Atkins Grapefruit Diet

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. 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. The Atkins grapefruit diet is purposely deceptive in its origin to convince people that it is a legitimate combination of two popular fad diets.

Does the Atkins grapefruit diet have anything to do with the actual Atkins diet? 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 phase - sorry Atkins grapefruit diet, no fruit here:

An type of fish

Flying game such as turkey and chicken

All sorts of shellfish

Beef, pork and other meats

Every type of cooked egg including poached, scrambled and even fried

Cheese

All sorts of vegetables

Any herbs and spices to make food more exciting

Butter, lard, any oils

Low carbohydrate beverages including diet soft drinks

Notice one thing - fruit is not on that list. Grapefruit and other fruits such as fruit juices are specified in other phases of the Atkins diet for fat loss. The Atkins grapefruit diet, however, relies on grapefruit to a much greater degree than would be allowed in the original Atkins diet.

The cup of grapefruit juice offered by the Atkins Grapefruit diet has 8 grams of carbs while the cup of grapefruit sections it mentions has 18 carbs. Even the most generous phases of the Atkins diet, when it comes to grapefruit, recommends limiting intake to below 8 carbs per day. the two diets just don’t mesh.

When they hear about the Atkins grapefruit diet people should naturally visit the Atkins web site to read more about it. It isn’t found there, and that turns off a lot of folks.

Truth about diets review: Don’t forget the following. Any diet that relies too heavily on one food or food group is going to be unhealthy. The philosophy of the Atkins Grapefruit Diet is counter to that of the Atkins diet.