As being someone who has been on a number of different diets and now this one, I can say that FOR ME, this is my best option. I've lost 65 lbs so far. I do find it difficult to acquire true ketosis for any length of time but I losing weight which I'm fine with. The key of why this diet works for me is that it requires high fat for staying full. Eating fat doesn't make you fat. For the first time, I can "diet" and not feel like I'm starving. However, part of my dieting process is fasting. I think this is important to show that fasting isn't starving. I've fasted up to 2 days (absolutely no food, just water) and plan to do a 5 day fast soon of which I plan to post during. I have nothing but good things to say about this diet but I tell people that they should diet however they like to get the weight that they want. I haven't even gone into the "extra" health aspects of this. Thanks for the article. Giving my "minnow" up vote and following!