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 possible con does it’s best to make people assume it has something to do with the official Atkins diet.
Does the Atkins grapefruit diet have anything to do with the actual Atkins diet? Nope – the Atkins company doesn’t mention the diet on its web site, and the most critical phase of the famous diet called the Induction phase does not allow any fruit.
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
All sorts of shellfish
Beef, pork and other meats
Any style egg
Cheese
Vegetables
A variety of herbs and spices
Fats and Oils
Water and other low carb drinks including diet soda
Unfortunately for the Atkins grapefruit diet, there no fruit. Grapefruit and other fruits such as fruit juices are specified in other phases of the Atkins diet for fat loss. But there is far more grapefruit in the Atkins Grapefruit diet than Dr. Atkins would ever dream of allowing.
There’s a lot of grapefruit in the Atkins grapefruit diet – up to 18 carbs. Even the phases of Atkins that allow grapefruit limit intake to below 8 grams of carbs of grapefruit per day. That’s a severe disagreement.
When they hear about the Atkins grapefruit diet people should naturally visit the Atkins web site to read more about it. It starts to sound fishy when there’s no mention there.
In general remember this. Any diet that relies too heavily on one food, such as grapefruit on a grapefruit diet, is unhealthy in any but extremely short periods. The Atkins diet frowns on eating the way the Atkins Grapefruit Diet recommends.
