Why the Kimkins Diet is Back in the News
And Why It's Not Likely to Be Forgotten
Dolson calls the diet potentially dangerous, and notes that the "low carb" diet is more similar to a starvation diet. The lack of essential nutrients, fatty acids, and fiber can cause significant health problems. Other problems include the diets extremely low caloric guidelines. Just 400 calories per day for one of the plans.
Why all the news stories? A lot of the news has to do with bloggers who have left the Kimkins site, and set up their own blogs. Dolson details the reasons, including members who were kicked off the site for disagreeing with "Kimmer" a.k.a. Heidi Diaz.
So, with Kimkins exposed, why is there still all the news coverage? A lot of it has to do with the fact that Diaz is still maintaining that Kimkins works, and taking money from people. The Kimkins site is up and running with only a brief answer section concerning the "drama." In this section Diaz admits to losing 98 pounds less than she claimed and gaining it all back due to "personal" reasons, which she claimed had nothing to do with the effectiveness of the diet.
The other main reason there is a lot of interest in the site is that several former members, and other low-carb supporters have used blogging as a means of spreading the word about the Kimkins site. The Anti-Kimkins blog offers to provide viewers with the facts behind the "dangerous, life-threatening starvation diet." The blog has cheered the mainstream media for it's criticisms of the Kimkins site, while also criticizing other Low Carb websites for denying the problems the author says they were alerted to.
Whether or not anyone knew about the Kimkins lies in the beginning, it appears that for many people, it simply doesn't matter if Kimkins works, or if the founder is honest. If it really did, there wouldn't be any subscribers at the site now. Then again, maybe they are fake profiles, fake users with stolen photos from other places on the Internet as well.
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