The Kimkins diet is one of those truly dangerous fad diets that surface, gets really popular and then scores some bad publicity and fizzles out.
If you haven’t heard about this diet, heres the skinny on what the Kimkins diet is…er…was!
The Kimkins diet became popular in mid 2007 when Heidi Kimberly Diaz who then went by the name “Kimmer” claimed that she had followed a certain low carb diet resulting in 200 lbs in weight loss. The diet was featured in Women’s World magazine and people ate it up.
“Kimmer” who wasn’t even qualified as a nutritionist or doctor seem to be following a variation of another popular fad diet – the Atkins Diet. But her variation seemed to be basically a starvation diet which resulted in health issues which later developed in some of the members who was paying for a subsciption at her membership site.
“Kimmer” herself gained back 100 lbs but said that it had nothing to do with how the Kimkins diet worked. Personal issues was quoted as the cause.
As said before, the Kimkins diet is very dangerous since it is very low in calories, essential fatty acids, low in fiber and a whole lot of other nutrients. This is not the type of diet you want to do as it is medically unsound and potentially fatal.
Flat Belly Diet!
It is centered around the fact that some foods that are known to contain MUFAs or monounsaturated fatty acids can cause you to lose stubborn fat especially around the middle ie. belly fat. There are 5 kinds of MUFAs – oils, nuts and seeds, avocado, chocolate and olives.
The Flat belly diet supposedly works by eating 4 meals a day containing 400 calories each and including a food from any of the MUFA categories. This way you get the 1600 calories per day recommended for most weight loss diets.
The Flat Belly diet is hardly a breakthrough and like most popular fad diets there are some things that you should be aware of. While MUFAs are generally a very healthy recommendation studies have shown that they can promote insulin resistance which may lead to type II diabetes. To be completely fair there are studies that show how MUFAs can promote healthy weight loss over a period of time.
In addition to the diet foods and food plans, the Flat Belly diet also suggests optional exercise such as squats, lunges or walking. The outcome they claim should have you losing “up to 15 lbs in 32 days”, trimming “up to 12 inches of fat”, “tighten, trim and flatten your tummy” and “feel and look sexier”.
The Flat Belly Diet book