1. Jump-Start the Day With Unlimited Fruit
Eat fruit first thing in the morning. During this 35-day plan, author Judy Mazel encourages dieters to eat fruits to jump-start the digestive system and to allow the potent enzymes in fruit to burn fat and prevent fat storage. Highly recommended fruits include pineapples, which Mazel claims burn fat, and watermelon, which is supposed to flush fat from the body. Additional recommended fruits include mangoes, prunes, grapes, strawberries, papaya and grapefruit. Nevertheless, consuming mass quantities of fruit may lead to digestive "issues" for some people. In her book, "The New Beverly Hills Diet," Mazel encourages dieters to eat as much of any one type of fruit as they want, but to wait 1 hour before switching to another type of fruit. Mazel recommends waiting 2 hours before switching to another food group like carbohydrates or proteins. Once you switch to a new food group, you cannot eat any more fruit for the rest of the day.
2. Adding Carbohydrates and Proteins Into the Mix
As part of her theory of "conscious combining," Mazel suggests you eat carbohydrates with other carbohydrates. Common carbohydrates include corn, baked potatoes, pasta and bread. Most alcoholic beverages are considered carbohydrates, which means they should be consumed with other carbohydrates. Wine is actually considered a fruit and should be consumed during the fruit stage of your day. Mazel allows dieters to combine fats such as butter or olive oil with carbohydrates to improve the taste. When you add protein to any meal, the rest of your food for the day should be protein based. Mazel recommends up to 80 percent of the food you eat be protein once you consume even trace amounts of protein such as a small bite of yogurt. Like many of the low carbohydrate diets out there today, Mazel believes proteins are digested most effectively when consumed with other proteins. Common proteins include milk, eggs, fish, chicken, steak and nuts.
3. Treat Yourself to One
On the New Beverly Hills diet you can eat one "open meal" per day. This meal can include any combination of carbohydrates and proteins, but should not include fruits. The book lists 21 different open meal menu suggestions to choose from during this 35-day diet. Many dieters choose dinner for their "open meal" because it tends to eliminate evening cravings.
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