kimkins diet
Dieting Makes You Fat
At least the Kimkins diet seems to. Just look at what it did to Kimmer a.k.a. Heidi Diaz.
She went from this
to this
And that was when she according to herself was an “expert” dieter:
I’ve studied weight loss plans for a lifetime, noting what worked. What didn’t. And, most importantly, why. Not only from personal experience, but [...]
Quick Weight Loss
Isn’t that what we all want?
The fad diet industry is banking on it. Lose 10 pounds in a week! Lose 100 pounds in 5 months! No faster diet, none! Better than gastric bypass!
Sounds good? Apparently, as we keep on paying for new diet fads all the time. Looking for the magic diet/pill/supplement that will take [...]
Yet Another “Better than Gastric Bypass” Diet
The Kimkins Diet gained its fame, and a large number of paying members, from having the diet advertised on the front cover of Woman’s World magazine in June 2007.
The front page focused on “Better than Gastric Bypass” and “No exercise required” and what better way is there to sell a diet? Oh, yes, the claims [...]
Returning to Kimkins
The Kimkins Diet website was launched in June 2006 but had a rather obscure existence until an article in Women’s World magazine caused a large influx of customers one year later.
Many people tried the diet but rightly decided that the diet was not sustainable and disappeared. The $59.95 membership fee was written off as yet [...]
Feeding Off Body Fat
Kimmer, the founder of the Kimkins Diet, has always insisted that starvation mode does not exist as long as there is body fat to burn for energy. Her diet suggested a daily calorie limit of 500 or less, later adjusted upwards to 710. The rest of the body’s needs would be taken from body fat.
For [...]
How Much Fiber?
How much fiber should I eat? It’s not easy to find an answer to that question.
FDA says 28 grams, minimum (14 grams per 1,000 calories).
Numerous google hits tell me that “high fat, low fiber” causes constipation. Of course, none of them say anything about the total carb consumption on the low fat diet they recommend. [...]
Low Carb Fiber
One of the main concerns for people starting a low carb diet is the apparent lack of fiber in the diet. I say “apparent” because it’s really a misconception. One of those accepted “truths” that keeps on being repeated over and over again.
The FDA recommends 28 grams of fiber for a 2,000 cal diet. Using [...]
Self-Made Weight Loss “Experts”
There are dozens, if not hundreds of them. Someone lost a significant amount of weight and decides that she (or he) is now qualified to SELL diet advice. Without any other qualifications than that she found a method (or two, or ten) that managed to take the weight off for herself. After having tried a [...]
Mind Over Body
When it comes to weight issues, we have decided that our body doesn’t know what it is doing so we have to overrule anything it says. That includes fighting hunger on a too restrictive diet. It also includes ignoring feeling too full at binge episodes or just plain overeating when we fall off the wagon.
Of [...]
Daily Calorie Intake
There has been a lot of discussions lately about number of calories needed in the communities I frequent on the internet. However, I think there is some confusion about what the calculators are telling us.
BMR = Basal Metabolic Rate. This is how many calories the body consumes in a “comatose state”. Calories just needed for [...]
