Yum, yum, I'm going for four barrels.
Posted on 08/02/2005 4:08:21 PM PDT by SmithL
In Boise, staff members of the Idaho Potato Commission gave each other gleeful high-fives when they heard the news. In Houston, the folks at the U.S. Rice Producers' Association declared "good riddance." And fruit farmers in the Central Valley said they were "happy to see them go."
Across the United States, producers of carbohydrate-laden food exulted at the decision by Atkins Nutritionals Inc., the Ronkonkoma, N.Y.-based designer of the once popular low-carbohydrate weight-loss program, to file for bankruptcy protection.
The company said it planned to reorganize and focus mainly on selling nutrition bars and shakes. But analysts and nutritionists said Atkins' bankruptcy filing effectively signaled the demise of the low-carb lifestyle and an era when tens of millions of Americans embraced high-protein diets rich in meat and cheese while eschewing carbohydrates and sugars in grains, fruits and vegetables.
"It just proves that what Atkins was trying to do was just too extreme," said Jeffrey Yankellow, a South San Francisco baking instructor and winner of the World Cup of Baking in Paris in April. "Bread has survived as a nutritional food for thousands of years, and Atkins isn't going to kill it."
In court papers, the company indicated that it was a victim of fierce competition from large food companies such as Unilever, Kraft Foods Inc. and General Mills Inc., which in the past few years rolled out their own lines of low-carb food.
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it was just another fad that would not work and then would fade out.
It's been in use since the 70's. The diet is going nowhere. It works, but the gimmicky processed foods they tried to sell were a horrible idea. Most people only heard about it when low-carb became mainstream, but Atkins had been preaching it (and selling his diet books) for decades.
Low carb was around before Atkins...the diet was actually introduced in the 1880s by an Englishman named Banting. What happened to Atkins is what often happens when a charismatic founder dies...e g Ray Kroc...the company he runs goes into decline.
That would be great, if you remove the bun. :-)
They actually have a low carb version of the Thickburger, the bun is replaced with a lettuce wrap.
The theory didn't go bankrupt. The overpriced food supplier did.
Been on the diet,it works and I never bought any Atkins food because it wasn't necessary to the diet.
Lots of mis-reporting here.
Yum, yum, I'm going for four barrels.
Yum, yum, I'm going for four barrels.
Atkins was right on - Americans are just too sugar-addicted and lack the self-discipline to stick with the diet for the several months it tales to achieve real results.
It must be the same idiots rejoicing who were the same idiots shoving carb heavy 'low fat' sugar loaded foods down everyone's throat. The Atkins diet is still going strong, but in a fair market the best products survive not the first ones. Pasta, potato, and bread makers head better get innovative, or a lot more of them (as have) are going to go belly up.
That is my experience as well.
mc
I bet the Kidney and Heart Associations are also rejoicing. The Atkins low carb diet sent many women to the hospital with kidney stones. The body has to have enough carbs to function properly.
High cholesteral in itself is not a danger to your health. I'm told that it is the "Ratio" of good to bad cholesteral that is important... and in my case after losing 55 lbs. my cholesteral went up...but the ratio improved tremendously. My Oncologist said "Whatever you're doing seems to be working. Keep it up".
Cancer free now four years and counting!
BTW, I skipped the induction phase which I think was totally unnecessary. I just dropped my carb intake to about 100 grams a day and did a five-mile walk every day.
Where I think the Atkins company went wrong was when they started introducing all those low-carb "candy bars" and other such junk.
When the Atkins Diet was associated with a healthy diet of meat, cheese, fish, nuts, olive oil, lamps, yogurt, and berries, it was good. But then when Atkins put their name on all those "low-carb" junk foods, they started losing a lot of credibility.
Consider that even in the total lack of cholesterol in your diet, your body will simply manufacture its own cholesterol!
For years, I have had at least two eggs a day, lots of cheese, red meat and nuts. I will even eat a plate of cooked chicken livers! Yet my cholesterol is consistently in the 175 to 185 range. I also walk 5 miles per day.
Consider that even in the total lack of cholesterol in your diet, your body will simply manufacture its own cholesterol!
For years, I have had at least two eggs a day, lots of cheese, red meat and nuts. I will even eat a plate of cooked chicken livers! Yet my cholesterol is consistently in the 175 to 185 range. I also walk 5 miles per day.
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