The Mayo Clinic Diet Review

About the Mayo Clinic Diet Program

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:

  • Eating Well

  • Exercise

  • Realistic Goal Setting

  • Staying Motivated

    The Mayo Clinic Diet Menu Plan

    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


    Foods You Can Eat

    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:

  • Fruits - unlimited with a min. of 3 servings
  • Vegetables - unlimited, with a min. of 4 servings
  • Carbohydrates - 4-8 servings
  • Protein/Dairy - 3-7 servings
  • Unsatruated fats - 3-5 servings
  • Sweets -up to 75 calories a day...how nice!

    The Cost

    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.

    Benefits

  • Developed through clinical research by professional

  • Everything you need is at the grocery store

  • Provides goal setting and motivation tips rarely seen in an exercise program

    The Cons

    None.

    Summary

    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.

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