GM diet is the diet program developed for the employees of General Motors. This program is designed for a approximate weight loss of 10-17 lbs per week and to cleanse all the internal systems. The diet can be taken as often as needed.
Conditions of diet
1. You must abstain from all alcohol.
2. You must drink 10 glasses of water each day.
3. You can have unlimited amount of clean vegetable soup with cabbage, onions, celery, garlic, capsicum, asparagus, cauliflower and tomatoes during the diet period. Do not include dry beans (lima beans, chik peas etc) in your soup.
4. You could have beverages like black coffee without sugar, black tea without sugar, club soda during the diet period.
Diet Program
Day One : All fruits except bananas. You can eat any fruits in any quantity you want but restricting to melons will be very effective.
Day Two : All vegetables. You have to start the day with a baked potato and eat any vegetables for the rest of the day. You can eat the vegetables raw or cook them with spices and less than 1 tsp of oil.
Day Three : A mixture of fruits and vegetables. Any quantity of any fruits or vegetables except bananas and potatoes.
Day Four : Bananas and milk. This day you can eat a maximum of 8 bananas and drink 3 cups of milk.
Day Five : Beef and tomatoes. You can eat two 10 oz. portions of lean beef along with six whole tomatoes. On day five you must increase your water intake by one quart. This is to cleanse your system of the uric acid you will be producing. For vegetarians, you can eat mushrooms, greens, dhal or soya.
Day Six : Beef and vegetables. Today you may eat an unlimited amount of beef and vegetables.
Day Seven : Brown rice, fruit juices and vegetables.
How and Why It Works
Day One : You are preparing your system for the upcoming program. Your only source of nutrition is fresh or canned fruits. Fruits are nature's perfect food that provide everything you want to sustain life except total balance and variety.
Day Two : starts with a fix of complex carbohydrates. This is taken in the morning for energy and balance. The rest of day two consists of vegetables which are virtually calorie free and provide essential nutrients and fibre.
Day Three : eliminates the potato because you get your carbohydrates from the fruits. You system is now prepared to start burning excess pounds. You will still have cravings which should start to diminish by day four.
Day Four : bananas, milk and soup sound the strangest and least desirable. You're in for a surprise. You probably will not eat all the bananas allowed. But they are there for the potassium you have lost and the sodium you may have missed the past three days. You will notice a definite loss of desire for sweets. You will be surprised how easy this day will go.
Day Five : Beef and tomatoes. The beef is for iron and proteins, the tomatoes are for digestion and fibre. Lots and lots of water purifies your system. You should notice colourless urine today. . You must eat the six tomatoes.
Day Six : is similar to day five, Iron and proteins from beef, Vitamins and fibre from vegetables. By now your system is in a total weight loss inclination. There should be a noticeable difference in the way you look today, compared to day one.
Day Seven : You have a healthier and cleaner system.
