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Grapefruit role in Grapefruit Diet

Grapefruit forms a core part of the Grapefruit Diet. It is a wonderful fruit that contain simple carbohydrate with high fiber. The fruit has no fat, low in calories and sodium, and is packed with vitamin C. For those who would like to reduce their weight, it is believed that grapefruit can reduces your appetite and therefore promoting weight loss. Latest research, carried out by a group of scientists at the Nutrition and Medical Research Centre in San Diego, America, has found that by simply adding grapefruit and grapefruit juice to your diet can really aid weight loss. Grapefruit can be your new energy drink substitute.

Tips : A regular consumption of grapefruits will also promote healthy skin.

12-Day Grapefruit Diet Plan

The diet plan was first introduced in the 1930 by Kelly D. Brownell, PhD. It was designed to jumpstart a weight loss program so that dieters can lose large amount of weight in a short period. Today, many versions of Grapefruit Diet are available but the idea behind every plan is the same that is you eat half a grapefruit before every meal, to enjoy the benefits of the fat-burning enzymes. With the help of Grapefruit Diet Plan, it is possible to lose up to 10 pounds in 12 days but the best thing about this diet is that it is achieved without any starvation and you will be enjoying normal meals at normal times.

Grapefruit contains enzymes that speed up the way our body burns fat, resulting in quick and easy weight loss.

Grapefruit diet causes quick weight loss, primarily due to loss of  fluids in our body. Keep in mind that the grapefruit diet is not going to make you a slim and trim fellow, it will only help you to jumpstart your weight loss. But for a gradual weight loss do take into account these important points:

• People think that food is their foe and so the fear of food forces them to take such decisions which can be very harmful for them from the point of view of health, even after that they could not loss weight. Actually to loss weight a sensible eating plan should be followed. The grapefruit diet program has this type of plan and with the help of this plan you can rapidly loss weight but to continue that weight loss you have to take balanced diet and daily exercise.

• The human body is like a machine as the machine needs fuel regularly to do some action same is the case with the human body. So one should not skip his meals thinking that it will result in weight loss rather it can create new problems. Take all your meals in the day.

• During rest your body burns very few calories. So the dinner should be at least two hours before the bedtime. There should be no eating just before going to the bed otherwise your body will not burn the calories gained from the late night dinner. That will result in weight gain.