On May 01, 2004, at 6:46 pm, Daniel Lurie wrote:

>> You should not be surprised to know that Atkins promoted a paleo-like
>> diet.
>> That was the original plan before commercializaion.
>
> Except perhaps for the dairy.

I was hoping someone else picked up the same thing as me in that
article :)  (http://www.atkins.com/Archive/2002/10/7-248323.html)  To
answer Holly's question- what I made of it is that it is clever
marketing and little else.

Fair enough, cavemen didn't eat grains, but they didn't eat cheese and
bacon either- which the article conveniently ignores; and cavement
*did* gorge on carbohydrates (fruit and veg, not starch!) which the
article also conveniently ignores.  I think the article is a shameless
exercise to bury the idea that Atkins (or at least Low Carb) = Good in
the minds of its often already over-zealous followers.

My mum won't eat apples because of "all the carbs" but she is quite
happy to munch on low-carb chocolate bars, the ingredients of which
read like the contents of most household cleaners.  I've explained this
too but low-carb choc is "her little treat".  At some point I will have
to admit that it's the insane people that define reality.

Argghhh... bee... bonnet.