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.

It's a challenge to find clear cut information, such as a web site, for the Atkins grapefruit diet. Hard to find information is a pretty good tip off that a con job is being perpetrated. The Atkins grapefruit diet is purposely deceptive in its origin to convince people that it is a legitimate combination of two popular fad diets.

Is the Atkins Grapefruit Diet part of the Atkins Diet or endorsed by the estate of the late Dr. Atkins? Nope – the Atkins company doesn't mention the diet on its web site, and the most critical phase of the famous diet called the Induction phase does not allow any fruit.

{The induction phase includes the following foods|Here is what can be eaten in the induction phase|These are the foods allowed in the Atkins diet Induction phase – sorry Atkins grapefruit diet, no fruit here:

• Seafood

• Flying game such as turkey and chicken

• All sorts of shellfish

• Beef, pork and other meats

• Any style egg

• Any variety of cheeses

• All sorts of vegetables

• A variety of herbs and spices

• A variety of fats and oils including butter

• Drinks low in carbohydrates such as diet soft drinks

Not a piece of fruit to be found. Later phases of the diet do allow fruit juice and even specifically mention grapefruit. But there is far more grapefruit in the Atkins Grapefruit diet than Dr. Atkins would ever dream of allowing.

There's a lot of grapefruit in the Atkins grapefruit diet – up to 18 carbs. 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.

Most reasonable people would look directly at the Atkins site the moment they heard of the Atkins Grapefruit Diet. It isn't found there, and that turns off a lot of folks.

Keep this in mind. Only fad diets – diets to be followed for short periods – rely heavily on one food because eating that way isn't healthy.

The philosophy of the Atkins Grapefruit Diet is counter to that of the Atkins diet.