There is a write up about diets in the national post, a Canadian national
newspaper.

The article compares FOUR diets, and the costs per year to follow said
diets, this is how they break down, from the highest to lowest. Atkins is
the 2nd highest!

Before you newbies call me a troll, I follow Atkins, more or less, and I
support a low carb diet.

*Canada food guide is essentially the exact same thing as the American food
pyramid.

Here goes:

1. Jenny Craig -
$49 to join, $130 a week for JC meals, $2960 for groceries
Total: $9796/year

What you eat typically:
Bkfst - French toast with lite syrup, 1/2 grapefruit, 1 cup non fat milk
Snack - Bar or drink, 1 cup canned pears
Lunch - chicken sandwich, garden salad, 2 tbsp low fat salad dressing
Snack - Jenny Craig cheese curls, 1 cup raw carrots
Dinner - chicken fettuccine, 1 cup steamed green beans, 1/2 cup canned mixed
fruit

^wow, that is alot of food, isn't it?
I do not eat nearly that much in a day.

2. Dr. Atkins
$6599 for food, $9 for DANDR paperback
Total: $6608/year

What you eat typically:
Bkfst - eggs scrambled or fried w/bacon, ham or sausage, decaf coffee or tea
Lunch - bacon cheeseburger (no bun), small tossed salad, seltzer water
Dinner - shrimp cocktail with mustard and mayo, clear consommé, steak,
roast, chops, fish or fowl, tossed salad sans dressing, diet Jell-O.

3. Canada Food Guide
$5216 in groceries

What you eat typically:
Grain - 5-12 servings
Veg and fruit - 5-10 servings
Dairy - up to 4 servings
Meat and alt. - 2-3 servings

4. Protein Power Plan:
$194.96 for diet kit (5 booklets, recipes, videotape and four audiotapes),
$4811 for food
Total: $4979

What you eat typically:
Bkfst - veggie and cheese omlette, sausage link, 1/2 cup berries
Lunch - chicken salad made with 6-8 oz chicken, served on bed of lettuce,
1/2 tomato sliced
Snack - 1 oz peanuts
Dinner - butter garlic London broil 6-8 oz steak, 1/2 cup butter cooked
carrots, 1/2 cup strawberries