Comments on: Kimkins Diet: Big Fat Fraud? | Diet Reviews http://www.answerfitness.com/142/kimkins-diet-big-fat-fraud-diet-reviews-and-scams/ The inside-scoop on Diet, Exercise, Nutrition and Training for People Who Are Passionate About Fitness Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:36:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jordan http://www.answerfitness.com/142/kimkins-diet-big-fat-fraud-diet-reviews-and-scams/#comment-1150 Jordan Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:02:36 +0000 http://www.answerfitness.com/142/kimkins-diet-big-fat-fraud-diet-reviews-and-scams/#comment-1150 Hi Matt! I would love to respond to you. I understand where you are coming from and I just want to say that I don't consider hoodia to be a supplement that produces rapid weight loss results. Hoodia has been around for hundreds of years and is a rare plant species that was once used by the San Tribesman of South Africa when they went on long hunting journeys. Today we are all well aware that hoodia is known for suppressing the appetite. Yes it does fall into the fad diet category with all the different products out on the market today and many of them making bogus claims but did you know that hoodia has many other health benefits besides reducing hunger? Hoodia can help with indigestion, diabetes, hypertension,abdominal cramping, regulate glucose levels. This rare plant was first noticed because of all its medicinal uses and because it gets so much attention with diet and weight loss many people don't know that it has so many other benefits. I don't believe there is a substitute for diet and exercise I think hoodia can help tame hunger and cravings though. Hi Matt! I would love to respond to you. I understand where you are coming from and I just want to say that I don’t consider hoodia to be a supplement that produces rapid weight loss results. Hoodia has been around for hundreds of years and is a rare plant species that was once used by the San Tribesman of South Africa when they went on long hunting journeys. Today we are all well aware that hoodia is known for suppressing the appetite. Yes it does fall into the fad diet category with all the different products out on the market today and many of them making bogus claims but did you know that hoodia has many other health benefits besides reducing hunger? Hoodia can help with indigestion, diabetes, hypertension,abdominal cramping, regulate glucose levels. This rare plant was first noticed because of all its medicinal uses and because it gets so much attention with diet and weight loss many people don’t know that it has so many other benefits. I don’t believe there is a substitute for diet and exercise I think hoodia can help tame hunger and cravings though.

]]> By: Matt http://www.answerfitness.com/142/kimkins-diet-big-fat-fraud-diet-reviews-and-scams/#comment-1119 Matt Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:10:35 +0000 http://www.answerfitness.com/142/kimkins-diet-big-fat-fraud-diet-reviews-and-scams/#comment-1119 Jordan, I couldn't help but notice that your name links to a website hawking hoodia diet pills. Doesn't that qualify as a "rapid weight loss" promise? It doesn't really seem to be all that different from a fad diet, IMO. Interested in knowing your response. Jordan, I couldn’t help but notice that your name links to a website hawking hoodia diet pills. Doesn’t that qualify as a “rapid weight loss” promise? It doesn’t really seem to be all that different from a fad diet, IMO. Interested in knowing your response.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.answerfitness.com/142/kimkins-diet-big-fat-fraud-diet-reviews-and-scams/#comment-1116 Jordan Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:18:07 +0000 http://www.answerfitness.com/142/kimkins-diet-big-fat-fraud-diet-reviews-and-scams/#comment-1116 I would like to make a comment for Dana if I may. I understand that this diet worked for you but just because it worked does not make it healthy. You got the results you wanted, great! Ultimately this is not a way of life and if it is for you there will be heavy consequences to pay with your health down the road. I went to school for health and nutrition as well as managed a large vitamin retailer for years. I have seen it all as far as fad diets go and this one is just as bad as all the others. I am not out to hurt your feelings just out to let you know that these issues truly concern me. It is your health that is at stake so be careful and good luck. I would like to make a comment for Dana if I may. I understand that this diet worked for you but just because it worked does not make it healthy. You got the results you wanted, great! Ultimately this is not a way of life and if it is for you there will be heavy consequences to pay with your health down the road. I went to school for health and nutrition as well as managed a large vitamin retailer for years. I have seen it all as far as fad diets go and this one is just as bad as all the others. I am not out to hurt your feelings just out to let you know that these issues truly concern me. It is your health that is at stake so be careful and good luck.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.answerfitness.com/142/kimkins-diet-big-fat-fraud-diet-reviews-and-scams/#comment-1115 Jordan Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:12:22 +0000 http://www.answerfitness.com/142/kimkins-diet-big-fat-fraud-diet-reviews-and-scams/#comment-1115 Wow! I have never been one for fad diets or crash dieting. Since I was a young child I was taught the importance of proper nutrition and health along with exercise. I have been blessed with good genes as well. This is terrible though because so many people get sucked into fad diets and especially the ones that promise rapid weight-loss. There really is no such thing if you think about. My thinking is if it's too good to be true it usually is. Wow! I have never been one for fad diets or crash dieting. Since I was a young child I was taught the importance of proper nutrition and health along with exercise. I have been blessed with good genes as well. This is terrible though because so many people get sucked into fad diets and especially the ones that promise rapid weight-loss. There really is no such thing if you think about. My thinking is if it’s too good to be true it usually is.

