Jumping Jack Flash wrote:

>Shocking that a diet that preached the evils of fruit, while promoting bacon
>and eggs couldn't last long term.

Atkins promotes the evils of fruit?

My husband has been doing Atkins for 2 years. He bought the book, I
read it. Atkins is big on fruit - he just has ideas about which fruit
is ok. He likes berries. My hubby eats at least two servings of fruit
per day (and 4 or 5 servings of vegetables, just no potatoes).

I think if you actually read what Atkins says you should eat for
"lifetime maintenance", you would find your ideas about the diet are
mistaken.

We've also never bought any of that low carb packaged crap. OK, once I
bought the low carb pasta, but never again. Hubby occasionally eats
whole grains like brown rice, bulgur wheat (in tabbouli) and also I
convince him to eat beans. IIRC a 1/4 cup serving of each of these is
ten carbs, very Atkins approved, and all are on the lifetime
maintenance menu.

I personally can't do the no-bread-no-potatoes-no-pasta diet long term,
but I've certainly benefited from eating less of it. And hubbie is
thinner and in better shape than I've ever known him - he lost 40
pounds, has kept it off, and now that he's started going to the gym, I
feel like I got a new boyfriend with my dearest hubbie inside.

For what it's worth, my oncologist wants me to do low carb, and my
acupuncturist, who is a traditional chinese medicine doctor and sits on
the national licensing board for acupuncturists - this guy says meat
and vegetables are a very good diet. He thinks there's no problem with
Atkins. Of course if you ate only bacon double cheeseburgers that would
be a problem. But why it's so terrible to eat meat, fish, chicken or
tofu plus large helpings of veg and salad, I fail to understand.

Get some information, people. Even our esteemed nutritionist, Cindy -
have you looked at Atkins lifetime maintenance? I can't believe it's so
terrible of a diet.

However -re the corporation going bust - I say good riddance. I despise
those low-carb products. Yech.

In the end, moderation will always win out. Probably eating less white
flour and sugar is good for anybody.

Leila