Atkins Diet on the Way Out?

I stole the title of my comment from the referenced article on Zug (see 'low(er)-carb bagels' link), but the author may have been on to something. Note the following quote from the Dr. Atkins biography (also referenced in the news post):

"Dr. Atkins founded... Atkins Nutritionals... with three key goals in mind: 1) to provide controlled carbohydrate foods and nutritional supplements, herbs and minerals to a growing population of Atkins followers and 2) to generate funds to invest in controlled carbohydrate nutritional and medical research."

When I read that I thought, "Dang! What if the omitted goal was 3) Siiike! Your momma rides a biiike!?"

And yes, I actually thought the word 'Dang'.

The whole magic diet thing baffles me. I understand putting some thought into what you injest, but there's no diet cure for laziness. I am constantly amazed when I ask someone who is complaining about gaining weight, "So, how often do you work out?" The answer tends to be "never," or even better is when they tell you they work out and that equates to walking to the store once a week or something ridiculous like that.

It just seems too simple to me. Your body literally is what you eat. So, if you eat it, and don't burn it, it's probably sticking to your belly, thighs, etc. If you eat X, and only burn Y, my guess is that you've got (X-Y) somewhere in your body still. And they've got a word for (X-Y): Fat.

It's funny. Go to your library and find a photographic history book. Look for civil-war era photos and find all the fat people. What do you mean you're having trouble finding them? I mean, they had far less healty foods back then than we do now. Why is it that they're so skinny? Oh? They had to work? Crazy. And this "work," it burned fat? Amazing.

I wish I could get a license to kick people in the teeth when they try to blame others for their own faults. Yep, square in the teeth. Then I'd get a jar to store all of the teeth in and when people smirked at my ideas, I could say things like, "Nice smile. Boy." I'm serious. So serious, I'm Bob Skerious.

I know the secret to effective dieting: drink only water. I haven't tried it, but I bet it would beat the pants off of any fad diet.

Carbohydrates are plant food, which has a growing season. If you eat mostly carbs, you're body will get the message that you will starve to death in the winter, which was true for most of man's existence. So the body turns carbs into fat, as a reserve supply of food against the coming starvation. Animal food is around all year, so there was no reason to turn it into fat.

Since carbs should make up 60% of your diet this diet failed many individuals. The key is separating the good carbs from the bad.

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