| Yes, I have tried it, and it does work only you can't go on vacation
and eat to your hearts content unless you go right back on the diet
when your vacation's over. I didn't!!!
A copy of this diet was in the Family Circle magazine 7/8/86, I
have a copy is you'd like it, just print your mailstop.
Unlimited free vegetables are: asparagus, lettuce, Chinese cabbage,
spinach, escarole, chicory, radishes, endive, zucchini, parsley,
celery, watercress, and cucumbers.
Safe fruit list: apple, orange, 1/2 melon, tangerine, 1/2 cup
berries, and peach. These are for when you just have to have some
thing to eat.
Hope this helps, I have to start up again. I will admit it was
the easiest diet I have ever been on, and believe me, I've been
on them all.
Hugs,
fran
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| Rotation Diet - Some Sample Menus and Guidelines
Men use this basic diet plan for women by adding all of the following
each day: two more servings of bread, cereal or crackers; 50-percent
larger portions of meat, fish or fowl; one tablespoon of butter,
oil or regular salad dressing; three fruits.
600 Calorie Day
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BREAKFAST: 1/2 grapefruit, 1 slice whole-wheat bread, 1 oz cheese,
no cal beverage.
LUNCH: 2 oz salmon (canned in water), unlimited free vegs, 5
whole-wheat crackers, 8 oz skim or low-fat milk, no cal beverage.
DINNER: 3 oz baked chicken, 1 cup cauliflower, 1/2 cup beets, 1
apple, no-cal beverage
900 Calorie Day
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BREAKFAST: 1/2 banana, 1 oz high-fiber cereal, 8 oz skim or low
fat milk, no-cal bev.
LUNCH: tuna salad (2 oz water packed), unlimited free vegs, 2 slices
whole-wheat bread, 1 teas. mayo or low-cal salad dressing, 1/2
grapefruit, no-cal bev.
DINNER: 3 oz baked chickn, 1/2 cup carrots, 1 cup mixed veg salad,
1 oz cheese, 1 apple, no-cal bev.
Here is a rough guide to help you come close to the contents of
the Rotation Diet when you cannot follow it exactly:
During the 600-calorie rotations, eat two servings daily of a grain
product, two servings of a milk product, two different vegs, two
different fruits, and about three ounces of lean meat, fish or fowl.
During the 900-calorie rotatiuons, add another grain product and
another serving of lean meat, fish or fowl. There is also room
for a teaspoon of fat or oil for seasoning or spread.
During the 1200-calorie rotations, make it a daily total of four
grains, two milk products, two different fruits, and two different
vegs, a tablespoon of fat or oil and two servings of lean meat,
fish or fowl.
JLT
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The November issue of Prevention Magazine has an article about
this rotation diet. They used a computer to compare 21 days of
rotation diet menus with the recommended dietary allowances of vitamins
and minerals. They reported that the diet is more then adequate
for getting protein, but low in zinc, iron, and vitamin D. It supplies
63% of the RDA for iron, 53% of the RDA for zinc, and 31% of the
RDA for vitamin D. All the other nutrients are all right although
they are not up to the 100%. For example the diet provides 89.5%
of the RDA for calcium for a 21 day cycle. Anything above 67% of
the RDA is considered nutritionally safe. Another statistics is
that 22% of the calories comes from fat, and the current
recommendation is that we get no more then 30% of our calories
from fat.
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