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Old August 8th, 2004, 08:28 PM
Erika RollerGirl
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Default First solid foods for babies

Apparently Atkins has been thinking about this as well. I honestly can't tell
if this article is serious or a joke though Some of the names of the items
sound wayyyyy out there!
http://www.usedwigs.com/weekly_61.html

Atkins Introduces Low-Carb Baby Food

Yesterday in Chicago, Veronica Atkins (widow of diet guru Dr. Robert Atkins)
and Fred Duffner (vice president of Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.) unveiled a new
line of Atkins-friendly baby and toddler foods.

Prior to showing the new product to the media and public, Atkins said, "Obesity
in America's children and teens has reached epidemic proportions and we here at
Atkins believe the only way to stop it is to jump-start good dietary habits
during infancy…the Atkins way!" Atkins then spoke at length about the "plague
of obesity," "killer carbs" and the "healthening up of the babies."

"God Bless America" played in the background as a PowerPoint presentation
projected behind her displaying numerous graphs, charts and photos of
chubby-cheeked toddlers struggling to toddle while gorging themselves on
carb-laden peeled baby carrots, Goldfish crackers and Cheerios.

"Forget what the pediatricians tell you, babies should start in on a big meat
diet the day they switch to food from milk," Atkins proclaimed to gasps in the
crowd.

With the last notes of the patriotic anthem wafting through the room, a curtain
was raised to unveil some of the new foods that will be on grocery-store
shelves by December. Beautiful, lean female models dressed in baby outfits
danced about as they pointed to oversized versions of baby food jars which sat
on individual pedestals.

The labels had tasty Atkins-friendly names such as: Beef-n-Bacon, Chicken Liver
Jr., Li'l Ribber BBQ Puree and Hamhock Surprise (includes "surprise" bone for
teething). Along with the popular jarred style of baby food, Atkins will be
offering some finger foods for toddler-age kids. These snacks include Pork Rind
Smileys, Dinosaur Jerky—which is actually beef jerky cut into dinosaur
shapes—Groovy Gravy boxes to replace apple-juice sippy cups and Veal-ios, a
baby-cow-based breakfast "cereal" with "that fun O shape that little fingers
love to grab."

"What we have done here…" Duffner explained, "is take longtime Atkins Diet
snack favorites, and make them fun for the kids. With our jerky and rind
products, kids can now learn about shapes and science while staying lean and
healthy the meat-based way."

Although Duffner and Atkins would not comment further, it has also been
reported that Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. and fast-food giant McDonald's are in
talks to produce an Atkins-approved Happy Meal. Sources at Fast Food Monthly
confirm the meal will contain a quarter-pound all-beef patty between two
"McOinky Buns" (100% pork, shaped and colored to resemble a bread product), a
bag of Pork Rind Smileys, and an Atkins high-protein diet shake.

When asked if a meat-centric, high-protein diet was healthy for babies and
toddlers, Duffner replied, "We, as a people, have to reevaluate what 'healthy'
is." When asked to explain, he went on to say, "America is becoming covered
beneath a blanket of obesity and we here at Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. plan on
turning down those covers and making the bed the correct way."