The Atkins Grapefruit diet is a diet plot, not endorsed by the estate of Dr. Atkins, that hopes to play on the popularity of the grapefruit diet and the Atkins diet name. Though, a quicker look into this diet shows that it may not be all it claims to be.
First of all, it’s pretty trying to any find in rank on the Atkins grapefruit diet plot at all. Smart people realize that when someone is carrying out a deception, they will usually skim over the facts. This is what the Atkins grapefruit diet appears to be doing even as trying to get people to associate it with two seemingly effective diets.
Is the Atkins Grapefruit Diet part of the Atkins Diet or recommended by the late Dr. Atkins’ company? The answer is a resounding 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 allowed in the list of allowed foods in the Atkins diet Induction phase either.
The induction phase allows the following foods: fish of all kinds, all fowl such as turkey and chicken, any shellfish, any meat such as beef or pork, eggs cooked in any style including fried, cheese, vegetables, herbs and spices, fats and oils, low carbohydrate beverages including diet soft drinks.
Please, notice one thing – that fruit does not feature on that list at all! Yes, later phases of the Atkins diet do allow small amounts of fruits such as cantaloupe and strawberries, and the pre-maintenance and maintenance phases do even allow small quantities of grapefruit, but when judged in comparison with the amount of Grapefruit advised on the Atkins Grapefruit Diet there is a huge difference.
The Atkins Grapefruit Diet recommends a cup of grapefruit juice or a cup of grapefruit sections, with 8 and 18 carbs respectively. Even the most liberal phases of the Atkins diet recommends limiting intake to not more than 8 carbs per day, when it comes to grapefruit. That’s a direct contradiction from one diet to the other.
Most sensible people would look directly at the Atkins website the second they heard of the Atkins Grapefruit Diet. When they found no mention of that diet on their site, a red light would go off and an alarmbell would ring.
In general, please remember this: any plot that relies too heavily on one kind of food, such as grapefruit on a grapefruit diet, is not healthy for any but extremely fleeting periods. The Atkins Grapefruit Diet is not associated with the Atkins diet, and may disrupt the results of the Atkins diet, mainly in its early phases.
