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Monique Laberge, Ph.D.3-day diet
Definition
There are a variety of three-day diets that circulate
from person to person and on the Internet. They tend
to promise weight loss of 10 lb (4.5 kg) or more in just
three days.
Origins
The origins of the three-day diet are unclear. Some
people believe that they go back to the 1980s when
these kinds of diets were faxed from person to person.
Three-day diets go by many different names, including
the fax diet, Army diet, Navy diet, Cleveland Clinic
diet, and many others. Often they are just referred to
as three-day diets. Although many versions of this diet
claim to have been created by one medical institution
or another, no medical institutions have ever been
known to come forward to claim responsibility for,
or even to recommend, one of these diets. Many insti-
tutions that have these diets named after them, such as
the British Heart Foundation or the Cleveland Clinic,
go out of their way to inform dieters that the diet did
not originate where its title claims.
The most common form of three-day diet on the
Internet involves eating a large quantity of tuna and
various vegetables during the day, with ice cream each
evening. This diet seems to be similar to, or the same
as, the three-day diet sold online by 3daydiets.net. It is
unclear, however, if they are the developer of the diet,
as they do not claim specifically to be.Description
There are many versions of three-day diets circu-
lating, all with the promise of bringing dieters signifi-
cant weight loss in just three days. There are many
variations in what dieters may and may not eat during
these three days. One diet even calls for dieters to drink
onlywaterfor the first day. On the second day dieters
may eat fruit, and drink only fruit juice, and on the
third day dieters may eat only vegetables, and drink
only vegetable juice.
The most common three-day diet, and the one
that seems to be the most popular, is a three-day diet
with a meal plan that instructs dieters what to eat for
breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The specifics of the plan
vary, as do what dieters are allowed to drink while on
the plan. Some versions allow anything, others specify
just water and diet soda in addition to the coffee and
tea called for in the meal plan. Many require that
dieters drink at least four glasses of water daily.
Some allow diet soda to be substituted for the water.
A common version of the three-day diet meal plan is:Day 1
Breakfast: black tea or coffee, 1/2 a grapefruit,
1 piece of toast with 1 Tablespoon of peanut butter.
Some version specify 1/3 of a grapefruit, some call for
artificial sweetener to be added to the coffee, some
allow grapefruit juice to be substituted for the
grapefruit.KEY TERMS
Dietary supplement—A product, such as a vitamin,
mineral, herb, amino acid, or enzyme, that is
intended to be consumed in addition to an individ-
ual’s diet with the expectation that it will improve
health.
Mineral—An inorganic substance found in the
earth that is necessary in small quantities for the
body to maintain a health. Examples: zinc, copper,
iron.
Vitamin—A nutrient that the body needs in small
amounts to remain healthy but that the body cannot
manufacture for itself and must acquire through
diet.3-day diet