I was very fortunate that I didn't have anyone tell me it was a fad, I had people confuse it with Atkins and tell me how unhealthy it was to eat so much fat.
I didn't tell people I was on sbd when I first started because I got the same reaction. I said that I cut out the white sugar, white flour and processed foods, eat more high fiber vegetables, whole grains and beans with less fatty cuts of meat and low fat dairy.
People 'in the know' turn around and say "oh, you're on sbd." Others just nod their heads and say it sounded healthy.
Now that I've lost so much weight and kept it off, I say it was SBD and haven't had any problems with people's comments. I'm still really careful about how I say it though. People are really quick to judge what they don't understand.
Another thing you could say if you wanted to get into is "Oh, really, have you read the book? What part of it do you consider a fad?" As if you want to discuss it.
About the eggs, there really is outside research that says eggs aren't bad for you if you are normal. It's ok now to eat eggs because of all the good stuff in the yolks.
I don't know if you can get into this, I have access from work, if you want a copy, I'll save it and send it to you.
http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/full/23/suppl_6/596S
A Review of Scientific Research and Recommendations Regarding Eggs Stephen B. Kritchevsky, PhD
Journal of the American College of Nutrition [0731-5724] Kritchevsky
yr: 2004 vol: 23 iss: 6 Suppl pg: 596S
I found 3 really good articles about this. If anyone wants copies, I have them saved just send me a message with your email address and I'll send them to you...do the private message thing. It's not good to put email addresses on line if you can help it.
Sarah