Sorry to say, but the Mayo Clinic Diet is a fad
- an amalgam of the Grapefruit & Egg Diet, Airforce Diet, 12-day Water Diet and so on. If anyone's interested,
click here to read the menu plan
Here's a quote from the real Mayo Clinic about the diet -
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..... versions of the supposed eating plan have been around since the 1940s. No one knows the origin of the diet myth. Some speculate that a former Minneapolis radio and newspaper personality who was treated for gout at Mayo Clinic started the misconception when he shared his doctor's "diet for gout" with his radio audience and readers.
Others say it began when unscrupulous entrepreneurs sought to lend credence to phony dietary regimes by attaching the Mayo name to them, without permission.
(to read the whole article, click on There is No "Mayo Clinic Diet")
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I think you mentioned that you prefer to not "buy the book" (might have been someone else, sorry if I'm mistaken). You don't have to buy anything ...
... Get thee to the public library, and
borrow a copy of Atkins New Diet Revolution and/or Protein Power by the Eades'. Reading and learning about the principles behind lowcarbing will help you to develop an eating plan and menu that is individualized for YOU. And it'll help you understand about making life-long changes, and not just a 12-day "here eat this, and only this" fad diet.
Check out our Tips articles, especially
Low Carb Basics and
Low Carb FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) as well.
On the subject of grapefruit, for those who like it, of course it's a bit too high in carbs for Induction and early OWL of Atkins plan, but for later stages, or for less-restrictive programs such as Protein Power, a half-grapefruit can be incorporated into the daily carb allotment. Half a medium-sized pink grapefruit has about 10 carbs, of which 1.5 gms is fiber.
Doreen