Sample meal plan

1. Sample Meal Plan:


* Breakfast
2 eggs, 2 slices of bacon, black coffee, 1/2 grapefruit or 8 ounces grapefruit juice

* Lunch

Salad with salad dressing, unlimited meat, and 1/2 grapefruit or 8 ounces grapefruit
juice

* Dinner

Red or green vegetables (except starchy ones such as peas, beans, corn, sweet
potatoes) or salad, unlimited meat or fish, and 1/2 grapefruit or 8 ounces grapefruit
juice

* Bedtime snack

8 ounces skim milk
In the Grapefruit Diet you can use all the butter and salad dressing you desire and prepare foods
in any method, including fried. Grapefruit juice must be unsweetened. Any food or beverage not
on the diet is not allowed. Snacking is only permitted after dinner. Drink 64 ounces of water
daily. Eat all of the approved foods.

2. 12 days on – 2 days off
Breakfast
1/2 Grapefruit or 4 oz. Grapefruit Juice (unsweetened)
2 Eggs (any style)
2 Slices Bacon
Lunch
1/2 Grapefruit or 4 oz. Grapefruit Juice (unsweetened)
Meat (any style, any amount)
Salad (any kind of dressing)
Dinner
1/2 Grapefruit or 4 oz. Grapefruit Juice (unsweetened)
Meat (any style, any amount) (fish may be substituted for meat)
Vegetables (any green, yellow, or red vegetables cooked in butter or any
seasoning)
Bed Time Snack
1 glass tomato juice or 1 glass Skim milk
Vegetables Allowed
Red onions, green onions, bell peppers, radishes, cucumbers, broccoli, spinach,
lettuce, cabbage, carrots, and peas.
Vegetables to Avoid
White onions, potatoes, celery.
Instructions
1. At any meal you may eat until you are full – until you can’t eat any more.
2. Don’t eliminate anything from the diet, especially don’t skip bacon at
breakfast or omit salads. It is the combination of foods that burn fat.
3. The grapefruit is important because it acts as a catalyst that starts the
burning process.
4. Cut down on caffeine- it affects the insulin balance that hinders the burning
process. Try to limit to 1 cup per meal at mealtime.
5. Don’t eat between meals. If you eat the combination of food suggested you
will not be hungry.
6. Note that the diet completely eliminates sugar and starches, which are
lipids and form fat. Fat doesn’t form fat; it helps burn it. You can fry food
in butter and use butter generously on vegetables.

3. 7. Do not eat desserts, bread, and white vegetables or sweet potatoes. You
may double or triple helpings of meat, salad, or vegetables. Eat until you
are stuffed. The more you eat of the proper combination of food, the more
you lose.
Properties of the Grapefruit
The traditional grapefruit diet consists of a 7 or 21 day eating plan. 1/2 a grapefruit
is consumed during breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Recently the Scripps clinic, based in San Diego carried out a clinical trial and
discovered the following:
“The 12-week pilot study, led by Dr. Ken Fujioka, monitored weight and metabolic
factors, such as insulin secretion, of the 100 men and women who participated in
the Scripps Clinic “Grapefruit Diet” study. On average, participants who ate half a
grapefruit with each meal lost 3.6 pounds, while those who drank a serving of
grapefruit juice three times a day lost 3.3 pounds. However, many patients in the
study lost more than 10 pounds….. The researchers speculate that the chemical
properties of grapefruit reduce insulin levels and encourage weight loss.”
By all means include grapefruit in your diet – it may give you an edge.