Inside the Kimkins controversy

by Martha Edwards (Subscribe to Martha Edwards's posts)
Sep 18th 2007 1:46PM

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.

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Laura 10-03-2007 @ 2:32PM

KTLA News Exclusive! Internet Diet Scam Exposed!

http://ktla.trb.com/news/local/

Here's a link directly to the video:

http://tinyurl.com/2sd5hx

Here are the Private Investigator's notes!!!

http://tinyurl.com/2vs4p7

Perhaps the folks at Woman's World and People Magazine would like to know about the added publicity they will be receiving now?

Let them know!

Woman's World Editor ~ DearWW@aol.com

People Magazine Editor ~ editor@people.com

Laura 10-03-2007 @ 2:25PM

KTLA News Exclusive! Internet Diet Scam Exposed!

http://ktla.trb.com/news/local/

Here's the transcript from the broadcast:

http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/9295713-post166.html

richard day gore 10-03-2007 @ 5:02PM

Kimkins? Sounds like stuffed toy.
Regards,
Richard Day Gore

Laura 10-09-2007 @ 12:47PM

Check out the Kimkins Diet Review

http://www.dietsinreview.com/diets/Kimkins/

For more information about Kimmer and her fake after pictures and fake success stories:

http://kimkinsexposed.wordpress.com/