3 Day Diet 

Can a 3 day diet really provide you with rapid weight loss, increased amounts of energy, lower cholesterol and a detox cleanse?   Safely?

The 3 Day Diet is one of the few fad diets that has withstood the test of time. And by "fad", I mean that there is no real scientific evidence behind whether it works or not.

It has been in existence since the mid 1980's and copies of this program still continue to float around. The focus of this program is quick weight loss rather
than safe (and maintainable) weight loss.

What is it

Even though this is not correct, there are people out there that refer to the 3 Day Diet as the Cleveland Clinic Diet. The program is very strict and very regimented. It must be followed to the letter for 3 days at a time and after the 3 days, you return to a "normal" diet for up to 4-5 days before doing another 3 day cycle (if you chose).

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Advocates of the 3 day diet claim that you can lose up to 10 pounds of weight per cycle but I have serious doubts that the weight being lost is fat. I also have serious concerns about people being able to keep the weight off long term. There is no mention of exercise or fitness in this program.

What Are You Supposed To Eat

Like I mentioned earlier, this program is very strict and regimented. It's advocates claim that if you want to achieve maximum weight loss, the portions listed must be consumed exactly as listed. If you are still hungry, the 3 day diet states that you must not eat more and if you are not hungry, you must still consume the following
menu and portions:

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

The 3 day diet also states that its followers consume 4 cups of water each day or any drink with no calories.

For additional flavoring you can add herbs, soy sauce, lemon, salt and pepper, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard and ketchup to your foods.

Science or Magic

So how exactly is it that you lose all that weight in such a short period of time? What is supposed to happen is that by using this specific combination of food, your body has a unique metabolic reaction which supposedly causes it to burn fat.

What I have failed to find is any kind of referenced material or documentation that explains how this metabolic reaction takes place and how fat burning is initiated in your body.

I have also not been able to locate any kind of explanation that covers the so called increased energy levels, lower cholesterol and detox that is also supposed to occur with this diet.

It has been said that the 3 day diet can be performed as often as one would like as long as you follow up each cycle with 4-5 days of normal food consumption. No where is "normal" explained or outlined so if your normal diet consists of fast food and deep fried, that seems to be ok. I don't think so!

My Opinion

STAY AWAY! Is that clear and blunt enough? Claims that the diet works because of a "unique metabolic reaction" created by food combination are unfounded. I see so many problems with a program like this that I will just focus on the main issues.

First and foremost, This diet does not advocate any kind or learning or lifestyle change and that is absolutely necessary if you want to lose weight and keep it off. Most of the weight that is lost during the 3 day diet can be attributed to water weight. You are consuming very low levels of carbohydrates and because of this, your body retains much less water than it normally does.

The 3-Day Diet is a perfect example of something that is commonly referred to as a "yo-yo" diet or fad diet. It never educates the dieter on how to achieve sustainable, healthy weight loss.

A plan like this provides your body with around 1000 calories per day and that is certainly not enough to maintain a healthy metabolism. You will also have no fuel to perform any kind of physical activity.

Lowering your caloric intake and slowing your metabolism down for 3 days and then reverting back to your normal diet will likely cause you to regain the weight very quickly. Chances are that you will also tend to over eat on the days that are off the 3 day cycle as your body wants to store as much as it can before you put it through what amounts to a starvation cycle.

The 3 day diet has nothing to do with the Cleveland Clinic. As one of the Directors from this prestigious clinic wisely puts it, "It is an urban legend that is not nutritionally sound, and the only reason it causes weight loss is because it is so low in calories, not because of any food combinations or metabolic reactions."

Let me be clear one final time... it is fads like this that give good programs a bad name. When people inevitably fail to lose and keep weight off, they blame themselves when it fact, it is the diet that needs to be blamed. Take the time to learn how and why fat is burned and you will be able to keep the weight off for a life time; not just 3 days.