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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.  One common element of cons is that clear information is generally hard to find.  This is what the Atkins grapefruit diet seems to do in an attempt to get people to associate it with two supposedly effective diets.

Is the Atkins grapefruit diet something that was found locked away in a safe by the late Dr. Atkins?  No, in fact the Induction phase of the Atkins diet is bereft of fruit, and there’s no mention of the grapefruit version on the Atkins web site.

Here is what can be eaten in the induction phase – sorry Atkins grapefruit diet, no fruit here:

Fish of all kinds

Chicken, turkey and other fowl

Shellfish of any variety

Meat, such as beef and pork

Any style egg

Cheese

Any vegetable you can name

Herbs and Spices

Fats and Oils

Low carbohydrate beverages including diet soft drinks

Unfortunately for the Atkins grapefruit diet, there no fruit.  Later phases of the Atkins diet do include limited amounts of fruits such as cantaloupe and even lemon juice, and the pre-maintenance and maintenance phases even specifically allow small quantities of grapefruit.  But there is far more grapefruit in the Atkins Grapefruit diet than Dr. Atkins would ever dream of allowing.

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 phases of Atkins that allow grapefruit limit intake to below 8 grams of carbs of grapefruit per day.  the two diets just don’t mesh.

A smart person would immediately peruse the Atkins web site in search of the Atkins Grapefruit diet.  When they found no mention of that diet on the site, a red light would go off and an alarm would sound.

In general remember this.  Any diet that relies too heavily on one food or food group is going to be unhealthy.  The Atkins diet frowns on eating the way the Atkins Grapefruit Diet recommends. Check with your doctor before you try any kind of diet change.

I hope that the information above was useful to you. Cheers and thank you for reading.

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