Birmingham Alabama Hospital Cardiac Unit Diet (Read 4521 times)

I have heard about this diet which is supposed to create some kind of metabolic process or chemical breakdown in your body. You follow the diet for three days, and then eat a normal diet (without overeating).

The strange part about it is that it requires you to eat vanilla ice cream as part of one meal.

There doesn't seem to be a lot of stuff on the web about the diet. Does anyone have any experience with it--I am doing research for a family member.

Thanks,

Jonathan

Is this the diet? http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-3-day-diet?page=2

It doesn't sound healthy to me or conducive to running. A friend of mine did this for a few weeks before her wedding and lost some weight, though it seems to me that it was due to the lack of calories and not the specific combination of foods she was consuming.

That kind of weight loss is usually fluid weight.

This diet may sound crazy but it really does work. The main purpose for this diet is for people that will have open heart surgery in the near future and need to lose wieght fast. This diet consist of foods that when mixed together create a chemical breakdown thus, making you lose weight. You can lose up to 40lbs in a month. Since ive tried it for no reason but it worked wonders! i lose 20 lbs in 3 weeks. but you really need to keep right to the diet no subsitutes! Exercise helps.

Quote from cgerber on 6/25/2008 at 8:33 PM:

HEY! As a resident of Alabama, I want to address this remark!







And say that I was thinking exactly the same thing. This state is a bunch of fatasses. In addition to ice cream, was the diet heavily focused on fried chicken, bbq, and pork rinds?

Quote from Trent on 6/25/2008 at 9:24 PM:

Probably my favorite article on food.

There is no magic to this diet. The reason it works is you are eating 1,000 calories or less for three days a week. Calories in < calories out.

You would still lose the same amount of weight if you ate nothing but pie but kept it to 1,000 calories per day.

I agree with Mike here - as long as you keep the "total number of calories in" lower than the "total number of calories out"; you will lose weight. And yes, it could be all pie ... mhhmmm pie. In my opinion there is no magic combination of foods that will create chemical reactions in your body to melt the fat. I can only see bad chemical reactions to all the preservatives and processed junk in the food. That's where Trent comes in with his advice of eating as close to nature as you can (nothing your grandparents would not recognize as food - I like that!)

To prove my point, I took the first day of the diet and counted calories:
Breakfast - 165
Lunch - 180
Dinner - 520 (I used the corrected amount of 1/2 cup ice cream)
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Total: 865

Everybody's energy needs (without exercise) are dependent on height and weight. My example - I am 5'8", weigh currently 167.5 lbs and my energy need with very little physical activity from work is 1846. If I would only eat 865 calories a day, I would have a deficit of 1000 calories a day!
Now consider the clients in Alabama using this diet. They weigh probably more around the 250 - 400 lb mark; which increases their number for the energy need right off the bat = larger daily deficit.

I agree that this diet is very fad. Come on - how long can you handle 1/2 cup of dry tuna on a slice of toast for lunch?? Where is the lettuce and the tomato and some light mayo? This doesn't seem like a solution to lose weight AND keep it off. Lifestyle change is the key word.