There is a diet that really has nothing to do with the Atkins Diet, called the Atkins Grapefruit diet, that combines elements of it's famous namesake and an all grapefruit diet. Don't look now, but it may not be what people hope.

First of all it's pretty difficult to find information on the Atkins grapefruit diet plan. One common element of cons is that clear information is generally hard to find. This is what the Atkins grapefruit diet seems to do in an attempt to get people to associate it with two supposedly effective diets.

Does the Atkins grapefruit diet have anything to do with the actual Atkins diet? No, in fact the Induction phase of the Atkins diet is bereft of fruit, and there's no mention of the grapefruit version on the Atkins web site.

Here is what can be eaten in the induction phase – sorry Atkins grapefruit diet, no fruit here:

Fish of all kinds

Chicken, turkey and other fowl

All sorts of shellfish

Meat, such as beef and pork

Every type of cooked egg including poached, scrambled and even fried

Cheese

Any vegetable you can name

A variety of herbs and spices

Butter, lard, any oils

Drinks low in carbohydrates such as diet soft drinks

Unfortunately for the Atkins grapefruit diet, there no fruit. Later phases of the diet do allow fruit juice and even specifically mention grapefruit. But when compared to the amount of Grapefruit recommended on the Atkins Grapefruit Diet, again there is a disagreement.

The Atkins Grapefruit diet is a diet plan, not endorsed by the estate of Dr. Atkins, that plays on the popularity of the grapefruit diet and the Atkins diet name. Don't look now, but it may not be what people hope. First of all it's pretty difficult to find information on the Atkins grapefruit diet plan. Smart people know that when someone is perpetrating a deception, or a con, they will often gloss over facts.

The Atkins Grapefruit Diet recommends a cup of grapefruit juice or a cup of grapefruit sections, with 8 and 18 carbs respectively. Even the phases of Atkins that allow grapefruit limit intake to below 8 grams of carbs of grapefruit per day. That's a severe disagreement.

A smart person would immediately peruse the Atkins web site in search of the Atkins Grapefruit diet. When they found no mention of that diet on the site, a red light would go off and an alarm would sound.

In general remember this. Only fad diets – diets to be followed for short periods – rely heavily on one food because eating that way isn't healthy. The Atkins diet frowns on eating the way the Atkins Grapefruit Diet recommends.