Pinch of...Pinch of...What started off as a weight loss journey through following a low carbohydrate diet called Atkins, has now became much more. Here you will find my rants and raves as well as things I learn along the way...
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Kimkins and Google Adwords
2007-10-09 13:55:00 Is it just me or are there no adwords for kimkins anymore? More About: Google , Google Adwords , Adwords
Kimkins Diet Scam on KTLA Part 2
2007-10-04 08:24:00 Yay its up, I am watching it now :)10/3 - Exclusive! Popular Internet Diet May Be A Sham...and Unsafe. Part 2. More About: Scam
Kimkins, KTLA and Google Adwords
2007-10-04 00:04:00 I still haven't heard back from google, did anyone else?It just dawned on me that Kimmer and Kimkins new fame on KTLA might help move things along so I sent them the link:HelloI emailed you before concerning the kimkins scam and wanted to give you a heads up so you know I am not making this up. The story has now made it to TV, it was aired last night on KTLA with a follow up due tonight at 10pm pst here is the direct link to last nights story:http://video.ktla.com/global/video/ popup/pop_playerLaunch.asp?clipid1=180367 4&at1=News+%2D+Hard+News&vt1=v&h1=10%2F2+ %2D+KTLA+Exclusive%21%21%21++Internet+Die t+Scam+Exposed&d1=219667&redirUrl=http:// www.ktla.com&activePane=info&LaunchPageAd Tag=homepagePlease remove her and any affiliates she may have from your adwords.RegardsSherrieSurely the video will have to seal it? More About: Google , Google Adwords , Adwords
Kimkins and Kimmer on TV!!!
2007-10-03 08:21:00 Check it out: KTLA Exclusive: Internet Diet Scam ExposedOh and notice how she sounds just like Jimmy's podcast!!! :)Oh and by the way, for those on Dial up, Serenity from LCF went to the trouble of writing out a transcript and sharing some pics from the video, check it out hereAlso now that this is all out I wanted to mention a new blog post on the PI's blog that you will find interesting :)Private Investigator's Notes: The Surveillance of Southern California Diet Scammer Heidi Diaz of Kimkins Edited to add I changed the link to KTLA above to a direct link as it saves looking for it plus the viewing window is larger but the original link is here. There is another show tonight which I believe is covering the lawsuit and health risks. Use this link when waiting for the next show to come online, the first one uploaded after the show had finished airing so I'd expect the same to happen this time. The news program airs at 10pm pst and goes for an hour so expect it to go online after ...
BMI
2007-10-02 09:32:00 Hey I was just visiting Burning the Scale blog and came across this flickr gallery displaying photos of people representing various BMI'sSome are really surprising: Illustrated BMI Categories
Kimkins and Google Adwords
2007-09-29 00:30:00 Hey I just spotted this on Kimkins Controversy and wanted to share as I think it is a really good idea:"Now it?s time for the big guns, because we want to stop one of the major sources of new signups for Kimkins.com ? the paid ad placements on Google and Google network sites from Google AdWords. If you go to Google and search for ?Kimkins? you will see that there are ads at the top or right side of the search results. These ?Sponsored Links? are paid advertisements from Kimkins affiliates or Heidi herself. Google has a policy of refusing ads for sites featuring ?miracle cures? and Kimkins is certainly marketed as a miracle cure for obesity. Click here to contact Google AdWords to encourage them to remove these Kimkins.com ads and prevent future advertisers from buying links to Kimkins.com. Remember to tell them: The ?Kimmer? success story is untrue and fraudulent. Kimmer (Heidi Diaz) is a morbidly obese woman and there is no evidence that she ever lost the weight (http://www.sla... More About: Google Adwords , Adwords
The Low Fat side of the Kimkins Diet: Rabbit Starvation, Sudden Death and R
2007-09-22 11:40:00 Low Fat Side of Kimkins parts 1 and 2As discussed in the previous article, very low calorie diets like kimkins can cause gall stones due to rapid weight loss as well as the lack of fat that is commonly seen on this diet. This, may also be a danger for low calorie diets like Tony Ferguson which also commonly results in rapid weight loss, very low fat and can easily slip into the VLCD category for some as well. Liquid Protein diets and Sudden Death A concern is the sudden deaths associated with the liquid protein shake VLCD diets in the 70s and 80s. Now yes, there was a major issue with the type of protein used but it wasn't the only issue. Of course there have been improvements in the quality and thus safety of these liquid meal replacement diets over the short term (though they still carry lots of risks) BUT they do not show any safety for unsupervised diets, let alone ones that are simply a stab in the dark and offer no real nutritional guidelines and minimums, to avoid risks assoc... More About: Diet
