The Mayo Clinic Diet is a high fat and low carbohydrate weight loss program. It teaches you to eat right so that you can lose weight but also maintain that weightloss over the course of your life.
The diet is based on clinical research conducted by the Mayo Clinic. It focuses not only on weight loss, but also on your overall health. There are four components that it focuses on:
The menu plan is as follows:
Breakfast
- One-half grapefruit or eight ounces of juice (unsweetened)
- Two eggs cooked to your preference
- Two bacon slices
- coffee or tea (black)
Lunch
- One-half grapefruit or eight ounces of juice (unsweetened)
- Raw veggies or salad and your preference in salad dressing
- Your choice of meat
Dinner
- Your choice of meat
- Red or green vegetables (cook veggies in butter) or raw vegetables or a salad
- coffee or tea (black)
Bedtime Snack
Eight ounces of skim milk or tomato juice
You can definitely eat very well on this plan, all you have to do is follow the visual food pyramid created by the clinic.
Daily Servings Are:
The Clinic provides two books for your to follow they are The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well, Enjoy Life, Lose Weight and The Mayo Clinic Journal for Your Diet.
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The diet provided by the Mayo Clinic is an overall package. I love that it has goal setting and motivation tips wrapped into it along with healthy eating. You will improve your overall health with this plan.