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Grapefruit Diet
The Grapefruit Diet is a weight loss diet built solely around the humble grapefruit.
The idea that a single item of food has miraculous weight loss properties seems a farce. The grapefruit is a marvelous fruit – a natural simple carbohydrate high in fiber and vitamin C. But to use it as the sole foundation of a weight loss program is unwise. However recent research has discovered that the grapefruit has more to it than meets the eye.
A lot of the grapefruit diet plans that have been circulating are very low calorie diet plans (VLCD’s) with a grapefruit thrown in. VLCD’s are not a good weight loss solution for many people. Most versions of the Grapefruit diet are identical to the Mayo Clinic Diet.
Grapefruit Diet – Meal Plan
Below is the outline of the fad diet – and it IS NOT RECOMMENDED. Note that there is also substantial evidence that grapefruit (unlike any other citrus fruit) can interfere with medication.
12 days on – 2 days off
| Breakfast 1/2 Grapefruit or 4 oz. Grapefruit Juice (unsweetened) 2 Eggs (any style) 2 Slices Bacon |
| Lunch 1/2 Grapefruit or 4 oz. Grapefruit Juice (unsweetened) Meat (any style, any amount) Salad (any kind of dressing) |
| Dinner 1/2 Grapefruit or 4 oz. Grapefruit Juice (unsweetened) Meat (any style, any amount) (fish may be substituted for meat) Vegetables (any green, yellow, or red vegetables cooked in butter or any seasoning) |
| Bed Time Snack 1 glass tomato juice or 1 glass Skim milk |
| Vegetables Allowed Red onions, green onions, bell peppers, radishes, cucumbers, broccoli, spinach, lettuce, cabbage, carrots, peas. |
| Vegetables to Avoid White onions, potatoes, celery. |
Look here for other meal suggestions.
Instructions
- At any meal you may eat until you are full – until you can’t eat any more.
- Don’t eliminate anything from the diet, especially don’t skip bacon at breakfast or omit salads. It is the combination of foods that burn fat.
- The grapefruit is important because it acts as a catalyst that starts the burning process.
- Cut down on caffeine- it affects the insulin balance that hinders the burning process. Try to limit to 1 cup per meal at mealtime.
- Don’t eat between meals. If you eat the combination of food suggested you will not be hungry.
- Note that the diet completely eliminates sugar and starches, which are lipids and form fat. Fat doesn’t form fat; it helps burn it. You can fry food in butter and use butter generously on vegetables.
- Do not eat desserts, bread, and white vegetables or sweet potatoes. You may double or triple helpings of meat, salad, or vegetables. Eat until you are stuffed. The more you eat of the proper combination of food, the more you lose.
Properties of the Grapefruit
The traditional grapefruit diet consists of a 7 or 21 day eating plan. 1/2 a grapefruit is consumed during breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Recently the Scripps clinic, based in San Diego carried out a clinical trial and discovered the following:
“The 12-week pilot study, led by Dr. Ken Fujioka, monitored weight and metabolic factors, such as insulin secretion, of the 100 men and women who participated in the Scripps Clinic “Grapefruit Diet” study. On average, participants who ate half a grapefruit with each meal lost 3.6 pounds, while those who drank a serving of grapefruit juice three times a day lost 3.3 pounds. However, many patients in the study lost more than 10 pounds….. The researchers speculate that the chemical properties of grapefruit reduce insulin levels and encourage weight loss.”
By all means include grapefruit in your diet – it may give you an edge. But for serious and sustained weight loss – look elsewhere.
Do you have to eat the grapefruit before each meal or can you eat it after the meal?
I will try this diet starting next week because i need to lose up to 40 pounds by december in order to go to the military and wish me luck to conquer a goal.
Hey guys I think this is a great idea of doing this program of lossin weight. At least if there’s no way of lossin weight or known idea of doin it, than we can look at ur instruction to loss our weight.
I started this diet today 10/25/08. I am 214 and 5′2.5. I need to loose 24 more lbs so my BMI will be low enough to donate a kidney to my brother. I tried the cabbage soup diet and only lost 2 lbs and never cheated. I am a little discouraged but hope that I will have more success with the grapefruit diet. The faster I lose, the faster we can proceed with the surgery and the faster my brother can end his 4 hr, 3day a wk sessions of dialysis. My total goal is 50 lbs. The rest after I recover. Best wishes to everyone on their weight loss journeys. Any advice is welcome. Can we eat fruit?
I have just started the diet a few days ago and I am down 6 pounds. I find it hard to believe I think the scale is lying. I only needed to loose about 10 pounds as I was 148 and wanted to get down below 140. It says that you can eat red onions but not white does anyone know why?
I am today 144. i am just curious can i still drink? if i just do gin and tonics and eat the grapefruit? I have two weddings to go to next weekend.
i TRIED THIS DIET ABOUT 3-4 YEARS AGO AND IT WORKED IF YOU FOLLOW IT CORRECTLY IT DOES WORK
I am starting tomorrow. I weigh 146.5. I need to lose like 8 pounds in 6 days, I’m hoping this is the thing that will make it happen. Good Luck Everybody!
Ihave tired the three day diet and it does work and when I was off if I ate fish and veggies. that actually kept the wait off. As for the muslim dude you do know that you can eat turkey bacon instead of pork because I dont eat meat at all.
Today is day 5. I lost 5# in 4 days (well actually in 3 days because I stayed the same on the 4th day) and today is the first day that I really don’t feel hungry between meals. I started drinking Good Earth sweet and spicy herb tea in addition to the water (I was getting sick of drinking all that plain water!! all day). The first couple of days were hard getting used to not eating little meals throughout the day and having to pass up “goodies” in the office. I’m sticking to the diet as it is, not cheating and eating slow so my brain has time to realize I’m full quicker. I’m finding that my portion sizes get smaller as I go because I feel full sooner. I take my vitamins and supplements and feel great! I am getting as much exercise in as I can, even if it means going for a walk on my breaks and during lunch. I’m going to start exercising to videos after work to get the extra “workout” and hopefully build muscles quicker. Muscles burn fat faster. I fit into a pair of pants that were snug on me previously and it was nice not to feel like a sausage in them! The diet is what you make it to be. I hope to lose another 15# between now and Christmas, which is not an unrealistic goal. Seeing results quickly is rewarding!!
does anyone who has had major success have a list of the foods that can and can not be eaten…I have found numerous sites with conflicting information.
thanks
[I wish there was more information] I trying the diet today and i was thinking it doesn’t say if your allowed yo eat it with ketchup? Personally I hate eggs. So i was unsure if it would still work to eat them with ketchup because it drowns the taste out…
Also by any kinds of meat.. Does that count for fattening foods? O.o; I usually don’t like to sit down and cook a meal. It takes to long. [I just cooked a hotdog, not the healthy but it was quickly cooked]. I read any kind but i wonder….
I’ve been on it for a 8 Days, and so far i have lost 10 Pounds. I feel great!
THIS DIET DOESN’T GIVE YOU ENOUGH CALORIES FOR IT TO BE HEALTHY!!!!