Question 1

do grapefruit diet pills work?

Accepted Answer

Do not waste your $: Do not waste your time with "weight loss supplements". Green coffee beans, raspberry ketones, hoodia.. Are just the latest in a long line of overhyped fads.  If you want to achieve weight loss, reduce your carbs to a bare minimum, drink only water, eat lots of low starch veggies and increase your activity levels.

Question 2

i bought grapefruit diet pills and read that you can use them to lose weight. how much weight will i lose and how fast?

Accepted Answer

Unclear: No evidence that these type of pills improve weight loss.

Question 3

i have history of diverticulitis and wanted to know if its ok to take grapefruit seed  extract daily as part of my diet to avoid another attack?

Accepted Answer

Diverticulitis: High fibre diet  is recommended for longterm management of the condition.  Some authorities though would recommend avoiding high fibre, high residue foods during flareups.  The extract is not typically advised in conventional medicine.  Safest thing here is to discuss with surgeon, doctor or dietician licensed in your area.
https://patient.info/health/diverticula-including-diverticulosis-diverticu

Question 4

i need to lose 15 pounds in a week. i weight 150 and im 5'2". what can i do? what diet pills do you recommend? does grapefruit help to lose weight?

Accepted Answer

Lose 2 lbs this week: Helpful diets include natural foods that take time to chew but contain few calories. Examples include carrots, celery, and iceberg lettuce (without salad dressing). When shopping for fruits, buy small ones no bigger than a tennis ball, because fruits contain natural sugar. Drinks without calories include water and green tea. A calorie is a calorie, regardless of where it comes from. No diet pills.

Question 5

do the grapefruit diet make you constipated and is there a vitamin i can take to help with constipation while on the diet?

Accepted Answer

Can if you: Are not drinking enough fluids meaning at least 80-100 ounces caffeine free/alcohol free fluid daily. Also grapefruit has a chemical that interferes with many different meds affecting their potency. If you are on any meds check to make sure their absorption is not affected by grapefruit ingestion.

Question 6

whats the best diet?

Accepted Answer

Diet?: There is no best diet.  No restrictive plan ever works long term.  A "diet" usually means that the patient is going to go off of the "diet" when they have lost the weight.  Guess what happens then?  You go back to the foods you gave up...And you gain the weight back.
Most patients then feel like failures, and it's not their fault! reducing
food portions, exercise, support for change will help.

Question 7

can kids go on diets?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Excess weight is a common problem in children.  They frequently follow the example of their parents who are often overweight as well.  Children can go on diets and should be encouraged to do so  if they are obviously gaining weight.  Enlist the aid of your pediatrician and a good nutritionist.

Question 8

what is the abc diet?

Accepted Answer

A low calorie diet : As with many diets it has no long term results. Instead eat healthier with more vegetables and smaller portions.

Question 9

why do diets not work?

Accepted Answer

All diets can work: All diets have a basic underpinning: ingest fewer calories than your body b urns so that you lose weight.  The novelty of new diet types usually causes a burst of weight loss.  The problem is that few can sustain the diet and they regress into their previous food intake and exercise pattern which causes the weight to return.

Question 10

how to control our diet?

Accepted Answer

No junk food: Avoid eating junk food and prepares food that has flavor enhancers in them . These include msg , soy protein isolate, protein isolate , carragenan all there to make you eat more . 

Avoid fructose and high fructose corn syrup. Eat more protein and vegetables preferably organic and  aviod bread and dairy products and you will lose weight.

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