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