The low fat side of the Kimkins Diet: Gallstones
2007-09-11 10:42:00 Low Fat Side of Kimkins parts 1 and 3Hey guys sorry its taking me a while but I've been very busy and keeping up with this whole kimkins controversy isn't helping LOLAnyway the article is still very long so I am breaking it up more, I am still touching it up but the next part on gallstones is good to go:When I began researching the risks of very low calorie and low fat diets I was surprised at just how common gall stones really are, because of this I thought this should be discussed first.It has been well documented that weight loss, in particular, rapid weight loss increases your chances of developing new gallstones. It has been shown in more then one study that new gallstones have formed in as little as only 4 weeks into a VLCD [1]. One study claims 25-35% of people who experience rapid weight loss form gallstones after their VLCD diet [2] and then another one that is higher again with 54.5% developing gallstones [3], not very good odds!The reason this is thought to happen is be... More About: Diet , Stones
Formaldehyde in clothes
2007-08-28 23:54:00 I just wanted to quickly share this article, I was looking at it last night, almost every clothing item of Mayas that I have checked are from China...Heres a snippet:New Zealand's Target program tested common items of clothing made in China but New Zealand, like Australia, has no safe levels for formaldehyde, a known cancer cause.At just 20 parts per million, the chemical can induce rashes, headaches, dizziness, joint pain, fatigue, asthma and in the extreme case - cancer.Remember 20 parts per million is considered high, but the test results from New Zealand were incredible.Women's corduroys: 290 parts per million.A spiderman T-shirt: 1,400 parts per million.Pyjamas: 3,400.Kids pants: 16,000 parts per million.White stain resistant pants: 18,000 parts per million.That's nearly 900 times a reasonable safe level.Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister, Peter McGauran, ordered authorities to find out what's going on."(It's) totally unacceptable. Australian authorities have bee... More About: Clothes , Formaldehyde , Formal
Low-carbohydrate nutrition and metabolism
2007-08-23 08:33:00 Hey I just found this review and wanted to share, you can read the full text here on American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Abstract:Low-carbohydrate nutrition and metabolismThe persistence of an epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes suggests that new nutritional strategies are needed if the epidemic is to be overcome. A promising nutritional approach suggested by this thematic review is carbohydrate restriction. Recent studies show that, under conditions of carbohydrate restriction, fuel sources shift from glucose and fatty acids to fatty acids and ketones, and that ad libitum?fed carbohydrate-restricted diets lead to appetite reduction, weight loss, and improvement in surrogate markers of cardiovascular disease. More About: Metabolism , Carbohydrate
My Reply to Deni
More articles from this author:2007-08-17 02:01:00 Okay first up sorry I haven't put up part 2 yet of The low fat side of the Kimkins Diet but I have been busy and the yesterday got caught up in chatting which I think is stemming from me not being focused . I don't know if its like this with everyone or I'm just a wierdo LOL but I'm either totally focused/in the mood or I'm not. Yesterday I was not, I will try to be today and finish it off, I promise :)Anyway, I just wanted to post a reply of mine to a comment made to me by Deni on her blog. She is a moderator for the Kimkins forum and unfortunately when I try to reply, I get an error saying that only "team members" are allowed which I found disappointing, as I have not been rude or anonymous.Anyway, this is for Deni, so you don't have to read on but I don't care if you do. It appears, one of the anti-kimkins sites picked up on her blog post, so you have probably read about her post that I am referring to in my reply to her.-----------Deni, everything I said was in line with ... 1, 2 |
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