The Atkins Grapefruit diet seeks to cash in on the popularity of the fad grapefruit diet and the less fad but still fad Atkins diet,

Although it has nothing to do with the Atkins estate or company. Here is some information that shows the diet may be a fraud, or at least misleading.

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:

An type of fish
Chicken, turkey and other fowl
Shellfish of any variety
Beef, pork and other meats
Any style egg
Cheese
Any vegetable you can name
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 Atkins diet do include limited amounts of fruits such as cantaloupe and even lemon juice, and the pre-maintenance and maintenance phases even specifically allow small quantities of grapefruit. The Atkins grapefruit diet, however, relies on grapefruit to a much greater degree than would be allowed in the original Atkins diet.

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.

A smart person would immediately peruse the Atkins web site in search 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 Atkins diet frowns on eating the way the Atkins Grapefruit Diet recommends.