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Topic: Atkins Corp goes belly-up
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lagatta
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posted 02 August 2005 09:25 AM
Well, they've asked for bankruptcy protection, but the title was too much to resist.  This is a business story about "Atkins products" so I put it in labour and consumption, but of course there are body and soul implications as well. I'm posting this CBC story as it is freely accessible, but there was a longer story in the Globe and Mail this morning. Do babblers think low-carb diets are a fad? I have a male cousin who lost a considerable amount of weight on one - I'd be afraid to eat so high on the food chain, and his food would have been VERY expensive (he has money). I know there are modified low-carb or limited carb diets such as the Beverly Hills, Zone, or in francophone countries the Montignac diet that seem less extreme than Atkins and do seem to get results in some people at least for whom simply limiting portions had not been effective ...
From: Se non ora, quando? | Registered: Apr 2002
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Mr. Magoo
guilty-pleasure
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posted 02 August 2005 10:06 AM
Mrs. M. tried one of those diets for a while, and it's one of the few times we ate separate meals. When she can't have bread or yeast, or beef, or whatever, I'll usually adapt. But when her dinner consists of a big slug of liverwurst on a spoon, or a cup of whipped cream, I have to recuse myself and eat something that requires chewing.Her experience was of some pretty quick but modest weight loss. Also, a disgusting feeling. 
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ephemeral
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posted 02 August 2005 03:52 PM
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Originally posted by Suzette:
Several people in my workplace were doing the high protein/low carb thing for a while. It was easy to tell who they were -- they were the ones who reeked like sulphur mines. One of them was my supervisor, who I was closed into a small office with for an hour a week. Ewww! I can't believe that someone who smells so toxic can be healthy.
suzette, why would they smell like sulphur?  is it cause they consume excess protein, and does excess protein make one smell funny? i think the atkins diet in incredibly unhealthy, and i certainly hope it is a temporary, disappearing fad. carbs are a must for the immune system to stay strong and ward off diseases. i wish people could stop equating losing weight with getting healthy. they often go hand in hand together, but they are not the same thing.
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Reality. Bites.
rabble-rouser
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posted 03 August 2005 10:41 PM
I will plug one "low carb" product here. It's low net carbs, of course, which means it's slow to raise blood sugar, an important consideration for me as a diabetic - by the way, low-carb diets are NOT recommended for diabetics, but low-glycemic carbs are encouraged in place of hi-glycemic.Anyway, the low-carb product I'm recommending is the President's Choice CarbWatch protein bars. The Chocolate Caramel Peanut is absolutely yummy, tastes like Turtles, but packs in 17 grams of protein and only 2 net carbs, without the trans fats found in most of the bars. I've also lost 30 pounds since March - could have been more, but I eat a lot. I've never gone low carb. I do cut down on fat wherever possible though - a diet containing the amount of calories you need to lose weight safely will always work. Low fat allows more food to be eaten.
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