There have been a number of questions regarding the 3 day diet in recent times.  The three day diet is a fad diet, meaning that there is no real scientific evidence behind whether a 3 day diet plan can work.  

However, there is anecdotal evidence regarding the success of 3 day diets in the form of many people that tried a particular 3 day heart diet or 3 day tuna diet and ended up better off for the experience. The results of many of these different diets can only be viewed in that anecdotal context because the 3 day apple diet that worked for someone might not work for someone else and likewise you might end up feeling extremely sick with the 3 day cardiac diet and then a week later find out that you actually lost 10 pounds through the use of the 3 day chemical breakdown diet.

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Because of the uncertainty related to any 3 day fad diet, regardless of whether it has a fancy name like the 3 day detox diet does (or the 3 day miracle diet for that matter), it is important to keep close tabs on your progress throughout the 3 day weight loss diet that you choose to pursue.

The 3 Day Diet

Here are your meals for a free 3 day diet that you can follow to lose weight fast.  This free 3 day diet plan is just one example of the many 3 day fad diets currently circulating the internet and while there are some good points to it, there are some cautions as well.

Day 1

• For breakfast, have black coffee or tea, half a grapefruit and one slice of toast with two tablespoons of peanut butter
• For lunch, have a half cup of tuna with one slice of toast as well as coffee or tea
• For dinner, consume seven slices of any meat product, eat one cup of string beans, one cup of beets, one small apple and one cup of vanilla ice cream
  

Day 2

• For breakfast, eat one egg, half a banana and one slice of toast with either black coffee or tea
• For lunch, eat one cup of cottage cheese and three saltine crackers
• For dinner, eat two hot dogs, one cup of broccoli, half a cup of carrots and one cup of vanilla ice cream
  

Day 3

• For breakfast, eat three saltine crackers, one slice of cheddar cheese, one small apple and drink a cup of black coffee or tea
• For lunch, eat one hard boiled egg along with a slice of toast
• For dinner, eat one cup of tuna, one beet, one cup of cauliflower, half a cantaloupe and half a cup of vanilla ice cream
  

This is an example of one of the 3 day diet plans that works on the chemical breakdown principle.  Now, while there are some good aspects to this diet, as previously mentioned the three day diet stated above also has some serious drawbacks and criticisms that can be made of it. The only way to get a true picture of this or any other three day diet plan and ultimately decide whether it is appropriate for your situation is to hear both sides of the coin.  With three day diets in particular this is vitally important.

The Good of a 3 Day Diet

The main good aspect about this 3 day 10 pound diet is the fact that it mixes things up, allowing you to eat a wide range of foods while at the same time allowing you to keep your calorie intake extremely low. The foods used with this diet in particular are reminiscent of many of the 3 day cleanse diet plans that are out on the market in which your goal is to eat a number of good foods in order to cleanse your body of all of the bad junk that you have been eating.  Whether or not these 3 day cleansing diet plans actually work is an open question, but that is the principle that they try to follow.

Another good aspect of this particular 3 day detox diet plan is the fact that it allows you to eat vanilla ice cream at the end of each day.  The vanilla ice cream acts as a reward for your discipline in sticking to the 3 day diet meal plan and therefore more people can finish this diet.  Finally, some people have used 3 day diet plans that were exactly like this one in order to achieve results, which is empirical evidence that at least for some people they seem to work.

The Bad of a 3 Day Diet

The main bad point that would have to be considered in a 3 day diet review of this particular diet is the fact that you are essentially starving yourself for three days in an effort to lose a large amount of weight.  This is in fact the main point of criticism that 3 day diet reviews level on diets like this one and many of those same reviews tend to dismiss 3 day diet results or 3 day diet success stories that come from the diets, citing that something else must have been going on at the same time.

The main reason that people are so critical of the 3 day fad diet is the fact that it seems to be counter to what nutritionists generally believe about the human body.  They tend to believe nowadays that the human body stores food and has a starvation mode that it goes into when it does not get a certain amount of calories a day.  This means that any initial weight loss on the part of a three day diet would only be temporary and those gains would be rolled back when the body went into starvation mode and started to conserve the food that you put into it.  Unfortunately, at the same time this might end up leading to dizziness and general weakness on your part.

Conclusion

This has led some people to suggest a 3 day on, 4 day off diet that could counteract some of those effects, but at the moment the debate is still going on as to the overall effectiveness of these diets. Ultimately, it is a matter of personal choice as to whether you would like to pursue these types of diets.  As always seek medical advise from your doctor before doing any diet plan or exercise plan .

Comments (20)

9. Written by Ali, on 19-08-2009 20:14 I am on the end of my second day on the 3 day diet and when I weighed in this morning I had lost 5 pounds! To all you naysayers this diet does work and it really is meant to be a good way to kick start and become motivated to start a diet program or as a way to lose that last 5-10 pounds. Don't knock it unless you try it...or unless you hate Mayo free Tuna

11. n/a Written by Michele , on 16-08-2009 13:47 I tried this diet before for six weeks. I lost 25 lbs and I kept it off. It takes a lot of will power to eat that much tuna fish!

14. cant wait to start it! Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 23-07-2009 14:52 im going to start this diet on sunday.I litrally only want to lose 9lbs in total in a month so this will give me the push i need. at least there are foods i might like on there unlike other diets! the only thing im worried about is eating the brekki because i work from 8am till 12.30am and thats in a hotel where i am making beds and doin demanding work. do you think i will have the energy to do it? and should i take something to carry round with me incase i run out of energy like a sweet with some sugar in? thanks

17. wow... Written by Carolyn, on 12-07-2009 16:27 well all of you seem to be expierenced with diet stuff....ha.it makes me laugh reading your comments   some of them are okay but others are rediculous.ugh  ITS CALLED WORK OUT!!!.....and also diet right not "oh!...this might work 10 lbs. in 3 days."  ....  yes it is true tht you can loose 10 lbs. in 3 days but you eaither gain it back or you were just lucky with water weight or w/e.  :D  i am 150 lbs and need well want to any way loose weight. but not by this    try "slim in six" or "the contour"...  they know what they are talking about and not someone saying 10 lbs. in 3 days who is 200 lbs. him/herself trying to be "famous/popular"  nice try    sincerely,  Carolyn

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