Grapefruit diet
     The Classical Grapefruit Diet is a very low calorie diet (VLCD) contains about 800 calories per day. It is really very low. Most people will lose weight with Grapefruit Diet or not when calories are reduced to 1000-1200 calories. In fact intake 800 calories is really starvation. In fact it may be the reason of splitting headache and others health issues.

Nutrition details of The Grapefruit & Grapefruit juice:

Grapefruit nutritional value Cal Tot.F Sat.F Chol Na Carb Sug Fib Prot Ca K
Grapefruit (small 3.5 oz/ 100 g) 32 0.1 0.1 0 0 8.1 7 1.1 0.5 12 139
Grapefruit juice pink or white fresh (6.3 oz/ 180 g) 73 0.2 0.1 0 2 17.3 17.1 0.2 0.9 16.8 303
total 105 0.3 g 0.2 g 0 mg 2 mg 25.4 g 24.1 g 1.3 g 1.4 g 28.8 mg 442 mg
dv1, %    5.3 0.5 0.9 0 0.1 10.2 53.6 5.9 3 2.9 9.4

1 day
Breakfast:
Grapefruit or grapefruit juice, 2 slices of ham, a cup tea without sugar
Lunch:
A cup of vegetable salad with lemon sauce, eat as much as you want, boiled or fry red meat (6 ounces), a cup tea.
Snack:
Any fruit.
Dinner:
Green salad with lemon sauce, 2 slices of graham bread or graham cracker, a slice of cheese (any kind), a cup of tea with honey (1 teaspoon).
Light supper:
Grapefruit or grapefruit juice with graham cracker (very little).

2 day
Breakfast:
Grapefruit or grapefruit juice, 2 hard-boiled eggs, 2 slices of graham bread or graham cracker, a cup tea without sugar.
Lunch:
2 ounces of cheese of any kind (fat 20-30 percents),2 boiled potatoes with 1 table-spoon of olive oil, a cup a tea without sugar.
Snack:
Any fruit.
Dinner:
Fish of any kind (6 ounces), 8 ounces of green salad dressed with sauce you prefer (lemon, olive oil), 2 slices of bread, green tea without sugar.
Light supper:
Grapefruit or grapefruit juice with graham cracker (very little).

3 day
Breakfast:
Grapefruit, 3 table-spoons of oatmeal with nuts with yogurt or milk (or muesli (cereals) you prefer), a cup tea without sugar.
Lunch:
Grapefruit, a bowl of vegetable soup with two slices of dry bread, 2 slices of cheese (any kind), a cup tea without sugar.
Snack:
Any fruit.
Dinner:
7 ounces of boiled chicken, 2 baked tomatoes, 2 slices of bread, green tea without sugar.
Light supper:
Grapefruit or grapefruit juice with graham cracker (very little).

4 day
Breakfast:
A glass of tomato juice, 1 boiled egg, graham cracker, a cup of tea with slice of lemon without sugar.
Lunch:
Grapefruit, 6 ounces of fry fish (non-fat), a cup of coleslaw (salad - cabbage, carrot, green onion dressed with mayonnaise), a cup tea without sugar.
Snack:
Any fruit.
Dinner:
10 ounces of stewed vegetables (cabbage, beetroot, celery, squash and maybe some vegetables else you prefer), 2 slices of bread, green tea without sugar.
Light supper:
Grapefruit or grapefruit juice with graham cracker (very little).

5 day
Breakfast:
A bowl of fruit salad (grapefruit, orange, apple, pear), a cup of tea without sugar.
Lunch:
A large baked potato,8 ounces of salad (cabbage, celery, tomato, cucumber), 2 slices of ham, 2 slices of dry bread, a cup tea without sugar.
Snack:
Any fruit.
Dinner:
10 ounces of stewed vegetables (cabbage, beetroot, celery, squash and maybe some vegetables else you prefer), 3 ounces of boiled chicken, a glass of tomato juice.
Light supper:
Grapefruit or grapefruit juice with graham cracker (very little).

6 day
Breakfast:
Grapefruit or grapefruit juice, 2 hard-boiled eggs, graham cracker, 2 slices of ham, a cup tea without sugar.
Lunch:
Grapefruit, 10 ounces of stewed vegetables (cabbage, beet, celery, squash), a cup lentil soup, a cup of tea without sugar.
Snack:
Any fruit.
Dinner:
Fish of any kind (6 ounces), 8 ounces of green salad with sauce (lemon, olive oil), 2 slices of bread, green tea without sugar.
Light supper:
Grapefruit or grapefruit juice with graham cracker (very little).

7 day
Breakfast:
Grapefruit or grapefruit juice, 2 slices of ham, 2 slices of bread, 1 ounce of butter, a cup of tea without sugar.
Lunch:
Grapefruit, 6 ounces of braised or baked pork tenderloin, 8 ounces of vegetable salad with lemon sauce, a cup of tea without sugar.
Snack:
Any fruit.
Dinner:
Boiled or fry meat (6 ounces), green salad with lemon sauce, a cup of tea with honey (1 teaspoon).
Light supper:
Grapefruit or grapefruit juice with graham cracker (very little).

     Advice: drink green tea without sugar; you can add honey (1 teaspoon). Avoid salt (permit only 1/4 tea-spoon of salt per day), replace it garlic. The grapefruit juice is important because it acts as a catalyst that starts the burning fat process.








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