The grapefruit diet plan has been around for decades, but it is still controversial. According to an article on Medical News Today, in a grapefruit diet study that included 100 men and women conducted by Dr. Ken Fujioka at the Scripps Clinic, the average amount of weight loss was approximately 3.6 pounds for those who ate half a grapefruit with meals. Those who drank grapefruit juice lost 3.3 pounds during that same amount of time. Some of the participants lost more than ten pounds.
Drink Water
While on the grapefruit diet, you must drink at least eight glasses, or 64 ounces, of water per day. Because water has no calories, it fills you up without adding permanent weight.
Coffee and Caffeine
Coffee and all forms of caffeine should be limited to one serving per day. The grapefruit diet plan carries the claim that caffeine affects the process of burning calories because it affects the balance of insulin.
Amount of Grapefruit
The precise amount of grapefruit must be eaten according to the diet program as stated on Grapefruit-Diet.org. The claim is that the grapefruit is the catalyst of the "magical" process that burns fat.
Menu Foods
All of the food in the diet must be eaten, particularly the bacon and salad. The diet promoters claim that the combination of the recommended foods burns the unwanted fat, and not complying will prevent the program from working. Never eat between meals, but eat the meals until you are full to prevent hunger. You may increase the amount of salad, vegetables and meat on the plan. Butter is allowed.
There are lists of foods that are allowed and those that you can't eat while on the grapefruit diet. The allowed foods are red onions, bell peppers, broccoli, radishes, carrots, cucumbers, spinach, tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce, green beans, mayonnaise, no-bean chili, cheese, coleslaw, regular salad dressing dried nuts, green vegetables and hot dogs. You are not allowed to have potatoes, white onions, celery, cereal, peas, corn or other starchy vegetables, peanut butter, potato chips, corn chips, pasta, jelly or jam, sweet pickles, fruit, pretzels and diet salad dressing.
No Exercise
Proponents of the grapefruit diet don't recommend exercise because of the restricted calories. They acknowledge that this diet does not provide enough calories to provide the energy for exercise.
Take a Break
The grapefruit diet is designed to last for 12 days. If someone wants to continue with the program, there must be a two-day break in between.
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