Tuesday, August 02, 2005

 

Low-Cash Diet

Free ketchup, mustard packets dominate new Atkins weight-loss program.

Aug. 2 - Two days after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Atkins Nutritionals Inc. said today that although its low-carb diet had lost its luster, the company was introducing what it called "a low-cash diet guaranteed to melt those pounds away."

At Atkins headquarters, company spokesman Dalton Pankow said that the company's financial woes had inspired the new low-cash diet, which he said was based on a very simple principle: "Essentially, once you're on the diet, you don't eat anything that costs money."

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