That's Fit

The Kimkins saga continues. If you haven't been following the story, you may want to check out our previous coverage on the subject. But basically, Kimkins is an Internet-based starvation diet scam that's drawn scrutiny and investigation in the past year or so. And a class action lawsuit, being joined by former Kimkins members who have suffered ill health due to following the so-called diet, is in the works.

According to a recent Consumer Affairs story, Woman's World Magazine issued an apology to its readers a few weeks ago for a story that appeared in the publication several months ago boasting about Kimkins. But the apology certainly didn't mean the fat 300-pound woman behind the scam -- who publishes fake "after" photos that are identified as her on the web site -- had to pay back any of the $1.2 million in membership fees that were paid in the booming months following the feature story.

But as a victim myself, I am happy to see anything that exposes Kimkins. No, I didn't pay membership fees and I've never followed the "diet." But the woman running the show did steal my words from another web site to put up on her own. She gave credit to the web site, but not to me. Either way, she never sought permission to publish the article. And when asked to remove it from her site, simply switched the accessibility of the page to members only. I don't know why she's so intent on keeping my words for members' viewing. The article was about managing type 1 diabetes. It must have been the title, Food Frugality, that caught her eye. But as with most words, context is everything.

[via Say No to Kimkins]