2. The Atkins Grapefruit diet is a diet plan, not endorsed by th
Atkins company, that tries to play on the popularity of two d
diet and the Atkins diet. However, a close look at this diet sho
be all it claims for itself.
3. First off, it's pretty difficult to any find information on the Atk
plan at all. Smart people realize that when someone is carryin
or a con, they will usually gloss over the facts. This is what th
diet seems to be doing in an attempt to get people to asso
seemingly effective diets.
4. Is the Atkins Grapefruit Diet part of the Atkins Diet or suppo
the late Dr. Atkins? The answer is no, not only is there no me
Grapefruit Diet on the Atkins web site, but there is no fr
mentioned in the list of allowed foods in the Atkins diet Indu
5. The induction phase allows the following foods: fish of all kin
turkey and chicken, any shellfish, any meat such as beef or po
any style including fried, cheese, vegetables, herbs and spice
carbohydrate beverages including diet soft dri
6. Please, notice one thing - fruit is not on that list. Later phase
do include limited amounts of fruits such as cantaloupe and
and the pre-maintenance and maintenance phases even spec
quantities of grapefruit. But when compared to the amou
advised on the Atkins Grapefruit Diet, again there is a massi
7. The Atkins Grapefruit Diet recommends a cup of grapefruit
grapefruit sections, with 8 and 18 carbs respectively. Even
phases of the Atkins diet suggests restricting intake to be
day, when it comes to grapefruit. That's a direct contradiction
other.
8. Most reasonable people would turn to the Atkins website i
they heard of the Atkins Grapefruit Diet and when they foun
that diet on their site, a red light would flash and an alarmb
9. In general, remember this: any diet that relies too heavily on
grapefruit in a grapefruit diet, is unhealthy for any but extrem
The Atkins Grapefruit Diet is not associated with the Atkin
interfere with the results of the Atkins diet in its ear