Grapefruit Diet
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Terrific New eBook On How To Broil Delicious Foods One of the popular fad diets in Hollywood was the grapefruit diet. It dates back to the 1930s, and many Hollywood stars of the time swore by it. It remained popular until the mid-1970s, when it became one of the diets that was faxed around from machine to machine, popularly known as xerox lore. 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 a lot like Atkins, but with a grapefruit eaten with each meal. There was no cheating on this diet – only three meals a day and no in between meals snacks. The diet claimed that people could lose 10 pounds in 10 days, or 5 pounds in five days. As wild as that sounds, this is wilder – the diet claimed someone might not lose weight for 9 days, but then suddenly drop 10 pounds in the last day. Supposedly grapefruit contains enzymes that destroy fat, but no study has ever proven that to be true. Researchers showed that the diet may work in a 2004 study. Eating ½ grapefruit prior to meals helped people in the study lose 3.6 pounds in twelve weeks. People drinking the same serving size of grapefruit juice lost slightly less weight. Many of the participants lost more than 10 pounds in 12 weeks. Researchers attributed the weight loss to decreased insulin levels caused by eating grapefruit. However, all the participants slightly enhanced their exercise programs, which may account for the lost weight. Here’s a typical grapefruit diet: – Eight 8 ounce glasses of water each day, this is a must. Now you can go try the grapefruit diet.
– Eat until full.
– Eat everything listed for each meal, do not skip foods, they are specifically formulated to help burn fat.
– Grapefruit is the key – so eat that as specified.
– One cup of coffee can be consumed at each meal.
– No snacking.
– Butter can be used.
– 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.
– Eat one half grapefruit, or drink 18 ounce glass of grapefruit, with each meal.
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