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Inside the Kimkins controversy

Posted: Sep 18th 2007 1:46PM by Martha Edwards
Filed under: Diet and Weight Loss

A number of blogs and websites have been flooded with Kimkins spam, and ours is no exception. Kimkins, a radical new(ish) weight-loss plan that is being touted as the low-fat answer to Atkin's, is fast becoming one of the most talked-about weight-loss plans, and it's not all good publicity -- in fact, the majority of it is bad.

Beside suggestions that the Kimkins program is unhealthy (you're supposed to eat only 600 calories a day,) there's much talk about the program's founder, Kimmers -- also known as Heidi Diaz. Diaz is apparently not 118-lbs as she proudly proclaims, but rather an obese recluse with a knack for scamming. I've been skeptical from the time I first heard about this diet, and frankly, I'm not surprised that this is apparently such a monumental scam.

If you're interested in learning more about the Kimkins controversy, check out this article from 3 Fat Chicks on the Diet. And remember, don't trust everything you hear.

Tags: atkin's, heidi diaz, HeidiDiaz, kimkins, kimmer, low carb, LowCarb

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