British Heart Foundation Diet
The British Heart Foundation Diet (also known as the Greenlane diet)
is a poor fad diet that has been circulating for many years. Please note that the British Heart Foundation has nothing to do with this diet whatsoever.
The diet has circulated in the form of a one page sheet that claims you can lose 10 pounds in 3 days. The diet has been popular in the UK – but its exact origins are unknown.
British Heart Foundation Diet Plan
This diet is not recommended
| Breakfast 5 ‘snax’ biscuits (dry crackers) |
| Lunch 1 boiled egg |
| Dinner 1 cup of tuna |
Foods for Heart Health
The British Heart Foundation diet is a very low calorie diet (approx. 700 calories per day), and is often only used for a few days. It is unsustainable. The meal plan should not be undertaken for any length of time without medical supervision.
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please be careful with this diet…i got addicted to doing it 10 years ago and i did it 3 days on and only one day off..yes the weight came off and i lost 50lbs and felt fantastic in about 8 weeks..i stuck with this diet for months but when i started to introduce normal foods back into my diet, losing weight so rapidly had caused my gall bladder to not tolerate any fatty foods at all and i had to have it out , the operation went wrong and i almost died!! there are easier ways to lose weight and much more healthy!
I’m on day 1.. I’ve mixed it up. I’ve started in grapefruit. It’s really not a lot to eat. I’m going to stick to it. I get up at 3am then bed at 9pm. I’m hungry already!!!!! :/ anyone else doing it?
Had anyone else found day 1 hard ?!
I’m in South Africa, can anyone tell me what snax biscuits are.
thanks
Hi Karen
Salt crackers are TUC biscuits or RITZ (don’t know this one)
there plain crackers, like jacobs cream crackers
They are like Ritz crackers. Do you have that brand there?
found it
The Kaiser 3 day diet provides a menu that must be followed to the letter to get results, but you do get to eat real food. The plan claims that the Kaiser 3 day diet causes a chemical breakdown in your system, which results in rapid weight loss. Although it would soon get rather boring if you only ate the three days of food in permanent repetition, one assumes that even if the first hit of weight loss was 10 pounds, it would be incredibly difficult to sustain this level of loss.
However, there are those who claim the Kaiser 3 day diet has worked for them, and it does contain a range of fruit and vegetables. It is not too bad in terms of food grouping, but whether it provides you with enough food and energy to successfully live on is another matter.
The Kaiser 3 day diet provides the following meal plan:
Day 1
* Breakfast: 1/2 grapefruit, 2 tbsp peanut butter, 1 slice toast
* Lunch: 1/2 cup tuna, 1 slice toast, coffee/tea
* Dinner: 3 oz meat, 1 cup green beans, 1 cup beets, 1 small apple, 1 cup vanilla ice cream
Day 2
* Breakfast: 1/2 banana, 1 egg, 1 slice toast
* Lunch: 1 cup cottage cheese, 5 saltine crackers
* Dinner: 2 hot dogs, 1 cup broccoli, 1/2 cup carrots, 1/2 banana, 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream
Day 3
* Breakfast: 1 hardboiled egg, 1 slice toast
* Lunch: 1 oz cheddar cheese, 5 saltine crackers, 1 small apple
* Dinner: 1 cup tuna, 1 cup beets, 1 cup cauliflower, 1/2 cantaloupe, 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream
In order for you to succeed on the Kaiser 3 day diet, you must follow the plan to the letter. The Kaiser 3 day diet does not allow substitutions or changes.
This works really I tried it and it somehow became a lifestyle, I use this fron Tue to Thurs and leave me to eat “normal” at weekends. I lost from 104kg to 54kg in six months
This is just the three day diet found on this site. Nothing magical about the foods, it’s all about calorie restriction.
as i recall it was called Kaiser diet 3 days yes i remember it in the 80s
i lost 10 lbs i did it monthly lol for it came back on by end of month. but it did work. hmm i’m looking for that now ahah as 20 years later i still needed it;
Anyone else on day one?
I’m on day 1. How did you find it?
im going to start this diet again in the nxt couple of days-im shocked that i was still able to find this diet,as i remember it from about 10years ago,where it did the’rounds at work,&everybody was on it!
But does anyone remembr peanut butter on this diet..i vaguely remember it being on the breakfast bit.,instead of the cheddar cheese? not that it makes a huge difference thou,i’l probably still be ravenous anyhow!
Yes, I remember peanut butter & also frankfurters?? Thought it was a different diet each of the 3 days?
Hi, I too have done this diet many times and it does work and im only 9 stone, its a quick fix for hollidays and when ive had a bad week of junk so it keeps my weight down but most of the time i stick to a low fat diet with slimming world so when i do this diet because im 9 stone the most ive lost is 3lb which doesnt sound a lot but if i do that every week it soon builds up. if you look up bhf diet there is more variety on other web sites with cold meats and full 3 day menu. beware of the headache that you get, i get it within a day i think its through not drinking enough water you are suppose to drink with this diet at least 2 liters of water, and the diet i have is 4oz of tuna, 4oz of veg, 4oz icecream, so it seems to be based on 4oz of stuff. its not wise to lose above 6lb for a last min holliday its only gona go back on as quick, do it over the month leading up to it.
i tryed 3 day diet stuck to it , 4 day weighed myself only lost a pound , so wasnt happy , can any one advise me where i went wrong please
Can u drink water all day or only what is stated 3 cups??
