The Atkins Grapefruit diet is a diet plan, not endorsed by the estate of Dr. Atkins, that plays on the popularity of the grapefruit diet and the Atkins diet name. Don’t look now, but it may not be what people hope.
It’s a challenge to find clear cut information, such as a web site, for the Atkins grapefruit diet. Smart people know that when someone is perpetrating a deception, or a con, they will often gloss over facts. This possible con does it’s best to make people assume it has something to do with the official Atkins diet.
Is the Atkins Grapefruit Diet part of the Atkins Diet or endorsed by the estate of the late Dr. Atkins? The answer is no, not only is there no mention of the Atkins Grapefruit Diet on the Atkins web site, but there is no fruit of any kind mentioned in the list of allowed foods in the Atkins diet Induction phase.
Here is what can be eaten in the induction phaseThese are the foods allowed in the Atkins diet Induction phase – sorry Atkins grapefruit diet, no fruit here:
Fish of all kinds
Flying game such as turkey and chicken
Any shellfish
Beef, pork and other meats
Any style egg
All sorts of cheese
All sorts of vegetables
Herbs and Spices
A variety of fats and oils including butter
Drinks low in carbohydrates such as diet soft drinks
Not a piece of fruit to be found. Grapefruit and other fruits such as fruit juices are specified in other phases of the Atkins diet. 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 phases of Atkins that allow grapefruit limit intake to below 8 grams of carbs of grapefruit per day. That’s a severe disagreement.
A smart person would immediately peruse the Atkins web site in search of the Atkins Grapefruit diet. It isn’t found there, and that turns off a lot of folks.
In general remember this. Only fad diets – diets to be followed for short periods – rely heavily on one food because eating that way isn’t healthy. The Atkins Grapefruit Diet is not associated with the Atkins diet, and may interfere with the results of the Atkins diet in its early phases.
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