The Atkins Grapefruit diet seeks to cash in on the popularity of the fad grapefruit diet and the less fad but still fad Atkins diet, although it has nothing to do with the Atkins estate or company. Here is some information that shows the diet may be a fraud, or at least misleading.

You’ll be hard pressed to find information about the Atkins Grapefruit diet, such as any details of the company that produces it. Hard to find information is a pretty good tip off that a con job is being perpetrated. This possible con does it’s best to make people assume it has something to do with the official Atkins diet.

Does the Atkins grapefruit diet have anything to do with the actual Atkins diet? Nope – the Atkins company doesn’t mention the diet on its web site, and the most critical phase of the famous diet called the Induction phase does not allow any fruit.

These are the foods allowed in the Atkins diet Induction phase – sorry Atkins grapefruit diet, no fruit here: Fish of all kinds Flying game such as turkey and chicken Shellfish of any variety Beef, pork and other meats Every type of cooked egg including poached, scrambled and even fried All sorts of cheese All sorts of vegetables Herbs and Spices A variety of fats and oils including butter Water and other low carb drinks including diet soda

Fish of all kinds Flying game such as turkey and chicken Shellfish of any variety Beef, pork and other meats Every type of cooked egg including poached, scrambled and even fried All sorts of cheese All sorts of vegetables Herbs and Spices A variety of fats and oils including butter Water and other low carb drinks including diet soda

Fish of all kinds All fowl such as turkey and chicken Any shellfish Meat, such as beef and pork Eggs cooked in any style including fried All sorts of cheese All sorts of vegetables Any herbs and spices to make food more exciting A variety of fats and oils including butter Low carbohydrate beverages including diet soft drinks

The Atkins Grapefruit Diet recommends a cup of grapefruit juice or a cup of grapefruit sections, with 8 and 18 carbs respectively. Even the most generous phases of the Atkins diet, when it comes to grapefruit, recommends limiting intake to below 8 carbs per day. That’s a direct contradiction of one diet to the other.

A smart person would immediately peruse the Atkins web site in search of the Atkins Grapefruit diet. When they found no mention of that diet on the site, a red light would go off and an alarm would sound.

Keep this in mind. Only fad diets – diets to be followed for short periods – rely heavily on one food because eating that way isn’t healthy. The Atkins Grapefruit Diet is not associated with the Atkins diet, and may interfere with the results of the Atkins diet in its early phases.