The 3 Day Diet is a diet plan that promises quick weight loss of up to ten pounds in just three days. The 3 Day Diet reportedly dates back to the 1980s, originally faxed from dieter to dieter.http://www.diet.com/info/_handler_article.php?get=3day-diet Internet legends have attributed it to various institutions such as the Cleveland Clinic, American Heart Association, and various branches of the United States military service. It has additionally been rumored as a preparatory diet for heart surgery. Each of the institutions rumored to be affiliated with the 3 Day Diet has denied any association with it.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4715 http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-3-day-diet?page=2

Some of the 3 Day Diet reviews indicate that its success is due to the precise food combination increasing metabolic rate.http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-3-day-diet There is, however, no scientific evidence that this is the case. Any weight loss experienced is due to its severe calorie restriction of 1,000 calories per day. The diet is to be followed for three consecutive days. Weight loss will not be maintained once normal eating patterns are resumed.http://www.thedietchannel.com/3-day-diet.htm Consequently, most health authorities view the 3 Day Diet as an example of a fad yo-yo diet, rather than a healthy eating plan that can be followed for life.http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-3-day-diet

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The 3 Day Diet details a very regimented food plan that must be followed exactly to achieve the promised 10-pound weight loss. Portions must be eaten precisely as specified. Neither over- or under-eating is allowed. Dieters must eat, even if they are not hungry. In addition, four to eight glasses of water or diet beverage must be consumed each day of the diet.http://www.diet.com/info/_handler_article.php?get=3day-diet The plan does not recommend any type of exercise. A common version of the three-day diet meal plan is as follows:http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-3-day-diet

Day 1

• Breakfast: black tea or coffee, 1/2 grapefruit, 1 slice toast with 1 tbsp peanut butter.
• Lunch: 1/2 cup tuna, 1 slice dry toast, black coffee or tea.
• Dinner: 3 ounces lean meat, 1 cup green beans, 1 cup carrots, 1 apple, 1 cup vanilla ice cream.http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-3-day-diet

Day 2

• Breakfast: 1 egg, 1 slice dry toast, 1/2 banana, black coffee or tea.
• Lunch: 1 cup cottage cheese and 6 Saltine crackers, or 1 cup tuna and 6 Saltine crackers.
• Dinner: 2 hot dogs, 1 cup broccoli, 1/2 cup carrots, 1/2 banana, 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream.http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-3-day-diet

Day 3

• Breakfast: 1 apple, 1 oz cheddar cheese, 5 Saltine crackers, black tea or coffee.
• Lunch: 1 hard-boiled egg, 1 slice dry toast.
• Dinner: 1 cup tuna, 1 cup carrots, 1 cup cauliflower, 1 cup melon, 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream.http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-3-day-diet