]]> By: OhYeahBabe http://www.answerfitness.com/142/kimkins-diet-big-fat-fraud-diet-reviews-and-scams/#comment-577 OhYeahBabe Wed, 28 May 2008 13:53:50 +0000 http://www.answerfitness.com/142/kimkins-diet-big-fat-fraud-diet-reviews-and-scams/#comment-577 Thanks for the thorough review, Matt. I agree with you that the facts are difficult to dispute. Thanks for the thorough review, Matt. I agree with you that the facts are difficult to dispute.

]]> By: Matt http://www.answerfitness.com/142/kimkins-diet-big-fat-fraud-diet-reviews-and-scams/#comment-427 Matt Sat, 17 May 2008 00:27:14 +0000 http://www.answerfitness.com/142/kimkins-diet-big-fat-fraud-diet-reviews-and-scams/#comment-427 Dana, I'm sorry that you felt that my take on Kimkins was one-sided. While I disagree with your assessment that the diet is "great" -- I do respect your right to air your opinion. I will let the facts stand: The diet is too calorie restrictive; it recommends the use of chemical laxatives which can be dangerous when used for long periods of time; it is nutritionally unbalanced; and the founder of the diet misrepresented herself, her "success stories" and her own amount of weight loss. These facts are difficult to dispute. I stand by my article and it's accuracy. Heidi seems to have done a perfectly good job of discrediting herself, I'm just reporting what happened. No embellishment is necessary. In this case, truth clearly is stranger than fiction. Dana, I’m sorry that you felt that my take on Kimkins was one-sided. While I disagree with your assessment that the diet is “great” — I do respect your right to air your opinion.

I will let the facts stand: The diet is too calorie restrictive; it recommends the use of chemical laxatives which can be dangerous when used for long periods of time; it is nutritionally unbalanced; and the founder of the diet misrepresented herself, her “success stories” and her own amount of weight loss. These facts are difficult to dispute.

I stand by my article and it’s accuracy. Heidi seems to have done a perfectly good job of discrediting herself, I’m just reporting what happened. No embellishment is necessary. In this case, truth clearly is stranger than fiction.

]]> By: Dana http://www.answerfitness.com/142/kimkins-diet-big-fat-fraud-diet-reviews-and-scams/#comment-368 Dana Tue, 13 May 2008 23:31:16 +0000 http://www.answerfitness.com/142/kimkins-diet-big-fat-fraud-diet-reviews-and-scams/#comment-368 Very biased and one sided story. Did not agree with you at all. Kimkins works great for me and I am NOT starving at all. Use common sense people. Really. Devasting- hardly! USE YOUR BRAIN PEOPLE! Good grief! So which one of the QUACKS are you? Bad story, Dana Very biased and one sided story. Did not agree with you at all. Kimkins works great for me and I am NOT starving at all. Use common sense people. Really.
Devasting- hardly! USE YOUR BRAIN PEOPLE! Good grief!
So which one of the QUACKS are you?
Bad story,
Dana

]]> By: BamaGal http://www.answerfitness.com/142/kimkins-diet-big-fat-fraud-diet-reviews-and-scams/#comment-355 BamaGal Tue, 13 May 2008 12:14:07 +0000 http://www.answerfitness.com/142/kimkins-diet-big-fat-fraud-diet-reviews-and-scams/#comment-355 Thank you for such a up front and honest review of the Kimkins Diet....unfortunately Heidi Diaz still attempts her viral marketing techniques such as using the yahoo answers. She specifically targets teens. Links to her site have been found on the pro anorexic websites. Heidi preys on the obese in our society. She counts on the fact that they will try anything to lose no matter the consequences. Too bad many still fall for it--just because they do lose some weight. Granted they lose their health too...but hey that hunk of metal in the bathroom rules their entire life. So sad..... Thank you for such a up front and honest review of the Kimkins Diet….unfortunately Heidi Diaz still attempts her viral marketing techniques such as using the yahoo answers. She specifically targets teens. Links to her site have been found on the pro anorexic websites.

Heidi preys on the obese in our society. She counts on the fact that they will try anything to lose no matter the consequences. Too bad many still fall for it–just because they do lose some weight. Granted they lose their health too…but hey that hunk of metal in the bathroom rules their entire life. So sad…..

]]> By: WildAngel6 http://www.answerfitness.com/142/kimkins-diet-big-fat-fraud-diet-reviews-and-scams/#comment-341 WildAngel6 Tue, 13 May 2008 03:59:58 +0000 http://www.answerfitness.com/142/kimkins-diet-big-fat-fraud-diet-reviews-and-scams/#comment-341 For more Kimkins info: <a href="http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/b/2008/03/15/march-2008-update-on-kimkins-diet-scam.htm" rel="nofollow">Kimkins on About.com</a> <a href="http://www.insiderexclusive.com/firm_cohen2.htm" rel="nofollow">Kimkins on Insider Exclusive</a> <a href="http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2008/02/kimkins.html" rel="nofollow">Kimkins on ConsumerAffairs.com</a> Say NO to Kimkins! For more Kimkins info:

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The Kimkins Diet Promises Dramatic Weight Loss, But A Little Investigation Shows Kimkins Is A Diet Disaster…

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