Alannah, i think there would be a daily allowance of one of the average (small) sized bottles, thats what i was told with the cambridge diet so i shouldnt think it would be any different
I’m not that fat but want to lose weight. My stamic is fat though so will I lose weight in my stamic when I do this diet
Stamic? I assume you are a child and as such should NOT follow any diet as stupid as this one! Just cut out fat rich foods, get lots of fresh fruit and veg (particularly raw where possible), don’t eat high carb foods 3 hours before you go to bed and do at least 30 mins of exercise a day. You don’t need these fad diets to lose weight. It is more important to be healthy.
im confused do you just do this meal plan 3 days in a row as all other sites with birtish heart foundation diet on it has 3 different meal plans and this is the 3rd day? please help
Hi,
i would like to know the same, i want to start this on monday, do you just eat the above same each day.
Thanks
I know it does not,say diet coke but I have a but of an addiction could I not slot a couple in or would this mess it up ? X
I did this diet last week and lost 5 lbs, I did calarie controlled for the 4 days following so that was in one week
Great kick start I think
does this diet work? im desperate to lose weight and this seems to be the only one i havnt tried
hi have done this diet many, many times and lost up to ten pounds
(honest). you have to be careful after, so that you do not put all on again to quickly. i do this diet someting like :
3- day diet followed by 10 days of normal (in moderation) eating and repeat this one after the next tree to four times so that after six weeks i ‘ve lost appr. 25 to 28 pounds. after that in general i eat normal for next 6 to 7 month.
take out what you will of this as a guide:
i am on average 17st 8pds before the diet
and
i am on average 15st 10pds after the diet and than eat generously for the next 6 month.
one more thing. my on the other hand is just on the 9 stone ? mark and never looses as much as i do.
so, good luck !
My first day on the diet goin well, lost nearly a stone and a half at weight watchers but then came to a stand still and startin puttin on , I’ve put 6 and a half pounds bk on and its harderd for me to lose wieight as I have polysistic ovarie and gained 4and a half stone to due to it so I got told about this diet and I’m so lookin forward to my way in next week to see the results… Well I hope it works! a friend told me that she does it now and again and is brilliant.. So I’ll b bk on with the resluts on wed to prove it works!! Hope it does as its my last option
What can I have instead of beetroot? I cant stand eating it at all!!
or will it not work if i dont eat it?
yes this diet does work if you stick to it, and exercise is an added plus, i and my bestfriend who was a big woman lost an immense amount of weight, she went from 18 stone and dropped to 11 stone in a month, i went from 11 stone to 9 stone without exercising in that month, i helped my friend on this diet as she had always been an overweight person from a young age, she had managed to keep this weight off for 5yrs admittedly she has gained weight but only a few kilos,i use this diet when ever i go off track, which isn;t much, but i know it works, but you must have someone do to this diet with whom is also overweight, as you need the moral support.
Goodluck to those that are thinking of losing the weight, it really does work and no substituting any foods, just follow it like it says.
Just started this diet today with my mom! just had 5 tuk biscuits, a slice of cheese and a apple! hope this works, need our bikni bods for the summer! Haha
Hi, i saw your comment to say you recently started this diet, i was interested to know if it actually works?
Just started this diet , my first day today , my prom is in a mounth from now I hope this actually work and for breakfast I’m having 3 jacobs crackers and half a slice of chedder cheese
First day complete easier than I remembered got so much weight to loose after stopping smoking in dec and nothing else has worked!
lost 3 stone 5 lbs i was on this diet for 10 days what a difference it made and im only 15 i weighed 11 stone now weigh 7.5 i feel freeeee
oh my god that is amazing!!
you lost over 3 stone in 10 days?
im 17 and 11 stone 2 pounds
i really hope this works for me aswell
xx
Did you exersice aswell ? , and do you eat all of thre things it says?
Does anyone know if you can you have green tea on this diet ?
also fresh lemon juice with hot water in mornings ?
You should only do it for 3 days, and then stop, try eating healthy for the next 4 days and then start again. I have done this how many times and it works. Bit overweight now, so had to come get it again. The ice cream is a bonus as I get cravings when I diet.
I’ve been on this diet for 9 days now and i havent lost anything, I am already of a healthy weight however I was wanting to loose weight for a holiday, has it not worked because i’m not already over weight?
I would like to know how Elsie got on when she started this on the 27/3 as I am thinking of going on the plan
Do you choose one item from the lists or do you have all of it??
This and also the grapefruit diet works. Don’t knock it til you try it yourself !! I tried it and lost 8 lbs on day 3 (before the day was even over). I am an over eater usually and being on this diet helped me train my appetite to not always crave so much food. Since my stomach had shrank eating too much was painful. Sticking to healthier foods after the diet was done became a much easier task, so in other words THE WEIGHT STAYED OFF. I was 147 and now I’m 140 trying to get back to my usual 120-125. If you are heavier you will see greater results .. Good luck!!
i just started this diet today with my daughter shell to kick start our plan to lose weight for a wedding in oct will check in again next mon
Tuc crackers are what I have on a print out