Scarsdale medical diet
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The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet is a low-carbohydrate, low-calorie weight-loss diet system and accompanying book by Scarsdale, New York physician Dr. Herman Tarnower and Samm Sinclair Baker. The Scarsdale Medical Diet is still popular today.[citation needed]
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[edit] Scarsdale Medical Diet
The Scarsdale Medical Diet specifies a very specific and structured diet that is to be followed exactly for the first 14 days. Another 14 day period follows that still specifies certain foods to eat, but is less structured. A grapefruit for breakfast each day is meant to supply enzymes necessary for burning the 700-calorie per day diet. Artificial sweeteners are used in place of sugar.
Critics acknowledge that the diet gives quick results but say that weight loss on the plan results simply from the reduced caloric intake; is mostly water; is quickly regained; and that the diet is so extreme as to be unhealthy.[citation needed] However, many followers of the diet report positive results.[citation needed]
[edit] Menu schedule
| Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Breakfast | one fruit or half a grapefruit, one slice of protein bread, coffee/tea | ||||||
| Lunch | assorted cold cuts, & tomatoes (sliced, broiled, or stewed) | fruit salad, any combination (substitute lunch allowed) | tuna or salmon salad (oil drained off) made with lemon and vinegar dressing, & melon or fruit or grapefruit | 2 eggs (no fat used in cooking), Cottage Cheese (low fat), Squash or zuccini or string beans or tomatoes | assorted cheese slices (preferably lowfat), spinach, & one slice of protein bread (toasted) | fruit salad (substitute lunch allowed) | cold or hot chicken or turkey, tomatoes, carrots, cooked cabbage, broccoli or cauliflower, & fruit or grapefruit |
| coffee/tea/diet soda/water | |||||||
| Dinner | fish or shellfish, combination salad of any greens and vegetables, one slice protein bread toasted, & fruit or grapefruit | lean hamburger (broiled), tomatoes, lettuce, celery, olives (limit 4), cucumbers, and/or brussels sprouts | lamb (all visible fat removed; roasted), salad of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, celery | chicken (roast, broiled, or barbecued; skin and fat removed before eating), plenty of spinach, green peppers, string beans | fish or shellfish, combination salad (any fresh vegetables desired, raw or cooked), one slice of protein bread (toasted) | roast chicken or turkey, salad of tomatoes and lettuce, fruit or grapefruit | steak (any cut; broiled or grilled; all fat removed before eating), brussels sprouts, salad of lettuce, cucumbers, celery, tomatoes (sliced or cooked) |
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Vegetables not permitted include: corn, peas, potatoes, lentils and any beans, except green or waxed
RECOMMENDED SUBSTITUTE LUNCH
You can substitute the following lunch for any lunch, any day.
One half cup low-fat cottage cheese (pot cheese),
mixed with: One tablespoon of low-fat sour cream,
and Sliced fruit, all you want.
Plus: 6 halves of walnuts or pecans, whole or chopped, and mixed with the above or sprinkled over the fruit
(Tip: puree the cottage cheese & sour cream to make a whipped topping, serve over mixed berries and top with chopped nuts for a "sundae")
Coffee/tea/water/no-sugar diet soda of any flavor
[edit] Book
The book, originally published in 1979, received an unexpected boost in popular sales when its author, Dr. Tarnower, was murdered on March 10, 1980, by his long-time lover Jean Harris, the headmistress of The Madeira School in McLean, Virginia, a fashionable boarding school for high school girls. The murder was the subject of a 2006 made-for-TV movie called Mrs. Harris.
In 2005, the American-based Food Network listed the Scarsdale diet as number two of its top five food fads of the 1970s. Recent years have proved the diet to be most popular in southern France, where up to 10% of people have used the diet in the past seven years.
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[edit] External links
- Scarsdale Diet Homepage - The homepage of the Scarsdale Medical Diet
