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November 1, 2011

The New Atkins for a New You cookbook

The 2010 bestseller The New Atkins for a New You introduced a healthier, fresher, and easier way to lose and maintain weight through a low-carb lifestyle—and dieters all over the world ate it up! After more than thirty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and nearly half a million copies in print, sales Read More

October 1, 2011

Atkins Nutritionals names first diet Superstar Grand Prize Winner

Atkins Nutritionals Inc. (“Atkins™”) has named Florida resident, Cheryl Lynn Wolf, as Atkins’ first Success Story Superstar Grand Prize Winner. Cheryl’s winning entry detailed how she lost 50 pounds in three months by utilizing Atkins’ array of free online tools and delicious products to embrace her new low-carb lifestyle. “The numbers on the scale don’t Read More

July 19, 2011

Indiana resident crowned first Atkins diet superstar

DENVER, July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. (“Atkins®”) has namedIndiana resident, Meghan Cook, a 30 year-old nurse, wife and mother, as Atkins’ first Success Story Superstar. Meghan’s winning entry detailed how a family photo of her at 220 pounds motivated her to lose 82 pounds on the Atkins Diet™. Her weight loss encouraged Read More

July 7, 2011

In U.S. News diet rankings, look closer at Atkins

DENVER, June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. is pleased to have the Atkins Diet™ included in the U.S. News Media Group “Best Diets” rankings. We believe, however – and contrary to the published ratings – that the Atkins Diet has repeatedly demonstrated its effectiveness for diabetes and heart health management, as evidenced by Read More

May 1, 2011

Modified Atkins diet shows promise as treatment for epileptic children in Indian clinical trial

Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. is pleased to distribute the results of the recent clinical trial in Indiawhich demonstrated the effectiveness of a modified Atkins Diet™ in treating infantile spasms, a form of epilepsy, in affected children. The study, published in Seizure: The European Journal of Epilepsy (2011), was conducted at the leading Department of Pediatrics, All Read More

April 15, 2011

Sugar in your diet: not so sweet

DENVER, April 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — There’s nothing sweet about sugar when it comes to your weight— and health. As long as you’re consuming lots of the sweet stuff, your body has difficulty burning your own body fat for energy, the crux of the Atkins Diet™. Furthermore, as outlined by science journalist Gary Taubes in Read More

April 12, 2011

New low-carb breakfast-inspired flavors added to Atkins Nutritionals’ popular Day Break

DENVER, CO. (April 12, 2011) – Atkins Nutritionals Inc. (“Atkins™”), with its market-leading, weight-management products, has introduced six new Day Break products in morning flavors consumers love: the first and only ready-to-drink, low carb breakfast shake featuring resealable twist-off cap technology, soft baked breakfast squares, and a tasty new morning snack bar. These new low-sugar Read More

March 22, 2011

Dukan Diet, where is the science?

DENVER, CO. (March 22, 2011) – A spate of recent media coverage on the new Dukan Diet positions it as inspired by or a variation of the Atkins Diet™. But Atkins Nutritionals, Inc., wants you to know there is no legitimate comparison between the two approaches. Where is the Science?Atkins Nutritionals is aware of no Read More

November 28, 2010

Atkins CEO Monty Sharma appears on the Fox Business network

Atkins CEO Monty Sharma talks with Neil Cavuto of the Fox Business Network about the success of the new simplified and flexible Atkins Diet based on the new book The New Atkins for a New You Read More

September 6, 2010

Conclusions flawed in comparison of animal- and plant-based “low-carbohydrate” diets

DENVER, CO. (September 6, 2010) – Headlines make news, but don’t read too much into current headlines about a recent study titled “Low-Carbohydrate Diets and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality,” published in the September 7, 2010, issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.. Although the headlines may say the study suggests that long-term adherence to a low-carb Read More