The Atkins Grapefruit diet is a diet plan, not supported by the company of Dr. Atkins, that plays on the fame of the grapefruit diet and the Atkins diet name. A closer inspection of this diet reveals that it may not be all it claims to be.
Firstly, it’s pretty difficult to find information on the Atkins grapefruit diet plan. Smart people realize that when anyone is carrying out a deception, or a con, they will usually gloss over facts. This is exactly what the Atkins grapefruit diet seems to do: it tries to persuade people to associate it with two purportedly effective diets.
Is the Atkins Grapefruit Diet part of the Atkins Diet or supported by the estate of the late Dr. Atkins? The answer is no, not only is there no mention of the Atkins Grapefruit Diet on the Atkins website, but there is no fruit of at all mentioned in the list of allowed foods in the Atkins diet Induction stage.
The induction phase recommends the following foodstuffs:
Fish of any kinds. Any 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.
Do you notice anything? No fruit is on that list. Later phases of the Atkins diet do recommend limited quantities of fruits such as cantaloupe, strawberries and even lemon juice, and the pre-maintenance and maintenance phases even specifically allow limited amounts of grapefruit. But when compared to the amount of Grapefruit recommended on the Atkins Grapefruit Diet, once more there is a disagreement.
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 generous phases of the Atkins diet advocates restricting grapefruit consumption to less than 8 carbs per day. That’s a direct contradiction of one diet with the other.
Most intelligent people would look at the Atkins website the moment they heard of the Atkins Grapefruit Diet. When they saw no mention of that diet on the site, a red light would go off and an alarm would sound.
In general, you should remember this: any diet that relies too much on one food, such as grapefruit on a grapefruit diet, is not healthy for any but extremely short periods. The Atkins Grapefruit Diet is not associated with the Atkins diet, and may interfere with the results of the Atkins diet in its early stages.
