Kimkins Diet Scam Uncovered On FOX's 'The Morning Show' #4

[docdup1234]

I dont like when people distortionate videos because they are for/against a certain subject

Its ok if you write it in the description but please dont add some noise in there

[AolanApara]

huhi really need somebody to Well yah should find out

[TheJillyJill]

Ahahahaaaa! She's so busted with that e-mail.

[RawVeganLoverGirl]

This is why i tell people stop being lazy, do your research and create/tailor a diet that is right for you with all the nutrients your body need. It is stupid for people to think that one universal diet could work for everyone else.

[mistercristofer]

UGH what an awful woman

[chesapeakers]

Low carb diets decrease circulating blood glucose and aid in maintaining healthy/consistant blood sugar levels in these folks. The long term effects of out of control diabetes are a host of chronic ailments that include gangrene, blindness, organ damage and vascular/circulatory problems(infections from), just to name a few. Medical professionals that poo poo PROPERLY BALANCED low carb LIFESTYLES are doing a disservice to a large segment of the public that could benefit from them.

[chesapeakers]

when I reference diabetic in this context I speak of Type I diabetes. Type 1 produces little to no insulin and requires insulin shots to survive. Type II diabetes can usually be managed with diet (low carb works wonders here), excercise, and some medications. type 2 is still producing insulin, but their body's cells have somehow become resistant to absorbing and using it properly, and/or combined with low insulin production all together.

[chesapeakers]

in the non diabetic, the body is capable of producing insulin, so neither the blood glucose or ketones get out of control and are properly balanced and eliminated by the hromone insulin. I'll close my yap now:-)

[chesapeakers]

adding to the ketoacidosis, you have to remember that the type 1 diabetic also has a high circulating blood glocose as well as ketone level. Since they cannot produce insulin, which regulates the blood sugar level to normal, the body is literally starving becuase it cannot convert glucose to energy. It is forced to burn fat instead=ketones built up in the blood stream with all the excess glucose. The blood stream becomes a toxic wasteland of high blood sugar and ketones, poisoning ones self.

[chesapeakers]

this diet is SCARY though. I think low carb diets can be very beneficial if followed properly, but there is no possible way to get the proper nutrition you need out of ANY diet at 500-800 calories. This diet is simply starvation, with a ketogenic engine.

[chesapeakers]

Those not suffering from Type 1 Diabetes, are capable of eliminating ketones (byproduct of fat metabolism once glucose reserves are depleted...i.e low carb diet). Thus the state is called ketosis, when you are burning fat instead of glucose for energy, he metabolic byproduct is ketones, you still have insulin cpabilities becuase you are not type 1 DM, you body can eliminate them, thus no metabolic acidosis occurs. The doc on here is blowing smoke out his arse. Pick up a medical text,youll see

[chesapeakers]

mukwise, i'll chime in as a nurse practitioner and confirm livinlowcarbman is correct. There is a large difference between ketosis and KETOACIDOSIS. The latter being a serious metabolic acid/base imbalance that throws your bood chemistry so severely on the acidic side it can be life threatening. This is a state out of control ketone serum level in a type 1 diabetic (no insulin production capabilities at all).

[mszsu]

ugh FINALLY. the dietician and doctor are SHUTTING the creepy stripes lady up -_-

[livinlowcarbman]

I'm not saying anything that isn't true. If the good doctor on the show can prove that being in a state of ketosis is unhealthy and dangerous as he claims, then I'm happy to take a look at it. But he doesn't which was the point of my sound effect. THANKS for watching!

[mukwise]

So, livinlowcarbman, you're saying, by putting the boos over the doctor talking about ketosis as unhealthy, that you know better than he? are you incinuating that you know better than the doctor? I'm sorry, I must have missed your credentials after your name.

[littlebitdirty]

Did you put the boos over the guy talking about ketosis being bad? LOL

[livinlowcarbman]

(Sheepishly)...yes!  :P

[littlebitdirty]

It was funny!

[chad5161]

i thought you were against kimkins?

[livinlowcarbman]

I am against Kimkins, but not against ketosis. If you are on ketosis on a high-fat, low-carb diet, then it is completely safe and natural. That's why I added the boos.

[chad5161]

OHH.

[BeautyBuyNature]

The corporations are trying to get people to believe that it is OK to eat their junk.

There are hundreds of [teenaged and younger]children who have heart attacks and/or develop diabetes every year and it is because of the junk that they eat.

Fast food is ugly. People need to cook their own food [more often] and [try to] stay away from laboratory recipes.

And... in most sweets [and other junk], there is almost as much salt as there is sugar in the ingredients.

My opinion.

[kktilgoal]

Jimmy, you really aren't a nice person, you are very bitter and what do you get out of bashing kimkins WOE? More followers for you? What kind of life do you have, do you have a life, is this your goal in life. There are so many things you could do, but you have chosen this as your destiny?

