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Atkins Shifts Gears to Promote Lower Glycemic Index Foods Over Carb Elimination

Posted on: Wednesday, 23 March 2005, 18:00 CST

HORSHAM, Pa., March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- NutriSystem took a risk two years ago by introducing a weight loss program based on the latest scientific evidence that eating a diet rich in lower Glycemic Index foods was the healthiest, most effective way to lose weight. Since then, NutriSystem's sales have skyrocketed and many dieters have shed their unwanted pounds, thanks to their own dedication and NutriSystem's pioneering efforts.

Now, Atkins nutritionals are adopting a similar diet, leaving behind its old regimen, which was based on eliminating carbs and emphasizing protein. News reports indicate that this recent move came as many people could not maintain the preliminary weight loss they experienced on Atkins, eventually deeming it a fad diet.

As you consider covering this shift in the Atkins diet, we encourage you to speak with the following NutriSystem representatives, who can give you the real skinny on why a lower Glycemic Index program is the way to go for sustained weight loss:

-- Kat Carney, the former CNN Health News Anchor who investigated

countless diets, lost more than 40 pounds on NutriSystem and can offer

a first-person account of how lower Glycemic Index eating has changed

her life.

-- Dr. Jay Satz, a weight loss guru who has been involved in the Battle

of The Bulge for the last three decades, created NutriSystem's lower

Glycemic Index weight loss program.

-- NutriSystem President George Jankovic, the visionary who led the

company to change to a lower Glycemic Index program.

NutriSystem

CONTACT: To arrange interviews, please contact: Cassie Krowe,+1-201-760-0200, Ext. 103, ckrowe@rbcpr.com, for NutriSystem

Source: PRNewswire

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