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By: kalidas
The grapefruit diet is one of the earliest known Hollywood fad diets. It first came to fame in the 1930's when many stars used it. It became part of xerox lore, faxed from machine to machine, in the 1970's. The Mayo Clinic, which is often credited as the diet's creator, claims to have nothing to do with the unhealthy diet.
The grapefruit diet is essentially like the Atkins diet with the addition of a grapefruit before each meal. The diet only allows three meals each day, with no snacking in between meals. Supposedly a person on this diet could lose 10 pounds in only 10 days. It is also commonly claimed that a dieter might not lose any weight on the first four days but then 5 pounds would magically drop off on the fifth day. The claim that grapefruit contains enzymes that burn fat has never been proven.
In 2004 a scientific study determined that it is possible that the grapefruit diet helps people lose weight. Participants in the study lost 3.6 pounds on average in a 12 week span, eating one half grapefruit before each meal. Those who drank the serving of grapefruit juice at each meal lost just slightly less weight in the same period of time. Some people lost as much as 10 pounds in the 12 week study. Researchers attributed the weight loss to decreased insulin levels caused by eating grapefruit. But the weight loss may have also been due to increased levels of exercise.
The grapefruit diet works like this:
- Dieters must drink eight eight ounce glasses of water daily.
- Eat until full.
- Eat everything listed for each meal, do not skip foods, they are specifically formulated to help burn fat.
- Grapefruit is a catalyst that starts fat burning. Do not change the amount of grapefruit.
- One cup of coffee can be consumed at each meal.
- No snacking.
- Butter is OK.
- Do not eat desserts, breads, white vegetables, or sweet potatoes.
- Eat any amount of meat, salad and vegetables to make you full.
- Eating more will actually result in more weight loss.
- Skip two days between each 12 day diet period.
- Grapefruit with each meal is ½ or 18 ounces of juice.
Now you can go try the grapefruit diet.
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