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The beginning of the end of a very dark era in food?

I think my favorite Atkins memory is when some people in the office were talking about this great breadless pizza they had found. The crust was made of sausage.

Fucking... EW! EW EW EW!

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 1 August 2005 23:16 (twenty years ago)

It does sound great though.

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Monday, 1 August 2005 23:19 (twenty years ago)

Sausage always sounds great. Closer inspection is often discouraging.

― Aimless (Aimless), Monday, 1 August 2005 23:34 (twenty years ago)

Maybe they're just on a bit of a financial diet.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 1 August 2005 23:39 (twenty years ago)

The Atkins thing is/was hilarious. "sure, eat all the saturated animal fat you like! Just dont eat any carbs! Oh and that includes vegetables". W. T. F.

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 1 August 2005 23:39 (twenty years ago)

Q: Why did Atkins go bankrupt?

A: Because they didn't have any dough!

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Monday, 1 August 2005 23:40 (twenty years ago)

Fucking genius joke right there.

― Hari A$hur$t (Toaster), Monday, 1 August 2005 23:46 (twenty years ago)

you could tell the tide was turning, tho; my parents now being on the south beach diet, for example

― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 1 August 2005 23:55 (twenty years ago)

The Atkins thing is/was hilarious. "sure, eat all the saturated animal fat you like! Just dont eat any carbs! Oh and that includes vegetables". W. T. F.

that's not what they were advocating. people just went way overboard with it.

― stockholm cindy (from norway) (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 00:12 (twenty years ago)

Yeah you're right I guess - I'm sure it isnt, but I dont know anyone who followed it who didnt say "oh and its great I can eat bacon and not worry!" or similar...

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 00:25 (twenty years ago)

nothing wrong with eating bacon, as long as you don't eat pounds of it in one sitting!

― stockholm cindy (from norway) (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 00:32 (twenty years ago)

Fucking genius joke right there.

It doesn't get any better than this, my friends. Good times.

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 00:42 (twenty years ago)

what's wrong with pounds of bacon?!?! oh, the fat..

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 00:43 (twenty years ago)

As the radio news pointed out this morning, when Dr Atkins died, of heart failure, he was clinically obese.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 05:24 (twenty years ago)

Except he didnt die of heart failure - didnt he die cos he slipped on some ice and hit his head, and the heart thing was a side effect? Thats what I read anyhow. I was hoping it was his heart tho... oh I mean.. um that sounds mean, but you know.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 05:26 (twenty years ago)

He discovered the diet late in life, sadly. It is not too late for us.

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 05:26 (twenty years ago)

What radio news said he was clinically obese? That's absurd! His family refused to allow any sort of autopsy or anything, but he died slipping on ice.

― richardk (Richard K), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 06:04 (twenty years ago)

This was Today on Radio 4 this morning.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 06:20 (twenty years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Atkins_%28nutritionist%29

Interestingly, Atkins' medical records also stated he was clinically obese at the time of his death, weighing approximately 260 lb (118 kg). However, this was likely due to fluid retention following the failure of his major organs after his fall. Medical records obtained by USA Today show his weight to be 195 lb (88 kg) upon admission to the hospital following his fall on April 8, 2003.

My bad, I guess. I'm not on the diet or anything, but the ad hominem attacks against the guy always seem so vicious to me. Especially when he was just trying to deal with the insane amount of sugar and corn syrup in the American diet, for better or worse.

― richardk (Richard K), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 06:26 (twenty years ago)

It is all very strange. Many's the time I've slipped and fell on icy sidewalks, but IIRC it hasn't killed me (yet).

Do we know whether, opposite the section of sidewalk whereon Atkins sustained his fatal fall, there was a grassy knoll?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 06:48 (twenty years ago)

The first Scottish First Minister, Donald Dewar, died after tripping over a paving slab outside his official residence, and that one wasn't even icy.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 06:49 (twenty years ago)

Well what do you expect of someone named after a well-known brand of whisky?

The worst thing that ever happened to me when slipping on ice was a dislocated left shoulder, coming out onto a blackly icy pavement at six in the morning in December and involuntarily doing a John Curry routine.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 06:58 (twenty years ago)

I think my favorite Atkins memory is when some people in the office were talking about this great breadless pizza they had found. The crust was made of sausage.

Please tell me this is really true and provide evidence.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 09:54 (twenty years ago)

The Meatza...
http://www.galaxynet.com/users/thumper/Meatza.htm

http://www.galaxynet.com/users/thumper/Meatza_files/image002.jpg

― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 10:03 (twenty years ago)

Dear God.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 10:07 (twenty years ago)

It looks... mouldy.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 10:08 (twenty years ago)

what is that, cheddar and ketchup?

― stockholm cindy (from norway) (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 10:10 (twenty years ago)

I want a Meat Feast Meatza, with extra meat.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 10:14 (twenty years ago)

I think I'm going to skip lunch today.

― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 10:17 (twenty years ago)

he died slipping on ice

because he was too busy tucking into a meatza to look where he was going.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 11:08 (twenty years ago)

Woah, I'm glad I already had lunch. The edge of that thing is a truly unholy colour. Wtf?

I am still laughing at the dough joke though.

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 11:16 (twenty years ago)

It's how he would have wanted it.
xp

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 11:16 (twenty years ago)

Onimo - surely you'd have a Meat Feast Meatza with extra meat deep fried in batter? It buggers it up for the atkins diet but is makes it more Glaswegian.

Anyone else seriously tempted to try the Meatza recipe? Just for scientific purposes. I particularly like "Drain excess fat before serving. (if needed)" IF NEEDED?!!!

― Guilty Boksen (Bro_Danielson), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 11:21 (twenty years ago)

perhaps it means "if needed for breakfast the next day".

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 11:22 (twenty years ago)

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