The Atkins Grapefruit diet seeks to cash in on the popularity of the fad grapefruit diet and the less fad but still fad Atkins diet, although it has nothing to do with the Atkins estate or company. A closer look into this diet shows that it may not be all it claims to be.
It’s a challenge to find clear cut information, such as a web site, for the Atkins grapefruit diet. Hard to find information is a pretty good tip off that a con job is being perpetrated. This possible con does it’s best to make people assume it has something to do with the official Atkins diet.
Is the Atkins Grapefruit Diet part of the Atkins Diet or endorsed 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 web site, but there is no fruit of any kind mentioned in the list of allowed foods in the Atkins diet Induction phase.
Here is what can be eaten in the induction phase
Fish of all kinds All fowl such as turkey and chicken Shellfish of any variety Any meat such as beef or pork Any style egg All sorts of cheese Vegetables Any herbs and spices to make food more exciting A variety of fats and oils including butter Drinks low in carbohydrates such as diet soft drinks
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. The Atkins grapefruit diet, however, relies on grapefruit to a much greater degree than would be allowed in the original Atkins diet.
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, when it comes to grapefruit, recommends limiting intake to below 8 carbs per day. the two diets just don’t mesh.
When they hear about the Atkins grapefruit diet people should naturally visit the Atkins web site to read more about it. It isn’t found there, and that turns off a lot of folks.
Keep this in mind. Any diet that relies too heavily on one food or food group is going to be unhealthy. The philosophy of the Atkins Grapefruit Diet is counter to that of the Atkins diet.