The Grapefruit Diet MenuGrapefruit Diet InformationThe grapefruit diet menu has been going around since at least the 1930s. Also known as the Hollywood diet, 12 day grapefruit diet, 10-pounds-off diet.
It came to popularity as "The Mayo Clinic Grapefruit Diet" in the 1970s, though the Clinic has no connection to the diet. The diet is based on the claim that grapefruit has fat burning properties.
In most versions of the grapefruit diet menu, a small variety of foods are required at breakfast, lunch, dinner, and at bedtime. The traditional grapefruit diet plan consists of a 7, 12 or 21 days. Exercise is recommended in some versions and absent in others. Long-term weight control is not part of the diet plan.
The Gapefruit Diet Menuserious side effects.
Drink 64 ounces of water daily. Eat until you are full at any meal. In the grapefruit diet snacking is only permitted after dinner: 8 ounces skim milk or tomato juice. 12 days on - 2 days off. Vegetables Allowed: red onions, green onions, bell peppers, radishes, cucumbers, broccoli, spinach, lettuce, cabbage, carrots, peas. Vegetables to Avoid: white onions, potatoes, celery.
Day 1Breakfast 2 eggs, 2 slices of bacon, black coffee, 1/2 grapefruit or 8 ounce of juice. Lunch Lean beef, chicken or fish, tomato salad, coffee or tea. Dinner Boiled fish, tomato and lettuce salad, grapefruit or melon.
Day 2Breakfast Fruit salad (apple, grapefruit and orange), coffee or tea. Lunch Cottage cheese, 1/2 grapefruit or 8 ounce of juice. Dinner Chicken breast, 2 tomatoes, 1/2 grapefruit or 8 ounce of juice. Day 3Breakfast 2 Eggs, tea or coffee, 1/2 grapefruit or 8 ounce of juice. Lunch Cooked vegetables (any vegetables except potatoes and corn), tea or coffee, 1/2 grapefruit or 8 ounce of juice. Dinner Meat (grilled or boiled), lettuce salad, tea. Day 4Breakfast Grapefruit, porridge with fat free yogurt (4 tablespoons). Lunch Lettuce and cucumber salad, 1/2 grapefruit or 8 ounce of juice.
Dinner Boiled meat - chicken or fish , tomatoes (or tomato juice). Day 5Breakfast Grapefruit, 2 boiled eggs, tomato. Lunch Potatoes (one big baked potato), lettuce salad. Dinner Fish (boiled or grilled), cooked vegetables, tea.
Day 6 and Day 7Repeat any menu from above.
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