 Implementing the diet can present difficulties for caregivers and the patient due to the time commitment involved in measuring and planning meals . Since any unplanned eating can potentially break the nutritional balance required , some people find the discipline needed to maintain the diet challenging and unpleasant . Some people terminate the diet or switch to a less demanding diet , like the modified Atkins diet ( MAD ) or the low @-@ glycemic index treatment ( LGIT ) diet , because they find the difficulties too great . 
