Grapefruit diet update

I've stopped drinking 8 oz of grapefruit juice before each meal as of
today. Final tally of weight lost: 5 pounds over 4 months. Most of
the loss was in the first month. Another benefit: my blood pressure is
a bit lower: 110/70 vs 115/75. That may be because of the high
potassium content of the juice. So why have I quit? 1) for some reason
the juice was making me urinate more frequently (possibly irritating
my prostate 2) my chol numbers have been creeping higher. 3) my blood
sugar numbers are higher. How much of my weight loss was just water?
Hard to say - but increased potassium acts as a water pill might. I'm
replacing the grapefruit juice calories with healthy fats - mainly
olive oil, almond butter, and peanut butter. (almond and peanut butter
are about 70% fat by calories).

In news:alt.support.diet, (Brad Sheppard) posted
on 24 Jun 2004 07:43:50 -0700:

Hard to say - but increased potassium acts as a water pill might. I'm
replacing the grapefruit juice calories with healthy fats - mainly
olive oil, almond butter, and peanut butter. (almond and peanut butter
are about 70% fat by calories).

Peanut butter, unless you use the natural kind, had hydrogenated fat and is
therefore not healthy.

In news:alt.support.diet, (Brad Sheppard) posted
on 24 Jun 2004 07:43:50 -0700:

Hard to say - but increased potassium acts as a water pill might. I'm
replacing the grapefruit juice calories with healthy fats - mainly
olive oil, almond butter, and peanut butter. (almond and peanut butter
are about 70% fat by calories).

Peanut butter, unless you use the natural kind, had hydrogenated fat and is
therefore not healthy.