much one want and avoid carbs. fat can cause medical conditions and add problems in the case of asthma.

Thus, the correct response would be -  he try stopping smoking instead of the Atkin's diet.

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