Grapefruit diet is alive and well and works...
The grapefruit diet is alive and well and works...
I don't know about you folks, but I carry a bit of middle age weight that is difficult to get rid of. I was listening to a talkback radio program just last night, and a caller there praised the virtues of the humble grapefruit. It brought back memories of a popular diet of a quarter of a century ago - the grapefruit diet. So off to Google I went!
A new study by Nutrition and Metabolic Research Centre researchers at Scripps Clinic has confirmed that a simple act of adding grapefruit to your diet can result in real weight loss.
The grapefruit diet is not a myth. No, it is actually something an older generation knew 25 years or so ago. Grapefruit has a high fibre content and low glycemic load, and is a not so secret weight loss weapon. I didn't have a weight problem back then; I was a smoker and that was responsible for controlling my weight. Since then I have successfully given up smoking...and suffered the major side affect of giving up smoking - weight gain. Its all to do with a change in your metabolism.
The advice given last night has me seriously considering adding grapefruit to my diet - basically eating half a grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice with every meal.It apparently takes a couple of weeks before weight loss becomes evident.
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I wish I could follow this diet advice Hutts!
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However I am not at all fond of grapefruit! If my diet consisted of ANY fruit I would be alright...the only time I eat fruit is a Banana in my morning cereal...and that's IF I bother to eat breakfast at all:( I smoke and I eat lots of meat and I am thoroughly convinced that if I were to change ANY of it, I will discover that my body is falling apart and DIE!!!
At least you have one fruit...
and hopefully some veges with your meat. Yes, as a smoker I had a smoke and coffee for breakfast. Now I have cereal which is a good start to the day.
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Grapefruit is sour...
but I can put artificial sweetener on it, what I use in my coffee and tea. We are tea drinkers here too.
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