Atkins Nutritionals interviewed me about how my low-carb lifestyle is going
I have a rather unique opportunity within the low-carb community of interviewing lots of people in the world of diet and health through my twice-weekly podcast show, but it is a rarity when I get to be interviewed by someone else. But it has happened from time to time, including with Cindy Swanson, Dr. Jonny Bowden, Steve Yu for INSPIRED: The Movie, Orato, Connie Bennett and Jim Foster at Diet-Blog.com. And Laura Dolson from About Low-Carb Diets just finished up an interview with me that will be published on her web site soon.
The latest to interview me is the company behind the Atkins diet–Atkins Nutritionals. I’ve had a great relationship with them over the years since my 180-pound weight loss in 2004 and they wanted to catch up with me about what is happening through my eyes with low-carb nowadays. They recently added my weight loss success story to their web site and decided to follow-up with an interview, too. Below is a brief excerpt from the interview, but you can read the entire piece by clicking here. ENJOY!
Interviewer: Atkins is nearly forty years old – what are your impressions of the nutritional approach today?
Jimmy: I think the diet is experiencing a real resurgence – there’s been a lot of new comparison studies, comparing Atkins to low-fat diets, etc. And time and time again, the research supports the Atkins principles.
Interviewer: So, do you think more people are coming around to the health and weight loss benefits of the Atkins lifestyle?
Jimmy: I do. You know, there are still people who think it’s all meat, eggs, and cheese, but the company’s done a good job of handling the misperceptions – and blogs like mine are working hard to help more people enjoy these amazing benefits. Lives are being changed for the better.
Want to read the whole interview? It’s right here.
The headline there sums up one of the things that worries me about the diet industry. Atkins isn’t primarily selling a diet it is selling food products. Sweet and Sexy with the guy eating an Atkins bar – keeps people addicted to sweetness and snack bars instead of learning to eat real food.
The Atkins bars and snacks help keep you going when there isn’t anything else available. Where I work, everyone comes in with the worst possible foods available. It is always nice to know that there are treats available for me. We should eat real foods whenever possible. But sometimes you just need that little extra to keep you on track. Better to have an Atkins treat, once in a while, than to go off track altogether! It’s nice to know that while on Atkins you can have treats like “real people”. This really made a difference in the beginning, when I started Atkins, ten years ago. I’m in the best condition of my entire life. Even at 66 years old. I have never felt this good. As far as I’m concerned Atkins and his treats were the best thing that ever happened to me. ATKINS IS THE GREATEST!
Mike Scott