A widely circulated email touts "The Mayor Clinic Diet,"
a regimen of grapefruit, salads, vegetables, and generous amounts
of fats and meats. It includes such guidelines as "eat until
you are full" and frequently includes testimonials from people
who say they've lost a lot of weight on the diet.
The Truth
This diet predates the Internet. It's been passed from person
to person for about thirty years and most veteran dieters have
tried "the grapefruit diet."
There are numerous versions of the so called "Mayo Diet"
on the Internet but the folks at the famous Mayo Clinic in Rochester,
Minnesota say it did not come from them, they do not endorse it,
and, in fact, they do not regard it as nutritionally balanced.
A statement on the Mayo Clinic website says that for some people,
the diets can be dangerous.
Why do they call the grapefruit diet the Mayo Clinic diet? The
Mayo Clinic is pretty clear about what they think of this grapefruit
and bacon diet. The Mayo Clinic website says "don't believe
any of these diets. They did not originate at Mayo Clinic and
are not approved by Mayo Clinic."
