最近美国的减重业掀起关于Kimkins减重计划的欺骗事件。我对于KimKins并不太了解，听说是有一个叫Heidi Diaz的女人在11个月里减了198磅，她在网络里自称为Kimmer，成立了kimkins.com帮助其他人减重。比起其他的减重计划，Kimkins只须要59.95美金就能成为终生会员，可以说非常廉宜，大部分人都负担得起。
Kimkins减重计划的精髓是：低碳（low carb)、低卡(low calorie)，它甚至还断言适合糖尿病人。以下是从kimkins.com摘下的资讯：
What's the difference between Kimkins and other diets?
Traditional diets like Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig are based on high carbs and low calories. Atkins and South Beach are based on medium carbs and medium calories.
In addition, Atkins and South Beach allow fiber and sugar alcohol subtraction which can make long term weight loss extremely frustrating.
Kimkins is low carb, low calorie with no fiber or sugar alcohol subtraction to quickly shed excess pounds!
This is especially helpful for members with mobility problems due to morbid obesity or diabetics who desire to no longer need their medications, as many of our type 2 members have.
有些小道消息称Jessica Alba也是用Kimkins减重，另外也有其他会员如Christin用了五个月减了100磅还上了Women's World杂志封面，使Kimkins受到更多人欢迎！Christin甚至还曾经当上Kimkins的公关Director！奇怪的是Kimmer曾经把她的减重前后的相片公布过，但是她本人却不曾露面。
但这超低卡的饮食（听说500大卡或更少）引起了越来越多的争论，究竟这计划安全吗？也有人很好奇Kimmer减重后的照片真的是她吗？
Christin和另外两位有分量的Kimkins会员（Becky，Deni）都在近期跟这个曾经帮她们减了很多磅数的Kimkins划清界限。Christin还公开道歉说她错了，Kimkins虽然带给她快速的减重效果，不过是有代价的，她发觉掉很多头发，甚至因为胸痛被送进紧急医疗室，她的健康已不大如前。曾经帮助把Kimkins推至高峰的Christin发布了一个录影日志劝人放弃危险的Kimkins。
Kimmer的前伙伴雇佣了私家侦探来调查Kimmer的真人，发现了惊人的事实：现时的Heidi Diaz是一个不折不扣几百磅的大肥婆！当电视记者面对面要求这肥胖夫人澄清时，Kimmer只以“不愿置评”打发记者然后匆匆离去。
这案件才刚开始，我们就拭目以待看看究竟这是否一个骗局和它的后续发展吧。目前我的想法是：世上真的无奇不有，这种事情也可以发生？不可否认减重是其中一个很赚钱的行业，商人们在做生意之余也要负社会责任，要有良心。我也奉劝有心要减重的人士记得要照顾健康，最好请教医生或真正的专业人士，不要盲目地跟从，天下没有免费的午餐。
一些相关的连接：
http://livinlavidalocarb.blogspot.com/2007/09/kimkins-calamity-from-merely-raw.html
http://livinlavidalocarb.blogspot.com/2007/09/kimkins-cover-girl-passionately.html
http://livinlavidalocarb.blogspot.com/2007/10/ktla-tv-unmasks-fraudulent-kimkins-diet.html
http://www.slamboard.com/category/kimkins-diet/
http://www.kimkinscontroversy.com/
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p.s. 如果这真的是一个骗局，kimkins.com做得真专业！我国很多政府和私人公司的网站都比它逊色！
3 comments:
diet-blog.com也刚报导了这个事件：
http://www.diet-blog.com/archives/2007/10/09/the_kimkins_disaster.php
Hi Doris,
Unfortunately I don't know what you have said here, but I want to thank you for providing some useful resources regarding the scam.
avenuegirl,
Basically I was just summarizing of I had read from the Internet. I have not been following up the news for Kimkins for quite some time (I am more into running now), not sure how is it going now since it has already been a year from my post.
Btw, thanks for dropping by! :)
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