In the 90’s many people followed what was known as the “grapefruit diet.” Some did their research and followed the stipulated diet, and others did not actually do the research, assumed that all you ate was grapefruit, and still lost weight because when you only eat one nutrient dense food all the time, you tend to lose weight.

The grapefruit diet was developed by Dr. Ken Fujoka, who discovered in a study that patients who followed this general diet lose 3.6 pounds and some lost 13 pounds in about 12 weeks. I’ve seen placebo groups who lost about 3.6 pounds in 8 weeks. But that aside, in that particular study, the placebo group actually lost less.

The grapefruit diet, if followed, requires you to either eat half a grapefruit or drink an 8oz glass of grapefruit with every meal. Outside that, you should obviously eat a balanced diet full of antioxidants, fibers, vitamins, minerals, healthy foods in general, and a healthy exercise program. But apparently, many think that it works. However, for many reasons such as the results or lack thereof, many people have forgotten about the grapefruit diet since the 1990’s.

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