grapefruit juice - Diet & Nutrition Message Board

annes73 · 06-05-2003, 01:49 PM

Hi there! Can someone explain to me the benefit of drinking unsweetened grapefruit juice with your meal? I have read that 1 cup 3xs per day will help you lose weight. I am an Atkins follower so nomally this wouldn't be allowed. On the package it says there is 28g carbs per 1 cup serving so I am leary about having the additional 84 carbs!! right now I am having less than 20 per day! Please let me know if anyone has had any success combining with a low carb diet so I know if it will be worth it! thanks!!

yoga1st · 06-05-2003, 02:13 PM

from just whats in my head grapefruit juice is a thermogenic food ~takes more calories to burn then whats actually in the food~~
just becareful for those on medication ~xanax ~valuim~ and related meds because for some reason the grapefruit juice has a reaction that applifies sp? your medication
yoga

annes73 · 06-05-2003, 04:00 PM

But is it worth having all those carbs or are they some kind of magical carbs? That is my concern....More than 80 carbs in 1 day just on the juice sems odd to me...does it work?

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yoga1st · 06-05-2003, 11:24 PM

I am not sure about the carb stuff, since I don't do the diets, thats just all i knew about the grapefruit
yoga

GoinCruisin · 06-06-2003, 09:37 AM

Depends on what plan you are doing. 80g of carbs a day is actually very low (considering the average person consumes over 500g of carbs per day), but if you are doing something dramatic like Atkins, yes... it is alot. I follow a food combining program which is low carb, but fruit is allowed... you just have to have it on an empty stomach... that is when I have my grafefruit juice... fruit is one of the healthiest places to get your carbs from, so I don't mind... good luck