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atkins As Low-Carb Craze Wanes, Atkins Revamps Its Diet
Updated: 02:43 PM EST As Low-Carb Craze Wanes, Atkins Revamps Its Diet NEW YORK (March 23) - Atkins Nutritionals, which championed a dieting craze that made millions of Americans shun bread and other carbohydrates, wants a do-over. As the low-carb fad fades, Atkins has altered its net carbs method by using parts of the latest trend from Europe

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atkins As Low-Carb Craze Wanes, Atkins Revamps Its Diet

using a bogus calculation (of net carbs). Now it is, apparently, going to sell same trash products, using just as bogus calculation (glycemic index, according to the article). My guess is that the experts are wrong in guessing that this change is happening due to changing consumer dieting preferences towards different types of diets. I think that the real reason for this switch is that the net carb fraud became too notorious. Too few people believe in net carbs , and this fraud will probably soon be banned by the government food agencies. Hence the preventive action by Atkins nutritionals . Glycemic index calculation is even more nebulous than net carbs, and is very easy to fake and lie about without the fear of being successfully sued. Unlike carb counts, which are at least _base_d on _object_ive lab tests, glycemic index is _base_d on blood sugar response of human subjects . That response is variable and depends on the person. So, al they have to do to fudge the numbers is find the human subjects with the least response. For a pdf of a good critique of Glycemic index, check out http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/gi.pdf

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atkins As Low-Carb Craze Wanes, Atkins Revamps Its Diet
Rather than the glycemic index, perhaps a label indicating glycemic load would be useful for some. People don't stay on diet period. It doesn't matter which one.

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Glycemic index calculation is even more nebulous than net carbs, and is very easy to fake and lie about without the fear of being successfully sued. Unlike carb counts, which are at least _base_d on _object_ive lab tests, glycemic index is _base_d on blood sugar response of human subjects . That response is variable and depends on the person. So, al they have to do to fudge the numbers is find the human subjects with the least response. For a pdf of a good critique of Glycemic index, check out http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/gi.pdf Sounds too subjective to be measurable, let alone legally regulate the claims...

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atkins As Low-Carb Craze Wanes, Atkins Revamps Its Diet

Atkins, as consumers have dismissed it as a fad that got rid of weight at first, but was unsustainable. What Atkins is saying is that this is the new way of doing things, which is the same as saying the old way wasn't that good, said Bob Goldin, executive vice president with food industry research firm Technomic. They're so well identified with net carbs that it may work against them because it can confuse people. The aura has definitely left Atkins, so they're a lot less valuable as a corporate partner, he added. About 26 percent of Americans are trying to shed weight, 4 percent of those on a low-carb diet

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would be useful for some. People don't stay on diet period. It doesn't matter which one. Are you a fatalist, faddist or fatist?

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