The Grapefruit Diet

By Kathleen M. Zelman, MPH, RD, LD
WebMD Expert Review

The Grapefruit Diet: What It Is

The Grapefruit Diet has been around a long time -- since at least the 1930s. It's a short-term, quick weight loss plan.

The plan lasts for 12 days. Most versions promise a 10-pound weight loss during that time.

Unfortunately, the results aren't likely to last. The weight you lose is mostly fluid, and because you don't change your long-term eating habits on the diet, there's a good chance you'll gain it all back.

The Grapefruit Diet: What You Can Eat

Most versions of the Grapefruit Diet include a small variety of foods for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and at bedtime.

In the Grapefruit Diet, you can use all the butter and salad dressing you want and prepare foods in any method, including fried.

The grapefruit juice must be unsweetened. Any food or beverage not on the diet is not allowed. Snacking is only permitted after dinner. The plan calls for drinking 64 ounces of water daily and

The 3 Day Diet

The 3 Day Diet touts quick weight loss, cleansing, lower cholesterol, and more energy.

It's a strict plan that must be followed exactly for three days. If you still want to lose more weight, you're supposed to eat normally for at least four or five days before starting over.

The 3 Day Diet promises up to 10 pounds of weight loss in three days. But most of that weight is likely to be fluid, not fat, so the results aren't likely to last.

What You Can Eat

The 3 Day Diet is very specific

The Popular Hollywood Celebrity Diet

KOMPAS.com - form a healthy and beautiful body is a mandatory requirement for the celebrity. But of the many diet methods that exist throughout the world, where the hell are diet methods most popular and widely implemented?

1. The 5-factor diet
This diet method designed by celebrity fitness trainer, Harley Pasternak. When running this diet program, you are only allowed to enjoy food that contains five elements, namely protein, complex carbohydrates, fiber, fat, and fluid. People who follow this program should be eating five times a day with meals containing these five ingredients.

This program allows you to have one day for a holiday diet and eating whatever you want. Celebrities who have to live among others Eva Mendes, Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, Megan Fox, Kate Beckinsale, Katy Perry, and Amanda Seyfried.

2. The fresh diet
This diet method is similar to the diet catering program in Indonesia. In this diet method, you can select the foods you like. However, all of these foods have been adapted to the

Europeans More Conscious Breakfast

KOMPAS.com - breakfast has proven to be beneficial to the body, among others to add energy when on the move in the morning and prevents overeating intake during the day. Only, it is still very difficult to make breakfast a morning ritual in Indonesian family.

"Public awareness of the importance of breakfast Indonesia is still low. Because there was an assumption that breakfast take long and troublesome," said Michael Hartono, Director of Communications and Marketing McDonald's Indonesia, told Compass Female, some time ago.

Is it true that breakfast is really time-consuming work you? In fact, according to Michael, the population in developed countries such as the countries in Europe and America did not ever skip breakfast. They have a habit of waking up early and enjoy breakfast at their favorite restaurant.

Furthermore, he added, rather than having to skip breakfast, the Europeans prefer to wrap food and eat it in the car or while walking to the office.

The high awareness for breakfast was also facilitated by the availability of practical food for breakfast. "They belong to the practical and not picky. With instant foods such as

Diet Based on Blood Type

Discourse on how a diet based on blood type has been around a long time. But it seems not everyone is keen to give it a try. When in fact it is quite an effective way because every food is digested differently in the body. You can try this way first rather than directly consumed diet pills or other dieting methods which could have a negative impact on health. This method is not only safer, but also can give a significant result.


How to Diet for blood type O

The first is how a diet based on blood goloran O. It is the blood type of the most vulnerable have problems with hypothyroidism, high stomach acid levels, blood clots, and some other problems. According to the study, blood type O is the oldest blood type than the other. The hallmark of this blood group is having an influence on stress, aggression, and tension. To the owner of O blood, it is recommended that you eat foods high in protein and low in carbohydrates. Foods that should be avoided include corn, starchy foods, and the like. You can consume fruits and vegetables, as well as reducing the consumption of nuts and milk.

How to Diet for blood group A

how diet based on blood type A should be more emphasis on vegetables. It is advisable that the owner of this blood group eat a lot of vegetables are still fresh and organic. Fruits and vegetables are the best food sources for these two because these foods contain high carbohydrate and low protein.