The low-carb craze is everywhere. I’ve never met anyone who has had remarkable weight loss with it. Studies show from what I’ve read that sugar substitutes are worse than sugar because people eat more. It’s not balanced by cutting out a lot of healthy carbs like instead of full fat yogurt (a good fat) the diet requires no-fat yogurt. It’s the same with low-fat cheese like ricotta. Maybe smaller portions and full-fat would be a better choice. Besides low fat milk, yogurt and cheese tastes awful.

I’m not sure how many people would spend that much time in the kitchen cooking when a lot of the food is already processed in the grocery store. Since the amounts aren’t limited on what you can eat, you could eat a lot of high-sodium, artificially sweetened processed food that won’t help you lose weight in the long run. Nuts are allowed and supposed to be portioned out but if I ate salads and wraps all day, I’d probably go over the limit on ‘something’ allowed on the diet. The right portion of pasta (not a whole plate of it) per person is not unhealthy in my opinion. I also want to say I haven’t been on or tried the diet I have tried the frozen food and I have read the book and cookbook. Not to mention everyone I know is either on the low-carb bandwagon. I think the Mediterranean or Sonoma diets are healthier and the food is so much better.