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Topic: Kimkins--Wonder Diet or Fraud? (Read 11341 times)
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Many of you may be familiar with the "Kimkins Diet"--basically a low cal/low fat/low carb/low protein--heck, just LOW diet. Featured recently in Women's World magazine, it's become quite the fad in some circles, mostly because of the superfast weight loss it offers.
The creator of the diet, Heidi Diaz, aka "Kimmer" on the low carb boards, used to charge a modest fee for access to her Kimkins forum, where you could interact with other Kimkins supporters, and get direct access to her. Since the article came out, she has tripled her fee and is making big bucks, hand over fist. Not a big deal to me, but irksome to others--so much so that there is a backlash against her and her diet.
Turns out--she may be a fraud and a scam. Promoting an unhealthy diet, giving out medical advice, lying about her own weight loss success with the plan, etc--it's a mess.
Google the internet for more than you ever wanted to know about her. There are threads discussing her and her plan at a few low carb boards--I frequent www.lowcarber.org, and the threads there are currently discussing fraud and pursuing a class-action suit against her.
Here's the main thread, with links to earlier threads and other pertinent sites:
The Kimmer Thread Continues
And this site is interesting:
http://www.slamboard.com/category/kimkins-diet/
She includes surveillance pix taken of Kimmer (Heidi).
I would urge anyone interested in the Kimkins diet to read and educate yourself before starting or continuing this plan.
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She's tried to spam my log.
The 400 calorie a day diet. No WONDER people lose weight!
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There is a thread about her on low carb friends too, about her being a fraud.
She really treid to spam your blog MA? How'd you know?
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I was wondering when a private investigator would come on the scene? It's about time. Fucking with other people's lives while she sits at home binging on potato chips.
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Here's another good one
http://kkatastrophediet.wordpress.com/
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I can't wait to see the court images.
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Did you guys see the logo on some of her merchandise? SNATT which stands for Semi-Nauseous All The Time
It is because of people like her why there are so many young men and women with eating disorders 
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