[livinlowcarbman]

THANKS for your comment kktilgoal! However, how exactly am I "bashing Kimkins" by simply posting a video on YouTube? Everyone who knows me will tell you I'm about the most happy-go-lucky kinda guy you'll ever meet, so I'm not real sure what you're talking about. But I appreciate your opinions and wish you well in your weight loss journey. :)

[kktilgoal]

I guess its more of the comments that I've read and your need to "reveal" information from a diet plan rival.

[livinlowcarbman]

THANKS kktilgoal! I encourage you to come to my LowCarbDiscussion forum to see my only motive is to help educate, encourage and inspire others to lose weight in a healthy and safe manner. That's all I'm about. :D

[SkeeterN]

Jimmy is very kind and honest. I am part of a forum she posted on frequently before she made her site. Talk about NOT nice. IF a person couldn't eat 300 calories or felt sick then they were weak yet she didn't even follow the diet she created. Got quite rich promoting a fraud.

[pfilc]

I think it would have been interesting for them to discuss the health risks of a diet such as this compared the the health risks of remaining obese. It also would have been helpful for the nutrionist to specifically discuss what this diet is lacking that makes it dangerous (i.e. - it sounds similar to Atkins, which doesn't appear to be under attack...what specifically is safer about Atkins?)

[livinlowcarbman]

Kimkins most certainly is NOT like Atkins. The Kimkins diet is an ultra-low-fat/low-calorie plan that relies on meticulous portion control. Atkins, on the other hand, is a healthy high-fat, low-carb diet that uses fat for fuel in the lack of carb intake. I've lost 180 pounds on Atkins.

[mrfritznyc]

Dr. Atkins was a cardiologist who treated thousands of patients.

Kimmer is an unschooled, untrained, prevaricating sociopath, who accepts donations for non-existent foster children, posts fake pics, for herself and her success stories, bans anyone who mentions any of the above, lies and continues to lie about her weight loss, dispenses inaccruate medical information, the list goes on and on...

[pfilc]

ok thank you for the explanation of the difference, but that still doesn't really explain what specifically is dangerous about this plan. Basically, it sounds like it boils down to not eating much, which has been a generic diet plan since the dawn of time. I understand that the plan may be eliminating things that are essential, but the only thing I heard the nutritionist mention was fiber. So, would adding a little fiber make the plan ok?

[livinlowcarbman]

Actually, the plan is ultra-low-cal which the internist Dr. Siegal explained in that JAMA study from this year leads to severe health problems. The Kimkins plan as written is between 500-800 calories and that's not good, fiber or no fiber.

[chrissyforanimals]

If this diet is so good, than why in such a short time is the creator already being sued? For real, the people that are supporting this, should be happy, they are thinner, but can we say that they are not really healther. Why does the PR person say that the diet needs improvements if it is sooo good for people? THINK!

[livinlowcarbman]

BRILLIANT POINTS, Chrissy!

[chrissyforanimals]

i think it is very interesting that out of all of this people think they know more than trained doctors or a person as a nutritionalist, SORRY, if this women was so right in her diet plan than why in the world can't she follow it herself. WHY,all the hiding, lets use some common sence, this is all about money, plan and simple. YES, most people will loose weight if the reduce their fat and calorie intake, but that does not mean this women is the gold ticket to the fat debate.

[livinlowcarbman]

I think the reason people like Heidi Diaz get away with scams like this is because we have been lied to by the so-called health "experts" about what a healthy and effective diet is. Low-fat/low-calorie diets SOUND good because that's what we've always been told. But nothing could be further from the truth.

[mrfritznyc]

actually, the "nutritionalist" were both dead wrong in many of their statements, such as the "need for carbohydrates" and all that blather about ketosis being bad for you. It's ketoacidosis that he's talking about, not ordinary everyday ketosis. Any self-respecting doctor should know the difference.

[livinlowcarbman]

EXACTLY, Mr. Fritz. It is such a shame Dr. Siegal had to get in digs at a very natural state that happens when you reduce your carbohydrate intake on a show about an ultra-low-fat/low-cal diet scam. That should have been the entire focus of his comments.

[shmalfie]

Your body does need carbohydrates. Starches and sugars are converted into glucose, which is the primary source of energy for the brain and nervous system.

So you can see why carbohydrates would be especially important for teenagers who are still developing, and who are often the ones who fall into the "fear of carbs" diet trap.

[mrfritznyc]

1) Yes, there are parts of your brain, nervous system, and other areas of the body that require sugar 2) The amount of sugar required is quite low 3) Your body, even teenaged bodies, make that sugar quite easily (it's called gluconeogenisis) from protein. 4) the rest of your brain and body, even teenaged bodies, do very well on ketones, a by product of fat metabolism.

[mrfritznyc]

It's amazing to me that an educated nutritionist can claim we need carbohydrates. Given that carbohydrates were not a significant part of the human diet until very recent times, how in the world did humans reach this point, evolutionarily speaking?

[enithhernandez]

omg! I can't believe you are saying this... we NEED carbohydrates! We need carbs for energy, but the complex carbs are the ones we should be eating rather than the simple carbs. We need to be more educated about this... Also, eating too much of everything is not good either, portion control and a well balanced diet is the key to a good healthy and weight loss program!

