The 3 day tuna diet has been around for several years. Still, the story persists, and the diet can be found on numerous web pages, most of them calling the diet what it is: a fad diet.
The 3 day tuna diet is, as you’d expect, a three-day plan, but it does not require you to exclusively eat tuna for the three days.
Here’s a sample, giving you the full day’s menu for day one:
* Breakfast
o Black coffee or tea (can be sweetened with artificial sweetener) or water
o Half a grapefruit or equivalent in juice
o One slice of toast with a tablespoon of peanut butter
* Lunch
o Half a cup of tuna
o One slice of toast
o Black coffee, tea or water
* Dinner
o Three ounces of any lean meat
o One cup green beans
o One cup carrots
o One cup vanilla ice cream
o One medium apple
o Black coffee, tea or water
The 3 day tuna diet continues in a similar fashion for two more days. In addition to the foods listed, dieters are advised to drink four more glasses of water daily. Herbs, salt and pepper, lemon, vinegar, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup and mustard are also allowed.
After the three days, dieters are advised to go back to eating normally but not to overeat.
Experts agree that severely restricting your calories is not the way to long-term, sustained weight loss and health benefits so the 3 day tuna diet maybe considered a fad diet and should be approached with caution.
Before beginning the 3 day tuna diet consult your doctor.