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the grapefruit diet may help you lose weight, but its incredibly unhealthy and deprives your body of nutrients it needs. If you're asking whether the grapefruit diet helps you lose weight, then the answer is yes. If you're asking whether the grapefruit diet is healthy, then the answer is no.

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I mean, you can if you want. The thing w/ diet plans, no matter which they are, is that it is always better to just change the overall way you eat, to make yrself used to eating more healthfully. There are lots of reasons for this. People most often do not stick to diets. They become boring & restrictive almost to the point of feeling imprisoning. No matter how eager, eventually one feels forced into performing behaviors which one wants to do just about as much as eleventh grade's required reading. So soon the person "cheats" on the diet [an expression i find funny], feels guilty ashamed foolish worthless & then gives up the diet to often eat more than she or he did before beginning it. Take it from an expert, this is a good road towards the eating disorder of yr choice. No matter which of these you pick--anorexia, bulimia, bulimarexia [that was my favorite. it involved long stretches of starvation. Although I never attained the pinnacle that I thought was "Thin," I did once have clinical malnutrition]--at any rate, once an eating disorder gets a hold on yr toe it will, almost invariably, get a hold on yr life. Then, maybe for almost as many days as there are stars in the sky, you will find yr life disrupted & dismantled even in ways seemingly unconcerned w/ the battle query that is "to eat or not to eat?" So help me, that should not be the question that rules yr life. If you push yrself into an eating disorder, however, it will be. I KNOW. Best to avoid Eating Disorder Villa before you even look at the lease. Instead, try to eat in a way that is often called "moderately" or "sensibly." Think about joining a yoga class or, if that is not yr style, take long walks. The sedentary lifestyle is not a good one for the issue you present. Again, do not overdo. A sense of sense & moderation is, again, much better. As an aficionado of the extreme & the direly interesting, the moderate sensibility has rarely appealed much to me. But in this case it is the way to go & may well save large portions, no pun intended, of yr life.

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Grapefruit is an excellent fruit for nutrition. However; one cannot be healthy when only eating from one of the food groups. WARNING! A certain type of acid is found only in grapefruits. This blocks the absorbtion of certain vitamins and medications. Always check with your pharmacist if you consume this fruit on a regular basis.

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11y ago

One of the biggest benefits of a grapefruit diet is the results. It is a known fact that grapefruit helps weight loss. Additionally, there is research that indicates a link between grapefruit and insulin, as it relates to weight management.

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9y ago

There is strong evidence that this does work. Fiber and vitamin C do suppress the appetite, making other initiatives (exercise, calorie restriction etc.) effective for weight loss. However, if you are on heard medication, you might not be able to eat grapefruit.

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The grapefruit diet is well known as one of the first fad diets. But does it work? This grapefruit diet review will shed some light on what you can expect. The grapefruit diet requires that you eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice with every meal. The claim is that the properties of grapefruit will help you burn more fat. People do tend to lose weight on this diet, but not because of the grapefruit. The diet also requires you to reduce your calories to 800-1,000 per day and cut back on carbohydrates. The grapefruit diet is really nothing more than a crash diet that will not give you long lasting results.

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15y ago

no! i tried it and all it does is makes you go off grapefruit for the rest of your life!

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The grapefruit diet doesn't work very well at all. The grapefruit have a sour taste which makes one want to pure sugar on them to sweeten up the taste. Stay away from this diet.

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Where can I find out more about grapefruit diet?

The grapefruit diet has been around since 1930. If you are interested in trying this diet, please see the following: www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-grapefruit-diet


Does the grapefruit doet really work?

Different diets work for different people. The grapefruit diet may work for you but not work for me, so all you can do is to give it a try. If it cuts out your calories than yes it will work.


What is an easy crash diet?

The grapefruit diet.


Around what time is the grapefruit diet believed to have started?

The Hollywood Diet (The grapefruit diet) has existed in USA since at least the 1930s. The whole origin of the diet is based on the claim that grapefruit has a fat-burning enzyme.


What diet is also known at the Mayo diet?

the Grapefruit diet


Is the grapefruit diet a diet that produces results?

As with any diet there will be those who say the grapefruit diet has produced results for them. One fact to remember is that this diet does not meet the governments requirements for a balanced diet.


Is it good to be on a grapefruit diet while pregnant?

No you should not do the grapefruit diet while pregnant. The grapefruit diet is formulated for rapid weight loss and would not provide enough nutrients for the growing baby.


What is the grapefruit diet like?

The Grapefruit diet is a 12-day plan that promotes quick weight loss, by eating 1/2 grapefruit at every meal. A web site devoted to the diet can be found at http://www.grapefruit-diet.org/


How successful has the grapefruit diet been?

The grapefruit diet hasn't seem to be too successful lately. If it has, then more people would have figured out about the diet and the diet itself would just be more popular.


Is the grapefruit diet FDA approved?

no it is the worst diet ever created. if you do this diet your retarted


Is the grapefruit diet a safe diet?

The grapefruit diet has been known to be a good, celeberty used diet. However, it is not very good for your body as it can lack nutrients and make your body, "shut down", in a way.


Where can I find reviews on the grapefruit diet?

The grapefruit diet seems to work decently in the short term, and cannot be used for the long term. However, the reason it most likely works in the short term (about two weeks) is the same reason eating Special K or another heavily restricted diet would work in the short term: you are severely reducing caloric intake. The average is 2000 calories, and a grapefruit diet seems to go for about 800 to 1000. You have to be careful with such a reduced calorie diet! You can find more reviews online at websites such as dietsinreview.com.