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Is The Atkins Grapefruit Diet Real?

The Atkins Grapefruit diet is a diet plan, not supported by the estate of Dr. Atkins, that plays on the popularity of the grapefruit diet and the Atkins diet name. A closer look into this diet shows that it may not be all it claims to be.

First of all, it’s very difficult to find information on the Atkins grapefruit diet plan. Smart people know that when anyone is perpetrating a deception, or a con, they will often gloss over facts. This is what the Atkins grapefruit diet seems to do in an attempt to persuade people to associate it with two supposedly effective diets.

So, is the Atkins Grapefruit Diet part of the Atkins Diet or endorsed by the firm of the late Dr. Atkins? The answer is a resounding ‘no’, not only is there no mention of the Atkins Grapefruit Diet on the Atkins website, but there is no fruit of any kind mentioned in the list of allowed foods in the Atkins diet Induction phase.

The induction phase includes the following foodstuffs:

Fish of all types. All fowl such as turkey and chicken. All shellfish. All meat such as beef or pork. Eggs cooked in all styles, including fried. Cheese. Vegetables. Herbs and Spices. Fats and Oils. Low carbohydrate beverages, including diet sodas.

Notice anything? No fruit is on that list. Later phases of the Atkins diet do recommend small amounts of fruits such as cantaloupe and even lemon juice, and the pre-maintenance and maintenance phases even specifically permit limited quantities of grapefruit. But when compared to the amount of Grapefruit recommended on the Atkins Grapefruit Diet, again there is a disagreement.

The Atkins Grapefruit Diet advocates a cup of grapefruit juice or a cup of grapefruit sections, with 8 and 18 carbs respectively. Even the most generous phases of the Atkins diet recommends limiting grapefruit consumption to below 8 carbs per day. That’s a direct contradiction of one diet with the other.

Most intelligent people would take a look at the Atkins website itself the moment they heard about the Atkins Grapefruit Diet. When they found no mention of that diet on the site, a red light would go off and an alarm bell would sound.

Generally speaking, you should remember this: any diet that recommend too heavily on one foodstuff, such as grapefruit on a grapefruit diet, is not healthy for all but extremely short periods of time. The Atkins Grapefruit Diet is nothing to do with the Atkins diet, and may disrupt with the results of the Atkins diet in its early stages.

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