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Sonntag, 3. Januar 2010

Facts About Grapefruit Atkins Diet That Will Benefit You Greatly

By Lanre Ejihmon

The Atkins Grapefruit diet seeks to cash in on the popularity of the fad grapefruit diet and the less fad but still fad Atkins diet, although it has nothing to do with the Atkins estate or company. A closer look into this diet shows that it may not be all it claims to be.

It's a challenge to find clear cut information, such as a web site, for the Atkins grapefruit diet. Hard to find information is a pretty good tip off that a con job is being perpetrated. This possible con does it's best to make people assume it has something to do with the official Atkins diet.

Does the Atkins grapefruit diet have anything to do with the actual Atkins diet 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

An type of fish Flying game such as turkey and chicken Shellfish of any variety Beef, pork and other meats Every type of cooked egg including poached, scrambled and even fried Cheese Vegetables A variety of herbs and spices A variety of fats and oils including butter Drinks low in carbohydrates such as diet soft drinks

Notice one thing - fruit is not on that list. Later phases of the Atkins diet do include limited amounts of fruits such as cantaloupe and even lemon juice, and the pre-maintenance and maintenance phases even specifically allow small quantities of grapefruit. But when compared to the amount of Grapefruit recommended on the Atkins Grapefruit Diet, again there is a disagreement.

The Atkins Grapefruit Diet recommends a cup of grapefruit juice or a cup of grapefruit sections, with 8 and 18 carbs respectively. But the Atkins diet calls for no more than 7 grams of carbs in a day. That's a direct contradiction of one diet to the other.

When they hear about the Atkins grapefruit diet people should naturally visit the Atkins web site to read more about it. When they found no mention of that diet on the site, a red light would go off and an alarm would sound.

Keep this in mind. Only fad diets - diets to be followed for short periods - rely heavily on one food because eating that way isn't healthy. The philosophy of the Atkins Grapefruit Diet is counter to that of the Atkins diet.

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