Atkins Grapefruit Diet
August 27, 2009
There is a diet that really has nothing to do with the Atkins diet, called the Atkins Grapefruit diet, that combines elements of it’s famous namesake and an all grapefruit diet. Here is some information that shows the diet may be a fraud, or at least misleading.
First of all it’s pretty difficult to find information on the Atkins grapefruit diet plan. Hard to find information is a pretty good tip off that a con job is being perpetrated. The Atkins grapefruit diet is purposely deceptive in its origin to convince people that it is a legitimate combination of two popular fad diets.
Is the Atkins Grapefruit Diet part of the Atkins Diet or endorsed by the estate of the late Dr. Atkins? No, in fact the Induction phase of the Atkins diet is bereft of fruit, and there’s no mention of the grapefruit version on the Atkins web site.
The induction phase includes the following foods - sorry Atkins grapefruit diet, no fruit here:
An type of fish
Chicken, turkey and other fowl
Any shellfish
Any meat such as beef or pork
Eggs cooked in any style including fried
Cheese
Vegetables
Any herbs and spices to make food more exciting
A variety of fats and oils including butter
Low carbohydrate beverages including diet soft drinks
Notice one thing - fruit is not on that list. Grapefruit and other fruits such as fruit juices are specified in other phases of the Atkins diet for fat loss. But there is far more grapefruit in the Atkins Grapefruit diet than Dr. Atkins would ever dream of allowing.
There’s a lot of grapefruit in the Atkins grapefruit diet - up to 18 carbs. Even the most generous phases of the Atkins diet, when it comes to grapefruit, recommends limiting intake to below 8 carbs per day. That’s a direct contradiction of one diet to the other.
Most reasonable people would look directly at the Atkins site the moment they heard of the Atkins Grapefruit Diet. It starts to sound fishy when there’s no mention there.
Truth about diets review: Don’t forget the following. Any diet that relies too heavily on one food, such as grapefruit on a grapefruit diet, is unhealthy in any but extremely short periods. The Atkins diet frowns on eating the way the Atkins Grapefruit Diet recommends.