Stillman Diet

Billed as “The Doctor’s Quick Weight Loss Diet”, the Stillman Diet is a low-fat and low-carbohydrate diet that purportedly helps dieters lose up to 28 pounds in 30 days. Dr. Stillman invented his diet in the 1960s after helping countless overweight patients shed pounds, and after losing over 40 pounds himself by following his regime. The Stillman diet is generally acknowledged as being the predecessor of modern diets such as Atkins and other low-carb, high protein diet plans. A major difference between Stillman’s diet plan and the Atkins diet is that Stillman’s plan also reduces dietary fat.
Dieters on the Stillman plan eat six times a day and consume unlimited amounts of lean protein such as poultry, meat, eggs and low-fat cheese. Dieters are encouraged to drink a lot of water and are allowed unsweetened coffee and tea as well as diet soda. Fats such as oil and butter, as well as sugar, vegetables, fruit, bread, and alcohol are not allowed on the diet plan. The plan is very strict and there are no special exceptions or variations allowed. If dieters follow the diet plan, they will almost certainly lose a dramatic amount of weight quickly. This means that the Stillman diet is widely considered a fad diet by many nutritionists since the weight loss is generally unsustainable when dieters stop following the plan. According to nutritionists, the diet lacks a wide array of nutrients and followers who remain on it on a long-term basis are liable to develop a number of nutritional deficiencies.