I’ve been seeing a lot of commercials lately from Subway Sub and TGIF’s about their Atkins approved menus and I just sigh and think…another marketing ploy due to poor sales of the book since the

founder died (73 years of age... not bad?) I don’t know if you have noticed the new logo…Atkins,

Feel the Atkins Change! Since the good doctor died it seems the people around him have

scrambled around to find ways of promoting it and here you have it…let’s get those on the diet

into our restaurant or fast food outlet. Now for those of you who do not know what the Atkins

diet is, it’s basically a low carb diet plan, which stresses protein and low glycemic foods so your

body can kick-start itself into lipolysis/ketosis, switching your metabolism to one that primarily

burns fat for energy. In a nut sell, it’s a one size fits all approach to weight lose. Anyway, I

perused the Subway Atkins’ menu and they were mostly peddling wraps(made from wheat.

avoids for O and A)…one was called a Chicken Bacon Ranch…. with chicken(B avoid), with

crispy bacon(pork is out for anyone on the BTD), melted swiss cheese(B’s will love this ), with

creamy ranch dressing(wouldn’t know what they put in here) with red onion and green pepper…In

a nutshell this wouldn’t fit anyone on the BTD. Here’s my suggestion for Subway for a BTD friendly menu. Turn all the wraps into Quinoa flower tortilla’s or you could use Spelt buns (both neutral to

all blood types)…for the protein part you could fill it with either Tuna Salad, Egg salad or Turkey

(all neutrals) and then add your favorite beneficial/neutral toppings (I shouldn’t have to spell them

out to you, read the book!!). Or you could call the wraps by name’s…Bah, bah(goat cheese) B wrap;

A(quatic) Salmon Sub etc… and you would fill it with mostly beneficial toppingsfrom the food groups

on the neutral bread. Does this sound hard…maybe…. but I guess the KISS adage works here…Keep it Simple Stupid…and the Atkins way is the simplistic one size fits all approach. All of you out there

on the BTD, consider yourself a little more knowledgeable about your (blood type specific) physiology than the Atkins followers and spread the word around because one day we might just be seeing restaurant commercials promoting their menus saying…. BTD…Feel the D’adamo change!!!