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How Does The Grapefruit Diet Work?
Have Any Credible Studies Been Showing That It Does Work?
Conclusion To This Gripping Tale
How Does The Grapefruit Diet Work?
Have you ever heard of Voodoo? How about the Placebo Response? Well, these may be the best reasons yet for why this diet appears to work.
The fact of the matter is that despite one apparently well conducted study, no one seems to know exactly why it works but, of course there are some nifty sounding answers.
For example, many have believed that there is a secret enzyme in grapefruit that 'boosts your metabolism'.
Ha ha ha...can we just think about this for a minute? Are you telling me that grapefruit is better than speed? Can you imagine people smoking grapefruit to lose weight? Pretty soon we're going to have a grapefruit abuse epidemic that will rival crystal meth. (meth abuse is NOT a laughing matter however...)
Okay. I'll be serious. Grapefruit does not boost your metabolism. The truth is that there are lots of theories and nothing solid.
I'll tell you what will get a boost if you eat enough grapefruit....your need to go to the toilet. You see, if you ingest enough vitamin C, you will start to have diarrhea. I'm serious! The thing is, it is well-known that a lot of overweight people are prone to carrying excess amounts of fecal matter. So, it may be that enough grapefruit (juice) and they are slowly getting rid of it. However, this is pure speculation.
Have any credible studies been done showing that it does work?
What is not 'gross' speculation however, is the one study (that I'm aware of) conducted on the Grapefruit Diet did produce some benefits.
So here's the gist of the study: In a study conducted by Dr. Ken Fujioka of the Scripps Clinic based in California, 100 obese men were put on the diet for 12 weeks. As is reported by the Dr. Fujioka:
"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."
What this means to you (on the surface at any rate), is that just by eating grapefruit three times a day, you'll probably lose 10 pounds or more in 3 months.
I love how scientific reports lie. Check out the small print:
"Our study participants maintained their daily eating habits and slightly enhanced their exercise routine; the only dietary change was the intake of Florida grapefruit and grapefruit juice."
What? They "enhanced their exercise routine" ? What does that mean?Why Dorothy, it could mean so many things....
I'll tell you exactly what it means. It means that the grapefruit juice, in and of itself, may or may NOT have had anything to do with the weight loss.
The study does NOT conclusively prove that the grapefruit juice had anything to do with the weight loss.
Another complete B.S. point about the study is this:
"The researchers speculate that the chemical properties of grapefruit reduce insulin levels and encourage weight loss."
How can they say that when exercise was introduced into the study? Exercise has a powerful influence on insulin levels. Most likely a much greater influence than some mysterious grapefruit component that eludes researchers.
Okay. That's my rant. So, should you do the diet or what?
According to my research, evidence supporting the diet's effectiveness seems really weak. To me, the one study is flawed and, the other flaw is that there is only one study.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me and I'll do my best to help.
Warm Regards
Devin
(1) To read the public version of the grapefruit/weight loss study, please click here.