The Mayo clinic diet?

Since the 1950ies there have been several diet programs that had the name “Mayo” in them. Common for these where the promise of quick results and little work to get there, often being mono diets where you can eat only apples, grape fruits or something else.

Those kinds of diets are what we call fad diets, and are nothing more than one big hoax! Sure, they might provide you with some weightloss in the beginning, but often, the weight that is lost is only water or muscle, while the fat stays on, and once you grow tired of eating nothing but apples or grape fruits, you crash big time and may end up having gained nothing but extra padding and low motivation.

None of the so called “mayo” diets have been developed nor endorsed by the mayo clinic and should be treated as nothing but hot air rumours, riding on the good name of the mayo clinic.

So what is the mayo clinic diet?
There really isn’t any specific mayo clinic diet, which specifically target weight loss. But there is a set of healthy living rules, which will result in better overall health and in weight loss if you are overweight.

These rules are set up in the mayo clinic book “Mayo clinic healthy weight for everybody”, and are the result of years of research and improvement. The combination of a calorie level pyramid with unlimited allowance of fruits and vegetables built upon a base of regular exercise and daily activity, have proven to reduce weight and maintain a healthy weight as well as reduce the risk of developing heart disease, cancer, diabetes along with other lifestyle related health problems.

So the answer is No, there is not a mayo clinic diet! But there is a mayo clinic guide to healthy living and life style reorganizer.

Summery of what the mayo clinic dictates.
The mayo clinic long term healthy living plan is based on unlimited amounts of fruits and vegetables, based on a core of regular exercise and physical activity.

One of the strengths of the healthy living plan is that there really are no foods that are not allowed. You can actually eat whatever you like, as long as you stay within you daily calorie level within the different foods groupings.
 


The pyramid works in calories and servings terms. The serving terms have different definitions depending of the type of food. Normally the serving definition for the specific kind of food and can read on the food declaration.
I.e. the Mayo clinic pyramid allows for 75 calories of sweets per day, 3 to 5 servings of fats, 3 to 7 servings of dairy and protein rich foods (meat) 4 to 8 servings of carbohydrates, and unlimited amounts of fruits and vegetables.

From this pyramid, you kind create countless menus on you own or you can choose to begin with some of the menus that the mayo clinic has published on their web site and in their book.

To learn more about the mayo clinic guide to healthy living and how the program works, you should visit their website www.mayoclinic.com

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