Three Day Diet

In 1985 the famed three day diet first came on the scene. It boasted creation of a “specific metabolic reaction†to cause quick weight loss and the system to be cleansed.

This reaction has never been proven or even attempted to be explained. The diet goes on for three days and then off for four or five with lots of specific and cryptic steps so that when it fails the dieter can be blamed for doing something wrong.

First day breakfast includes coffee (no sugar), one half a grapefruit, and a piece of toast with 1 Tbsp peanut butter. For lunch, you are to eat a can of tuna, a piece of toast, and black coffee. Dinner consists of 3 ounces of chicken or lean meat, a cup of green beans, one cup of carrots, one apple, and one cup of regular vanilla ice cream. The other two days are pretty much the same but with some substitutions such as hot dogs instead of lean meat. Supposedly it's possible to lose as much as 10 pounds in only three days.

Baloney! How's that for specific? And no baloney is not found on the diet. As stated the metabolic reaction has never been explained much less proven. Any weight loss would be mostly water loss due to a lack of carbs which help the body hold water. That could lead to dehydration.

Once the three days are over the weight will return, primarily because it's mostly water. But also because any weight lost from the skipped calories will be regained when the starving diet victim returns to normal, or in this case heavier than normal, eating. Furthermore, such water loss could result in some serious medical issues. But hey, then you'd lose some real weight in the hospital.

If something sounds too good to be true it is. The 3 day diet sounds too good to be true.