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Medical Forum / General / Nutrition / December 2004Is the low carb boom bust?
Yes, if looking at sales. Atkins spent 15 million on a marketing pitch to sell a low carb line of pasta, its sitting in warehouses collecting dust. Like all such fads, the peak is past, the bloom is off the rose. For those with metabolic disorders, being carb moderate and making choices for whole carb sources will remain, but this fad for the general public is another cycle in the boom and bust diet industry. It will be intresting to see what the next fad is, whatever it is it too will allow weight loss by matching energy intake with energy needs period. Read an analysis: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/05/business/yourmoney/05atki.html It could be that it was neither low carb or pasta. > Yes, if looking at sales. Atkins spent 15 million on a marketing pitch to > sell a low carb line of pasta, its sitting in warehouses collecting dust. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/05/business/yourmoney/05atki.html >It could be that it was neither low carb or pasta. It tasted like sh.t. It's not low carb that's waning, it's the sales of lousy ersatz foods. Susan >x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >It's not low carb that's waning Its over Johnny > x-no-archive: yes > >> It could be that it was neither low carb or pasta. > > It tasted like sh.t. I could not help but wonder how you would know that. "According to the NPD Group, a research firm, the percentage of Americans who followed low-carb diets like Atkins, South Beach or the Zone fell to 4.6 percent in September from 9 percent in January." It's not sales, it's people getting tired/moving on in their diet choices; they tried it they voted with their feet and the vote continues. >It's not low carb that's waning, it's the sales of lousy ersatz foods. > >Susan > Yes, if looking at sales. Atkins spent 15 million on a marketing pitch to > sell a low carb line of pasta, its sitting in warehouses collecting dust. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/05/business/yourmoney/05atki.html I eat low carb all the time and use very few processed products. Low fat was a fad & low carb keeps growing in popularity for good reasons, mainly its success stories. gtoomey > Yes, if looking at sales. Atkins spent 15 million on a marketing pitch to > sell a low carb line of pasta, its sitting in warehouses collecting dust. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/05/business/yourmoney/05atki.html You are a grade A idiot. Just because no-one is being sucked into buying all the manufactured crap with a low carb label on it, it does not reflect in any way on the popularity, the efficacy or the numbers of people on a low carb diet. It is an apples and oranges kind of thing. TC "You are a grade A idiot. Just because no-one is being sucked into buying all the manufactured crap with a low carb label on it, it does not reflect in any way on the popularity, the efficacy or the numbers of people on a low carb diet. It is an apples and oranges kind of thing." Consider: "According to the NPD Group, a research firm, the percentage of Americans who followed low-carb diets like Atkins, South Beach or the Zone fell to 4.6 percent in September from 9 percent in January." Apples and oranges, sure, and whole sources of grains and tubers and beans and nuts and fruits and veggies galore also. > "You are a grade A idiot. > Just because no-one is being sucked into buying all the manufactured [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Apples and oranges, sure, and whole sources of grains and tubers and > beans and nuts and fruits and veggies galore also. All of which are allowed on South Beach, but must be limited more on the others. |
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