Here is the Diet Menu:
DAY 1
Breakfast
Tea or coffee (no cream or sugar)
1/2 a grapefruit
1 tbsp peanut butter
1 piece of toast
Lunch
Tea or coffee (no cream or sugar)
1/2 cup tuna
1 piece of toast
Dinner
3 ounces of lean meat
1 cup carrots
1 cup string beans
1 apple
1 cup ice cream
DAY 2
Breakfast
Tea or coffee (no cream or sugar)
1 egg
1 piece of toast
1/2 a banana
Lunch
Tea or coffee (no cream or sugar)
1 cup cottage cheese
5 saltine crackers
Dinner
2 beef franks
1 cup broccoli
1/2 cup carrots
1/2 a banana
1/2 cup ice cream
DAY 3
Breakfast
Tea or coffee (no cream or sugar)
5 saltine crackers
1 ounce cheddar cheese
1 apple
Lunch
Tea or coffee (no cream or sugar)
1 egg (hard-boiled)
1 piece of toast
Dinner
1 cup tuna
1 cup cauliflower
1 cup beets
1 cup melon
1/2 cup ice cream
Are You Kidding Me?
Any diet that recommends hot dogs (beef franks) and ice cream every night doesn’t seem very scientific to me. This is just another fad diet that may cause some weight loss because of low calories.
The problem is that any weight you lose during these three days you will gain right back once you resume your normal diet. As you may have experienced, that’s the case with all crash diets.
If you want lasting weight loss, you should leave the 3 Day Birmingham Cardiac Diet for patients scheduled for surgery.
