Atkins’ Answer: Why It Works Volume 1

Dr. Robert Atkins sold a lot of tapes. This is one of them.

Volume 1 of the Atkins’ Answer series — the man’s own explanation of how his diet worked, delivered direct to VHS. The back cover is signed Robert C. Atkins, M.D. It ran at SP speed on a 120-minute tape. It came in original retail cardboard sleeve packaging.

Tape ID: VHS-2025-034. Commercial release. Condition: Good.

What Is It

The Atkins diet was everywhere in the 90s and early 2000s. This tape is the introductory volume — basics of the system, why it works, what to expect. Atkins himself presenting the material, before the empire and the controversies and the bankruptcy filing.

It’s a document of a specific moment in American diet culture. The kind of thing people mailed away for, or picked up at the health section of a video rental store.

Archive Details

  • Tape ID — VHS-2025-034
  • Type — Commercial Release
  • Format — VHS
  • Runtime — 120 minutes (SP)
  • Condition — Good
  • Tags — Commercial Release, Educational, Self-Help, Health

Not yet streamed. When it goes on the schedule, you’ll find it at twitch.tv/90scraig.