om: support@atkinssupport.com (Atkins Support)
Date: Mon, Jan 19, 2004, 1:44pm (CST+1)
To: witchyway@webtv.net (witchy way) Subject:
RE:{Atkins#760-188}Consumer
Other: fox news crawl
 
Thank you for your inquiry.
 
The following information will be helpful:
 
ATKINS HAS NOT CHANGED
 
ATKINS NUTRITIONALS, INC.,. statement on The New York Times article,
“Make That Steak a Bit Smaller, Atkins Advises Today's
Dieters”
 
The January 18 article in The New York Times and the subsequent
publicity is yet another dramatically inappropriate example of the media
reporting on the media and perpetuating a false report on Atkins. 
This is a great disservice to the millions upon millions of Atkins
followers who have been benefiting from this nutritional approach for
more than 30 years.  The accusation in today’s media claiming
that Atkins is retreating from its long held position on the consumption
of fat is simply wrong.  It is a false premise created by members of
the media itself based on input from “experts” who
apparently have never read any of Dr. Atkins books, nor have even
casually browsed the Atkins Web site (www.atkins.com).
 
Atkins has not changed.  The basic tenets of the Atkins Nutritional
Approach™, consistent since 1972, are control the intake of
refined carbohydrates (like sugar and white flour), eat a balance of
fats (including saturated fat but not trans fats) and a balance of
proteins including red meat.  Saturated fat remains a valuable part of
the Atkins Nutritional Approach (ANA). And, again, there is absolutely
no science to support any claims that eating red meat and saturated fat
as part of your Atkins program is anything other then beneficial. These
protocols have been consistently reinforced as safe, effective and
beneficial by 17 studies over the past three years.
 
Equally as important and equally as troubling is the attempt once again
by critics of Atkins to ignore fact, science and the clear messages
stated in Dr. Atkins’ own words over the past 32 years, in order
to sensationalize the ANA as the
“all-the-steak-you-can-eat” approach.  This has never
been true and the millions of followers and health care professionals
who have read Dr. Atkins’ books clearly understand this.  We
would urge anyone who is confused, including the media to simply read
Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution, Atkins For Life, The Atkins
Essentials or visit our Web site (www.atkins.com) rather than interpret
Atkins on the basis of sensationalized reports based on hearsay and
mischaracterization.
 
Even in the original 1972 Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution, Dr.
Atkins explained, “fat allows for enormous variety in your diet;
that vital and best of all, it keeps you from feeling deprived.  Of
course, you aren’t confined to steak, you can have almost any
kind of meat, fish or fowl.”  He continued, “One of
the biggest reasons this diet works so successfully is because you eat
protein and fat….”
 
Dr. Atkins made no secret of the fact that his methodology evolved over
time as scientific discovery added new and useful information. His
original 1972 book was re-written by Dr. Atkins three times exactly
because he felt it his responsibility to keep people up to date as to
the most recent and relevant information on controlled carbohydrate
nutrition and health. In the 2002 edition of Dr. Atkins’ New
Diet Revolution, he wrote, “Eat either three regular-size meals
a day or four to five smaller meals.  Eat liberally of combinations of
fat and protein in the form of poultry, fish, shellfish, eggs and red
meat, as well as of pure, natural fat in the form of butter, mayonnaise,
olive oil, safflower, sunflower and other vegetable oils.  Adjust the
quantity you eat to suit your appetite, especially as it decreases when
hungry, eat the amount that makes your feel satisfied but not
stuffed….”
 
By providing followers with a lifelong strategy, including exercise and
meal plans (at various carb thresholds) incorporating a wide range of
foods, as explained in  Atkins for Life, Dr. Atkins believed the
misconceptions that his approach consisted only of eating red meat would
finally be put to rest.  His simple goal was that people would come to
understand how to incorporate his controlled carbohydrate nutritional
approach as the first step in gaining control of their nutritionally
out-of-control lives. 
 
Millions of consumers who benefit from doing Atkins understand that the
Atkins Nutritional Approach (ANA) is a very effective four-phase 
approach to eating. The ANA focuses on moving consumers from diets
saturated with refined carbohydrates like sugar and white flour to a
lifestyle of eating whole foods, emphasizing the consumption of
nutrient-dense foods like leafy vegetables and bringing into balance the
consumption of proteins and fat.
 
Please feel free to e-mail us again if you require any further
assistance. Thank you.
 
Sincerely,
Customer Support
Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.
1-800-6-ATKINS
 
The instructions and advice presented in this email are in no way
intended as medical advice or as a substitute for medical counseling.
The information should be used in conjunction with the guidance and care
of your physician. Consult your physician before beginning this program
as you would any weight-loss or weight-maintenance program. Your
physician should be aware of all medical conditions that you may have,
as well as any medication and supplements you are taking. Those of you
on diuretics or diabetes medication should proceed only under a doctor's
supervision. As with any plan, the weight-loss phases of this
nutritional plan should not be used by patients on dialysis or by
pregnant or nursing women.
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From:   witchyway@webtv.net (witchyway@webtv.net)
Date:   Saturday, January 17, 2004  10:43 PM
To:   support@atkinssupport.com (support@atkinssupport.com)
Subject:  Consumer Other: fox news crawl
 
 
hi
i saw that you are recommending no more than 20% of the diet be from red
meat. there was no explantion. can you enlighten me, please?
thank you

                                                                               
**I have gone to find myself, if I should return before I get back, keep
me here.

witchy