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How to Follow the Grapefruit Diet. Investigate to see if this citrus-based diet – which
started back in the 1930s – is the weight-loss plan for you. You will need Eggs Bacon Grapefruit
Unsweetened grapefruit juice Water Coffee Salad Red or green vegetables Meat or fish
Tea Skim milk and tomato juice. Never change your diet without first consulting your physician.
Step 1. Plan to lose weight quickly, but not over the long term. The grapefruit diet is
not intended to be followed for more than a few weeks. Grapefruit is known to interfere
with certain types of medicine, so ask your doctor before deciding on this diet. Step
2. Eat two eggs and two slices of bacon for breakfast, supplemented by either half a grapefruit
or eight ounces of unsweetened grapefruit juice. Follow the exact amount of grapefruit
or grapefruit juice suggested. The grapefruit serves as a catalyst for fat-burning. Step
3. Drink plenty of water. You’re also allowed one cup of coffee per day. Step 4. Eat a lunch
that includes half a grapefruit or eight ounces of unsweetened grapefruit juice and as much
meat and salad as you want. Step 5. Eat a dinner that includes as much meat or fish
as you want, salad or vegetables that are not starchy, half a grapefruit or eight ounces
of unsweetened grapefruit juice, and one cup of coffee or tea. You may double or triple
portions of meat or salad, but you can’t omit them. Step 6. Drink eight ounces of skim
milk or tomato juice at bedtime. Step 7. Avoid rigorous exercise. The grapefruit diet does
not provide enough calories to create the energy level needed for an exercise regimen.
Did you know The grapefruit was first described in 1750 as the "forbidden fruit" of Barbados.