If you've checked our "Studies" section under "Opinions against low-carb" you'll see that many consider the low-carb diet a fad. Here's a list I found someone sited as key points to declare the Atkins diet a fad!:


Ten ways to spot junk claims about nutrition from the Food and Nutrition Alliance.

1. Recommendations that promise a quick fix.

2. Dire warnings of danger from a single product or regimen.

3. Claims that sound too good to be true.

4. Simplistic conclusions drawn from a complex study.

5. Recommendations based on a single study.

6. Dramatic statements that are refuted by reputable
scientific organizations.

7. Lists of good and bad food.

8. Recommendations made to help sell a product.

9. Recommendations based on studies published without peer-review.

10. Recommendations from studies that ignore differences among individuals or groups.

From:

http://exercise.about.com/health/ex...y/aa112499a.htm

Now, if you look at these points, one by one, you'll notice they apply mostly to low-fat, low-cal diets!

Here's an interesting collaborative project we can all work on. Take one of the above points and discuss if it really applies to low-carb, and if not why not. Or add additional advantages for low-carb diets over the rest.

We can then combine all these points into a single articles explaining why low-carb is no fad.

What do you think?

Wa'il