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Fad Diets: The Grapefruit Diet or New Mayo Diet

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(This diet has no connection to the Mayo Clinic.) This diet promises that you’ll lose 52 pounds if you follow it properly for 10 weeks. Most of us can lose about that much by exercising every day and replacing a fatty meal with a salad every day but there seems to be more attraction to following a rigid diet like this. There are lots of rules to this diet: * As with all diets, you must drink eight 8 ounce glasses of water every day. You can eat at every meal until you are full (the items listed are the … Continue reading →

Fad Diets – Grapefruit & The Caveman

I love the names of some of these fad diets. We’re going to talk about the Grapefruit & Caveman diets in this entry. I’ll tell you a little bit about what they recommend for you to eat and what they recommend you avoid. I’ll give you the theory behind it and the dangers they pose. The Grapefruit Diet The Grapefruit Diet is named for eating grapefruit, of course. The diet is based around a 21 day cycle and promises to help you shed weight fast – as much as 10 to 20lbs in as little as 21 days. On the … Continue reading →