1. My kindest thought is that you call it a "fad" because you know absolutely nothing about it.
2. This news surprises me.
Dan
I'm not surprised. The "Atkins" products were appearing in the discount bin of my local QFC months ago. Now onto the Coke diet. Heck, maybe they'll bring back the Ayds diet.
If one wants to lose weight, keep the mouth shut. Especially around food.
K-Mart went chapter 11, too, proving that big box stores were just a fad.
It doesn't me but only because I dropped Atkins products some time ago. They were great for people like me who have to watch their sugar but they were costly and full of sugar alcohols.
I can't take the sugar alcohols. They make me lose weight in a most unpleasant manner.
In fact, Sebastian Kresge died of something or other, proving that being near a Kmart is bad for your health.
The only effective and realistic way to lose weight and keep it off is to eat less and exercise more.
Any radical "diet" simply isn't sustainable.
Just my 2 cents.
We're still doing it, though not as extreme as we were at first...but enough for us to both maintain our weight loss.
I think it taught us to steer away from so much processed empty carbs and eat more veggies and high fiber carbs. Totally turned my IBS around and I've not been bothered with it for almost a year and half.
Steve lost 45 pounds and I lost 15. And we've kept it off easily.