Kimkins : The Worst Diet Ever

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Have you heard about the Kimkins Diet?

It is based on lies, and fraud. A fake diet guru made up a starvation diet, used fake stories with pictures from a Russian bride website as the after photos. If anyone questioned her diet, the fake guru now known as Heidi Diaz banned them from the site, keeping the $59.95 LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP fee. People who follow this diet do not see the damage it has done until they stop.

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Heidi Diaz aka Kimmer (along with many other aliases as proven in court documents) and Kimkins.

After PI video discovered the diet guru herself had not lots 198 lbs in 11 months and kept it off for over 5 years as claimed, Heidi Diaz decided to become the covergirl for her own website. This diet known as Kimkins promised the "fastest" weight loss. After a few months, it did not appear that Heidi was really losing fast on her own diet. Her personal progress photos vanished from the front of the site and were replaced with stories of people who were losing weight. Some of those folks have since left the diet and spoken out against Kimkins. Some have created free forums for victims who have been banned to find a new home.

The Top Five Reasons Kimkins is the Worst Diet

Kimkins promotes a combination low calorie low carbohydrate diet. On paper the food choices appear very healthy, but when you crunch the numbers from a nutritional point of view, they barely scrape the 800 calorie a day minimum to avoid starvation in some cases. Members have reported special mentoring from Heidi Diaz who encouraged them to keep cutting back calories more and more if they were not regularly losing. Some were encouraged to cut down to 500 calories a day or even less.
Kimkins has absolutely no maintenance plan. Most recently a couple of people have stepped up to the plate claiming they have kept weight off for over a year. But now, it is suspect as to whether these people really did the diet as written in the first place. Kimkins was originally written to be followed as written with no deviation. If you tweeked it, it wasn't Kimkins. These former members have shared they did not always measure portions, and they did not track every calorie they ate. They do not have daily written journals of their exact progress and recorded lists of foods they have used to maintain. The diet was initially sold with the believe Kimmer had maintained her loses for well over five years. Now that it is well known Kimmer aka Heidi Diaz did not lose the claimed weight to begin with,she could not have maintained that loss and would not have a maintenance plan based on personal experience available for members.
It is based on lies and fraud. Heidi Diaz herself has no photo evidence to prove any weight loss, and witnesses have testified that they do not recall her ever losing a substantial amount of weight. Heidi Diaz admitted to using photos taken from a Russian Bride website - one of which was handed over to Womans World magazine as part of a promotion. Since then, Womans World has apologized for running the story and not checking the facts. Those misleading after pics were a big part of what drew in thousands to join the Kimkins diet site in 2007. Even recently in 2008, ads are still hosted on the Kimkins site that Heidi Diaz does not have permission to use. Ms. Diaz's original story started years before the Kimkins site was built. She began her persona as Kimmer on a low carb friends forum, and claimed her grand weight loss there. That story continued on with the start of Kimkins. It was spread with articles all over the internet. Ms. Diaz has now revealed in court testimony she did not lose 198 lbs in 11 months as originally claimed. Ms. Diaz is not a certified health care professional.
Doing Kimkins can potentially cause permanent damage to your body. Because of the nature of a VLCD combined with low carbohydrate, the body is pushed toward a starvation mode after an extended period of time. It is a fact that even obese people can die of starvation. 800 calories has been determined the border of starvation. Anything less, the body begins to feed on it's own muscles for food - including the heart. Former members have claimed heart palpitation, hair loss, dizzyness, and nausia. A popular catch phrase born out of the Kimkins plan was the acronym SNATT. This stands for Semi Nauseous And Totally Tired - a sign that one was doing the diet properly.
There are no studies or medical evidence to support it's claims. The Kimkins diet appears to work as the body does lose weight when food intake is cut back so drastically. Unfortunately, this also can have severe effects on the metabolism, causing a severe rebound in weight gain upon trying to return to healthy calorie levels. To date, there are no nutritionists who will validate the plan using their name and reputation.

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A video deposition reveals Heidi Diaz, asking the Judge if she can take back some of her testimony that was untruthful. See what the real Kimmer looks like on this insider investigation.

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Kimkins : The Worst Diet Ever

Have you heard about the Kimkins Diet?

The Top Five Reasons Kimkins is the Worst Diet

Can I take that back?

What the web says about Kimkins

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