The Gift that Keeps on Giving

I started this blog with a post about my anger toward Heidi Diaz. I’d like to tell you that my anger has subsided, that I’m getting over it and moving on, but I can’t. Lately, there have been some excellent blog posts by TRUTH and AmyB that recant the party line I've seen Kimmer post over and over.

She doesn’t believe in starvation mode. It makes me cringe when I think that I actually swallowed that line of bunk from her. Many times I saw her post that if you have stored fat on your body you will not starve because your body will take what it needs out of the reserves.

She doesn’t believe in plateaus. If you are not losing weight, you’re doing something wrong – probably not measuring your portions properly, probably not weighing your food. To hear her tell it, if you do it right, you will experience a domino effect and the weight will come off in ever-increasing increments. I believed this line of crapola and completely starved myself for the month I did her plan. I never could figure out why my dominoes wouldn’t fall. That's because her domino theory is fallacious, but in the view of Heidi Diaz, it was because I was doing something wrong. It was all my fault. I guess 200 calories a day was too much. I guess I didn't want it badly enough.

I recall the first time in which I had an open disagreement with her in front of the world. Someone asked a question about ketosis-induced diarrhea. Because I am one of those people who experience this phenomenon, I shared with the poster my knowledge on the subject. It was the Atkins Nutritionist who helped me solve this problem. She told me to take citrus bioflavonoids and I was cured. It was like a miracle to me after seven straight months of diarrhea. No more taking Immodium to keep it at bay. Even after I shared my experience with the poster, Kimmer had the nerve to come to the thread and contradict me. She told the poster that her body would adjust and within a few days, the diarrhea would be gone. I sarcastically responded, “What? You mean I had diarrhea for seven months and didn’t have to? Why didn’t my colon get the memo?” Kimmer didn’t respond. She doesn’t like for people to publicly tell the world that she was wrong about something. Oddly enough, Kimmer ran the Atkins Nutritionist off the Low Carb Friends board with her constant harassment. It must have really galled her that I credited her nemesis for curing my diarrhea. In one fell swoop, I offended her on two fronts. It was actually good work, even if I didn't realize it at the time.

Every time I re-read her horrendous advice to people to eat less, take laxatives, don’t worry about low calories, I feel the anger rising up in me again. It's like the gift that keeps on giving. This woman must be stopped! She is probably still giving people the same advice privately, even though her website has been scrubbed clean of any evidence she ever advocated dangerous dieting. It is criminal the way she doles out advice that can damage people’s health. Kids could lose their moms, husbands could lose their wives, people could lose precious sisters, cousins, dear friends, or co-workers. Someone you know could right now be taking the dangerous advice of Heidi Diaz and you may not know it.

Well, I am publicly telling people here and now that she is wrong about a lot of things. It doesn’t matter that she writes eloquently and with authority. Help us give the gift that keeps on giving to the low carb community. Help us bring this dangerous woman down. Do you live in San Diego County and are you a member of Kimkins? Please, if you are a member who lives in San Diego County, contact the Kimkins lawsuit website. You can help make the world safe from Heidi Diaz, and the life you save may be that of someone you know and love.