[mrfritznyc]

I agree with you on the need for more education. I suggest you start by studying the history of human development and our diets over the past few million years. We in fact, and this is beyond dispute, do not NEED carbohydrates, for energy or for anything else for that matter. It's not a bad idea to eat low starch fruits and vegetables, there are benefits, as long as you keep the carb count down. But the human body does just fine on fats and proteins, that's all we had for our first 2 mill. yrs.

[enithhernandez]

it's not a bad idea to eat low starch fruits and vegetables?!?! WE HAVE TO EAT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES! If you want to add oatmeal, brown rice and whole wheat bread THAT'S not a bad idea!

Why do we need carbohydrates?

. Supply the main source of energy for the body

. Are easily used by the body for energy

. Can be stored in the muscles for exercise

. Provide lots of vitamins, minerals and fiber

[mrfritznyc]

seriously, you can survive quite well on a zero carb diet. Ask the eskimos. Ask the Inuit. All you need to survive, and live heartily and very actively, is fat and protein. Without them you will die. You cannot say the same thing about carbs. Think about it, carbs, even unrefined ones, were not part of the human diet until only very recently in our existance. We surely must have had some other source of energy before we started eating more carbs 10k years ago. We did, it's called fat.

[rachiebaby24]

therein lies the big problem with kimkins..it is not only a no carb diet, but a very low fat one as well. So the only things you can eat is lean protein and grean leaf veggies. Recipe for health disaster

[shmalfie]

We have been eating carbs in the form of sugar from fruits for millions of years.

[mrfritznyc]

sure, there were fruits around during the paleo era, but they had a lot less sugar in them than modern fruits, and were only available in season. So we probably had some fruits in our diet, but only a small amount, and only during part of the year.

[shmalfie]

So are you saying that animals like the fruit bat (whose diet consists primarily of fruit) don't really need to eat fruit either?

If plants have had time enough to evolve so that they produce what you call "modern fruits", do you think it's possible that the human digestive system evolved to accomodate these new high energy foods that would have helped us to survive?

[mrfritznyc]

I am saying no such thing! I don't know anything the fruit bat, do I assume its digestive system is well adapted to eating fruits and whatever else it eats. Just like an ape is well adpated to eating mostly plants, cows too. Modern fruits didn't evolve to their present state, they were cultivated to be as sweet as they are, ie, to have a lot of sugar. And yes, humans are omnivores, but we've never evolved to eat as much sugar/carbs as we eat now, hence diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc. etc.

[shmalfie]

New studies show that type II diabetes is actually caused by excessive intake of calories in general rather than sugar specifically.

I agree that our diets are a major factor in the recent increases in type II diabetes, heart disease etc... in much of the Western world, however did you know that Italy (where pastas, breads, and grains makes up a very large portion of their diets) has very low rates of heart disease?...

[shmalfie]

...True, it is argued that this is because of their increased intake of good fats, but if their heart disease rates are so low, you can hardly argue that carbs could contribute to heart disease. Italians also have one of the lowest average weights in the Western world.

[BeautyBuyNature]

We have always needed carbs - they were in the ground and on trees instead of sitting in a warehouse for months[?], years[?]... before going on to the store to sit on the shelf for more days[?], weeks[?], months[?] nd then to your cabinet for [days[?], weeks[?], months[?]. Then into your stomach to be trapped there for possibly years. That is death.

[SkeeterN]

All foods have carbohydrates except meat. Unless you eat only meat you eat carbs. It is High carbs that are not necessary in our diet. Mainly in the form of white things: Flour, Rice, potato's, sugar etc. Corn is another one that isn't white but too high in carbs. All can live quite healthy without these.

[BeautyBuyNature]

Yes that may be true - but when people think low carb they think about manufactured carbs. Like - cake, cookies, bread, pasta and other concoctions that are totally unhealthy and they do your body more harm than good.

You can get carbs from corn, potatoes and many other natural ways.

That junk that is in a plastic or tin foil package in the form of 'snacks' are not good for your body.

If you stay away from sugar & then eat a carrot or some corn - it's almost like eating a candy bar.

[mrfritznyc]

that bug eyed "nutritionalist" (isn't she a bit scary looking?) was right to attack Jeannie T. for her shameless attack on Cristin. The nerve of that woman. Cristin followed the diet as instructed by Kimmmer, and then gets blamed for setting a bad example by Kimmer's PR minion on national TV?

[livinlowcarbman]

That was pretty disgusting by Jeannie!

[jesbme]

I saw the whole thing this day! The nutritionist is s0o right! I've lost 30 pounds in a month do I plan on making a website like that no...How can she be allowed to do such thing!

[livinlowcarbman]

She shouldn't with any credibility, so it's good the national spotlight is coming down on her now. Let's hope that lawsuit teaches her a lesson.

[livinlowcarbman]

It's that desperation for weight loss that makes scams like Kimkins even possible.

[singsomuch]

Yeah, it's really such a shame.

[singsomuch]

The nutritionist said it the best. It's a very sad thing to know that Kimmer took advantage of so many desparate people. These people really believed that they were doing something good for themselves and Kimmer had no right to give medical advice.