Losing one-pound-per-day can be a reality if you use the Scarsdale diet, at least that is what Doctor Herman, the initiator of this diet promises.This is not a diet to be kept for the entirely life, because of the low carbs, low-fats that encourage.This diet is based on consuming high fiber, and lowering the intake of calories.

     Only three meals are allowed, snacks don’t. The meals should be taken at a specific time all the period that diet is followed. Drinking lots of water is also encouraged, because water helps faster the weight-lose. At least four glasses of water per day have to be consumed. Physical exercises are not required, only if they were in your life program before the diet. As doctor Tarnower says, if you fallow strictly his diet, you will shed unwanted pounds without over exercises.

    Strenuous exercise and activities are not recommended when following this diet plan, because of the low calories eaten, less than 1000 per day. The low level of calories ingested is the main concept of this diet. Losing weight happens because of the low calories intake. Also herbal appetite suppressant pills are some times encouraged.Because of the low carbs, low fat diet, lacks of vitamins and minerals can appear. The vegetarians, if they follow Scarsdale diet, and don’t drink milk, witch is not allowed, can present a deficit of calcium.

    Some people can be deprived at the ending of these seven or fourteen days of diet. Scarsdale diet can be followed by people that want to lose about twenty pounds very quickly. Those that have tried it say that it works indeed. It is not recommended for those who are very heavy and want to shed the excess weight.Also the cardiac people or those that have health problems should discuss with their physicians if they want to follow Scarsdale diet.

    The diet has a strict regime that must be followed very careful. In first one or two weeks of diet, the aliments that have to be eaten are those prescribed by Doctor Herman Tarnower. You can not replace an aliment or change with something else.The breakfast starts with half oh grapefruit, a basic component of Scarsdale diet, because the fruit enzymes, starts the digestion faster. Fats, like butter or spreads, carbs, like sugar, are not permitted. For lunch, meat, as a source of protein is accepted, but with all visible fat removed. Only water, diet drinks, tea or soda water and sometimes coffee, in some quantities, are allowed.

    Dinner brings fish or shellfish, a salad, a slice of protein bread, a grapefruit half, or coffee and tea.If the meals don’t bring you the quantities of food needed for you, you can have some snacks between meals, but you can eat only carrots and celery, as much as you want.

    Following this diet will bring your organism in a state of safe ketosis, meaning that your body will start use the fats deposited in you fats tissue, because the fats brought from outside are not enough for the well function of the organism.After these two weeks, a maintenance regime has to be followed. No potatoes, bread, desserts, peanut butter, sausage, butter and the list can go on.

    It may seams very difficult to keep this diet, but as Doctor Herman says, in time you will learn to modify your eating behavior by following the plan.Being such a strict diet, if you have doubts if this diet is proper for you or not, you should consider first you health and find a suitable diet for you, one that helps you loss weight and, in same time, stay healthy.