Atkins food at your fingertips

By Dr Wynnie Chan

Atkins Nutritionals Inc have developed a range of low-carb foods to give you a helping hand with your diet plan.

Are you one of the three million people in the UK on the Atkins diet? You'll be glad to hear that you can now get handy snacks and meals to help you stay on the low-carb regime and lose weight.

Some of the products are currently available in the UK and plans are underway to bring the whole range over here from the US. You can mail order the goods and some supermarkets and sandwich chains will start to introduce them.

Let's look at some of the available ranges, what nutrition they offer, and what phase of the diet they are suitable for. Plus, information on where you can get a hold of the Atkins range.

Breakfast Lunch and dinner Snacks Shakes Cooking and baking Where to find the Atkins products firstpic

Breakfast

Atkins Morning Start TM Cereal is available in three flavours: blueberry bounty with almonds, banana nut harvest and crunch almond crisp. It contains 3g net carb, 100kcals and 2.5g fat per serving.

This product is ideal if you love to start the day with a cereal with minimal carbs. Suitable for phases two, three and four.

Atkins Bakery TM Ready to Eat Bagels are available in three varieties: plain, cinnamon or onion.

These bagels are made from wheat protein and enriched wheat flour containing 7-9g net carb, 190-200kcal, 4-4.5g fat per bagel depending on which variety you choose.

These can be toasted and served warm. Suitable for phases two, three and four.

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Lunch and dinner

Atkins Quick Quisine TM Pasta sides are available in three varieties: elbows and cheese, pesto cream or fettucine alfredo. These pasta dishes are a side dish to accompany the main entree and vegetable side dish.

Each pasta dish contains between 7-8g net carb depending on the variety you choose. Looks like the real thing, but pasta lovers will notice the difference in taste. Suitable for phases two, three and four.