Grapefruit Diet....??

Is that all he ate, or were the grapefruits added to his diet?

Grapefruit's are apparently very good for weight loss but only if incorporated into a healthy diet, doing a grapefruit only diet would be extremely unhealthy.

I've seen my best losses when having a grapefruit and 2 eggs a day...ok, i've just convinced myself to get back on them!


EDIT: A Grapefruit and 2 eggs a day were not the only things I was eating I hasten to add. 1200 calories including the above!!!!

Well, it depends.

Did your father start eating 2 grapefruits every day, and that had repercussions on the rest he ate (less snacking, grapefruits replaced unhealthy sweets, grapefruits induced longer satiety...) so that all effects combined, his healthier lifestyle led to a loss of body fat? Well, yeah, adding fresh raw foodstuffs (not only grapefruits, but they're great!) can do that. For some. If you're ready. Try, especially if right now you're getting less than 5 or so portions of fruit & vegetables a day. If, however, you're already a healthy eater of fresh produce, the two grapefruits won't make it any better.

Did your father ONLY eat 2 grapefruits a day? That's not sustainable. You won't be getting all the nutrients you need. A good part of your loss will be muscle mass. You're very likely to gain it back in the end.

Diets don't work. Lifestyle changes and better nutrition do.

people have to be careful with grapefruit... there are actually some prescription meds that can be 'changed' in their effectiveness because of grapefruit.. hope his Dr checked this before he started having so much.

also... i was listening to a nutritionist on tv today who was saying something about if you body is too acidic you won't lose weight BUT you can restore the alkaline balance to your body (and thus encouraging weight loss) by adding lemon juice to your daily meals.
i would think this 'might' also be true for adding grapefruit or apple cider vinegar..but would love to see more info on this if anyone has it.

I believe it was in the 80's that Dr. Martin Kathan (spelling may not be right) wrote a book called the "Rotation Diet". He had men and women rotating a different set of calories over a three week period. After the 3 weeks then you did a maintenance period for a minimum of one week before you started the calorie rotation again. Anyways.....what does that have to do with grapefruits I am sure you are asking? He suggested having a safe fruit as a fall back for hunger between meals and I believe you could use it up to 3 times a day. His fruit of choice was the grapefruit. It could be any fruit but, he recommended going with just one type as your "safe fruit". He ate it like an orange. He lost quite a bit of weight and he organized and used the "Rotation Diet" through a program ran through a hospital in the States. His thought on this was that a grapefruit provides a lot of fibre and was very filling without a lot of calories.

Although limes, lemons and grapefruit are acidic they in fact form an alkaline ash when eaten and are good fruits for achieving a greater alkaline state in your body........that is according to several authors I have read on the subject, so I am just repeating what I have read.

Dr. Andrew Weil has written columns suggesting that eating as much as 1/4 to a 1/2 a grapefruit greatly increases your risk of breast cancer.........who in the world do you believe? Anyways I want to see if there is any new info on the breast cancer/grapefruit link, if not I think I will again incorporate some grapefruit into my diet. Grapefruits are very filling and may be a good thing to carry when you are out and need some to eat.