Has anyone been to www.atkins.com

[billbazz]

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this diet was swept up in a media hype
over 20 million people were doing it--nothing was selling in supermarkets and fast food joints and many restaurants--
entire aisle's, with Atkin's approved products by the 100's , were installed in most supermarkets--
he started a lab to test these product's for his "A" ( and sure make a buck from it)
but faced overwhelming products, there's a point where control was lost
and company's figured it's best to say "Approved" even if the approval came from them...to not share in the profits.

and as said before the "A" today is the remains of a corp. and they are selling product different from the past.

[carbless_in_seattle]

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I also purchased the suppliments----those ones are gone now--
I have several versions of the book also--and enjoyed the updates and latest findings:

he was using his money to pursue his passion for Vita-nutreints. he was convinced the soil we grow our veggies in-- is depleated and the veggie's we eat today are not what man ate 100's of years ago..he mentions it in the 2002 book.

I've been reading different things about soil nutrients. I guess we get a lot of our daily selenium through veggies that get it from the soil. Selenium is vital for thyroid regulation and metabolism. I'm going to start taking selenium supplements because I don't think I'm getting enough.

[billbazz]

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that is interesting! I want my wife to try it also for her thyroid.
I will reaserch the internet on Selenium

[gman]

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Standing hairy shoulder to hairy shoulder with you on this one Tuliedave...
...and I could be wrong but also standing at the brink of maybe figuring out all this OWL/Rung/Rule stuff....as it's meant to get us into a permanent lifestyle, which you and I have not yet achieved but maybe will. No more roller coaster....
As far as the bars and stuff I never went for that. Why if you can have real food?
Glenn

[Lisa]

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The site is nothing like I first knew it. After Dr. A passed away and the corporation took over, there were so many spelling, grammatical, and inserted errors, it drove me nuts just trying to read the articles.

As far as the bars and stuff I never went for that. Why if you can have real food?
Glenn

Spoken like a true Atkins for lifer

[MoreStylish]

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people have to pay their mortgage. 12-15 dollars is practically nothing for the wealth of information you get. Also, there's a lot of people taking their share of that 15.00...the bookstore/publishing company/editor...

I don't think Dr. A was buying private jets and galavanting off to paris.

The last time I looked it up, over 10 million books had been sold.

10 million x $12.50 = 125 million dollars profit.

A quick Google search resulted in publishing companies generally receiving 15% and the editors fee is sometimes included.

That puts us at:

125 million x .15 = 18,750,000
125 million - 19 mill = 106 million

Tack on another 10% for the bookstore:

125 million x.10 = 12,500,000
106 million - 13 million = 93

93 million dollars. Lets say the percentages were wrong in this case, so lets give a buffer of 15 million dollars.

That still puts us at 78 million dollars.

That's not just paying your mortgage ... unless you own about 50 houses all worth a million a piece.

[MoreStylish]

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Futhermore, I just read that when Dr. Atkins died his estate was worth $600 million. There is also a fund that pays Dr. Atkins wife (widow) 1.2 million per MONTH.

[carbless_in_seattle]

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who gives a ****. whats the point in pointing out that dr. atkins was rich. he died! money isnt everything. I felt the need to defend him because you point out that he made a lot of money as an insult. He deserves to be rich. Whether or not you think he's a "sell-out" is up to you. I googled his net worth and it showed up as 100 million.

I'd say well deserved in comparison to paris hilton's 100 million. I bet you wish you'd have come up with the diet.

[MoreStylish]

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who gives a ****. whats the point in pointing out that dr. atkins was rich. he died! money isnt everything. I felt the need to defend him because you point out that he made a lot of money as an insult. He deserves to be rich. Whether or not you think he's a "sell-out" is up to you.

First of all, I never called him a sell out.

Second of all, I was not attempting to insult Dr. Atkins at all. I was simply pointing out an error in one users post. They said:

"I will continue to believe that Dr. A was passionate about sharing his success strategies with everyone at no (or minimal) cost"

I'm sorry, but a $400 million dollar company and a $600 million dollar estate is not anywhere near to "no (or minimal) cost."

I googled his net worth and it showed up as 100 million.

You should have done a bit more research. It was worth 100 million when the articles were written 5-6 years ago. The company was sold after his death and his wife received $400 million.

"When the business was sold after his death, his wife was left with $400 million."

Source: Florida attorney Roy Black represents Dr. Atkins' widow in lawsuit against trustees of her $400 million marital trust : The Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog

I'd say well deserved in comparison to paris hilton's 100 million. I bet you wish you'd have come up with the diet.

Once again - stop assuming. All I was doing was correcting a users post. Not insulting Dr. Atkins. Don't be childish.

[billbazz]

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DR A died badly
he slipped on the ice building up outside his office
hit his head and ruptured an artery--wife was not a DR and could not continue his work..he was a philanthropist and poured money into his wife's causes..also poured money into his many area's of research...

I've been reading different things about soil nutrients. I guess we get a lot of our daily selenium through veggies that get it from the soil. Selenium is vital for thyroid regulation and metabolism. I'm going to start taking selenium supplements because I don't think I'm getting enough.

my wife studied (on-line) Selenium-- and picked some up at the vitamin shoppe
Thank-You so much!!!

[carbless_in_seattle]

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First of all, I never called him a sell out.

Second of all, I was not attempting to insult Dr. Atkins at all. I was simply pointing out an error in one users post. They said:

"I will continue to believe that Dr. A was passionate about sharing his success strategies with everyone at no (or minimal) cost"

I'm sorry, but a $400 million dollar company and a $600 million dollar estate is not anywhere near to "no (or minimal) cost."



You should have done a bit more research. It was worth 100 million when the articles were written 5-6 years ago. The company was sold after his death and his wife received $400 million.

"When the business was sold after his death, his wife was left with $400 million."

Source: Florida attorney Roy Black represents Dr. Atkins' widow in lawsuit against trustees of her $400 million marital trust : The Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog



Once again - stop assuming. All I was doing was correcting a users post. Not insulting Dr. Atkins. Don't be childish.

i did not see the original minimal or no cost post, or if i did i forgot that's what you were replying to. my bad. i for one just don't see anything wrong with dr. A making a profit, that's all.

[carbless_in_seattle]

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DR A died badly
he slipped on the ice building up outside his office
hit his head and ruptured an artery--wife was not a DR and could not continue his work..he was a philanthropist and poured money into his wife's causes..also poured money into his many area's of research...



my wife studied (on-line) Selenium-- and picked some up at the vitamin shoppe
Thank-You so much!!!

yay! you're welcome. if you have questions about other supplements i might be able to help you out. i have a lot of free time at work and that's all i read about. haha.

[Greeneggs&ham]

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Well, aside from the money I wasted on my first go round at GNC to buy overpriced chocolate and sawdust meal replacement bars, I have yet to spend a dime towards Mrs. Atkin's trust fund so it is certainly minimal cost for me.

Now if only I could get back my money from those wasted WeightWatchers meetings...

Oh, and no, I'm not impressed with the Atkin's website