I really feel sorry for all of the small businesses that are getting caught in the center of these changes. Everyone continues to think of this as a fad. Empirical evidence aside, it is a seismic shift in 3 generations of accepted thought, bolstered by a medical community that has too much invested in their failed theories.. sad. They could and really should change their ways, there are ways to bake LowCarb breads, and I know hundreds of dieters that would jump at the chance to buy affordable breads again..
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11/08/2003 12:04:57 PM PST by
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To: carlo3b
Often overlooked is the fact that bread and grains remain an important part of the federal government's diet guidelines. It's not "overlooked." It's considered, and rejected.
Now, I'm not an advocate of long-term Atkins use. I favor more of a moderate diet. However, the government's pyramid-scheme diet was an outrageous lie perpetrated on the public. Why they did so is a topic for discussion on its own.
72 posted on
11/08/2003 3:35:15 PM PST by
B Knotts
(Go 'Nucks!)
To: carlo3b
It's seldom that I eat bread, as is it seldom that I enjoy lobster... but when I have bread, I want a fine crusty Italian loaf... not something from Albertson's. I'd hate to see the fine bakeries go by the wayside.
94 posted on
11/08/2003 5:18:30 PM PST by
glock rocks
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To: SamAdams76
ping
97 posted on
11/08/2003 5:29:41 PM PST by
nutmeg
("The DemocRATic party...has been hijacked by a confederacy of gangsters..." - Pat Caddell, 11/27/00)
To: carlo3b
Tonight for dinner, while the rest of my family had regular homemade pizza, I had two low carb tortillas (from La Tortilla Factory) baked, one with red sauce, mozz, black olives and turkey pepperoni and the other with mozz, feta and spinach - 2 mini pizzas, absolutely delicious without 95% of the carbs. Outstanding.
Thanks for the ping.
108 posted on
11/08/2003 7:42:10 PM PST by
agrace
To: carlo3b
My local grocer is advertising "Atkins bread" at $4.00 a loaf. Don't know the contents but I will certainly check it out and let you know.
109 posted on
11/08/2003 7:46:00 PM PST by
StarFan
(Life is in session, are you present?)
To: carlo3b
I just made two loaves this evening...we've been collecting and ripening persimmons for a month now. It's great!! My one-year-old son loved it.---
Persimmon Bread
Makes 1 loaf
2 eggs
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¾ cup white sugar
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup persimmon pulp
½ cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ cup raisins
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 325º F. Oil a 9x4 pan.
2. In a small bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, salt, nuts, and raisins.
3. In a large bowl, blend eggs, sugar, and oil.
4. Mix baking soda into pulp, and add to sugar mixture. Fold in flour mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan.
5. Bake for 65-75 minutes, or until tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
For all you dieters out there: I eat mine with GOBS of real butter. Enjoy!
To: carlo3b; agrace; Alamo-Girl
111 posted on
11/08/2003 8:10:38 PM PST by
ppaul
To: carlo3b
"It's too bad that we just can't eat all foods in moderation. But no, we have to do something dramatic all the time," said Judi Adams, president of the Wheat Foods Council and a registered dietician, referring to the Atkins diet. "We have to look for this magic bullet."
What a whiner!
To: carlo3b
"She's a bit incredulous when customers ask if she produces anything consistent with the Atkins diet. "This one person asked me, 'Can you make a low-carbohydrate bread?' I said, 'I wouldn't know how to do it,'" she said."
Adapt or go broke. Atkins is here to stay because it works.
124 posted on
11/08/2003 9:11:39 PM PST by
Crispy
To: carlo3b
Most Americans are eating less bread?? Then they don't have any Mrs Bairds around
133 posted on
11/08/2003 11:52:52 PM PST by
GeronL
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To: carlo3b
How to make a mint : make low carb pasta and macaroni and cheese .....
134 posted on
11/09/2003 12:01:24 AM PST by
Centurion2000
(Resolve to perform what you ought, perform without fail what you resolve.)
To: carlo3b
The reality is that America is waking up to the dangers of too much processed sugar and grain in their diet. The Atkins diet is just part of this. I've now seen low carb milk in the stores and the Atkins company has had low carb breads for sale for years now. The shift has happened. Now businesses can adapt or die.
142 posted on
11/09/2003 4:08:20 AM PST by
Beck_isright
(Socialists are like cockroaches. No matter how many die, 300 more are born under every cowpile.)
To: carlo3b
Statistically there are not enough people on low carb diets to put a dent in the humongous bread business. This is special interest whine and media filler.
To: carlo3b
We need fruits and vegetables more than we need grains in our diets.
When do you think the USDA will ever re-work the food pyramid? It drives me nuts when I am helping in a classroom and all those grains, starches, pastas, etc. form the bottom layer. Yuck!
I want to say to the teachers -- don't you realize that you are teaching the wrong nutritional facts here?
150 posted on
11/09/2003 8:04:39 AM PST by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: carlo3b
Perhaps they can consider returning to whole-grain products and ditch the white flour. That's half the problem with most bread today - the white flour might just as well be pure sugar.
151 posted on
11/09/2003 8:10:06 AM PST by
meyer
To: carlo3b
I wonder when they are going to blame George W for this?
159 posted on
11/09/2003 2:54:28 PM PST by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: carlo3b
The only bread I have is at communion. I miss it, but I don't miss the 30 lbs I have already lost!
162 posted on
11/09/2003 4:37:25 PM PST by
Redleg Duke
(Stir the pot...don't let anything settle to the bottom where the lawyers can feed off of it!)
To: carlo3b
Bump!
To: carlo3b
Thanks for trolling for this type of article and hauling it over here.
The article just yells out the stupidity of some bread / pasta / etc. makers. Adapt or die (businesses, that is). Not a difficult lesson. If the breadmakers hadn't gone to the junky refined flour in the first place, America wouldn't be dissing them when presented with an alternative.
172 posted on
11/10/2003 1:42:42 AM PST by
GretchenEE
(Liberals CANNOT be trusted with national security [excepting maybe Congr. Norm Dicks].)
To: carlo3b
She's a bit incredulous when customers ask if she produces anything consistent with the Atkins diet. "This one person asked me, 'Can you make a low-carbohydrate bread?' I said, 'I wouldn't know how to do it,'" she said.If she wants to stay in business, she's going to have to learn. There are at least 3 brands of lowcarb bread available in my area, so I know it's not impossible.
175 posted on
11/10/2003 5:15:01 AM PST by
nina0113
(is it time?)
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