"Damsel" > wrote in message
...
> "Debbie" > said:
>
>> Jumping Jack Flash wrote:
>> >> "Andy" <Q> wrote in message
>> >> .. .
>> >>> http://tinyurl.com/arycg
>> >>
>> >> Shocking that a diet that preached the evils of fruit, while
>> >> promoting bacon and eggs couldn't last long term.
>>
>> It isn't the diet that went bankrupt. Atkins sold this business in
>> 2003..
>> it was selling low carb products under the Atkins name. With every
>> company
>> under the sun coming out with low carb products it couldn't compete. It
>> is
>> looking to restructure with more specialty products.. not just low carb.
>
> It didn't help that they kept "improving" their products until they were
> no
> longer edible, by anyone's standards.
>
> Carol, who used to have an Atkins shake every morning

An Atkins shake? What caused it? Is the Atkins shake similar to the
shake/shudder you get when you get the sudden chills? ;-)