The Grapefruit Diet

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The Grapefruit Diet

• By John Tyson

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What is the Grapefruit Diet?
The grapefruit diet is a fat free and low calorie
diet that is supposed to produce rapid weight
loss. There is no specific variation of the
grapefruit diet there are many versions. It is a
very strict 12-day diet that requires you to eat
specific foods at different periods in the day.
What are the claims of the grapefruit diet?
!0 pound in 12 days. Grapefruit contain enzymes
that reduce appetite, and enhance rapid weight
loss.
Quackery?
The grapefruit diet will help you lose 10 pounds
in approximately 12 days.
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Servings
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DRI Recommendations
The grapefruit diet does reflect some of the
dietary guidelines for Americans!!!! Protein
The DRI recommendation was 56 grams, and this
diet provided well over 100 grams in a day.
Fat The DRI value for fat should be between
20-35 of calories eaten. If you follow the
diet, you get about 33 of your calories from
fat. Carbs The grapefruit diet did meet the
recommendation for carbs as well. On this diet,
you are able to get 3-6 servings of carbs a day,
which equaled to 140g. This allowed for the diet
to meet the recommendation of 130 grams.
Vitamins The grapefruit diet does meet the DRI
recommendations for most Vitamins. Did not meet
DRI for Folate, Vitamin E, and K. Minerals
It met the DRI recommendation for most minerals.
Fell under for Iron, Magnesium, and Calcium,
which is a red flag.
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Meals

• For breakfast, you are supposed to eat 2 eggs
  boiled, 2 slices of bacon, and 1/2 grapefruit or
  8 oz. grapefruit juice without adding sugar.
• For lunch you are supposed to eat ½ grapefruit
  or 8 oz. grapefruit juice without sugar, a salad,
  any style meat in any amount.
• For dinner you are supposed to eat 1/2
  grapefruit or 8 oz. grapefruit juice without
  adding sugar, a salad with or a red or green
  vegetable cooked in butter or spices, meat or
  Fish cooked any way, and a cup of coffee or tea.
• Lastly for a bedtime snack you are supposed to
  have an 8 oz. cup of skim milk.

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Benefits
Risk

• The grapefruit diet is low in calories, full of
  vitamin C, and contains beta-carotene
• It can help protect against infection
• The white pith contains pectin and bioflavonoids
  which makes grapefruits an excellent antioxidant
  food
• Reduce risk of diabetes
• Enzymes in grapefruit help to reduce insulin
  levels and weight loss

• The amount of caffeinated beverages one has to
  drink can cause dehydration
• The diet is deficient in fiber, protein and
  several important vitamins and minerals
• The diet can cause you to feel dizziness or low
  energy levels throughout the diet.
• No variety
• It also lacks in iron and calcium.
• The grapefruit diet is strictly short-term. In
  most cases, the weight you lose is regained.

Recommended?

• I do not recommend this diet.
• It requires you to cut out certain foods, and it
  is lacking some of the vitamins and minerals you
  need to function.
• Despite this version of the diet incorporating
  more calories, it is still closer to the short
  end of being ok. The worst part of this diet is
  that it is a short-term diet, so once you go back
  to eating regular after the 12 days, you gain all
  of the weight back anyway.