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Kimkins Diet Update

By , About.com Guide   December 30, 2008

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Last year I reported quite a bit about a supposed "low-carb diet" that was making quite a lot of news, called Kimkins. It turned out to be an unhealthy, dangerous diet that has generated a class action lawsuit. I wrote a review of the Kimkins diet in 2007, and then followed up on it with more information as it became available, including reporting on multiple types of fraud perpetrated by the owner, Heidi Diaz.

Unfortunately, the wheels of justice turn slowly, and the Kimkins site is still up. I checked in on it recently, and although there are a few minor changes in the diets offered by Kimkins, the essential diet, and my objections to it, remain unchanged. Now it is back in the news for, among other things, winning the award for Worst Diet Product of the Year by the Healthy Weight Network. The Lighter Side of Low-Carb Blog has also produced a 2008 Year in Review for Kimkins. And a newspaper local to Heidi Diaz printed this story: Corona woman's diet program given low marks.

If you are looking for a healthy low-carb plan, check out Atkins, South Beach, Protein Power, Sonoma, Bernstein, the Paleo Diet, or even my Low-Carb Pyramid. But stay far away from Kimkins.

Comments
January 3, 2009 at 9:58 am
(1) OhYeahBabe :

Thanks for the update, Laura. It’s painful how slowly the courts move! Things will be heating up soon, I think. Thanks for helping to get the word out! Your assessments of Kimkins last year were so valuable!

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