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The British edition of 'The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet' was published after the murder of the unfortunate Dr Tarnower and was edited by Dr David Delvin.
Dr Tarnower asserted that the typical Western diet was made up of 40-50% carbs, 40-45% fat and 10-15% protein. By contrast, The Scarsdale Medical Diet is comprised of 43% protein, 34.5% carbs and 22.5% fat. It attempts therefore, to be high protein and lower in both fat and carbs.
Dieters are told not to stay on the diet for more than two weeks. If they need to lose more weight, they can spend two weeks on the more relaxed Lifetime Keep Slim Programme and then switch to the Scarsdale Medical Diet after two weeks. They can keep switching between the two until all the weight is lost.
Dr Tarnower was really strict. No alcohol, only carrots or celery between meals, no butter or margarine. No dressings on the salads other than those stipulated. No mayonnaise. All fat and skin must be removed from meat, chicken and turkey. When you feel full, stop eating. Only allowed black coffee, tea or diet colas, soda water and tonic.
Even on the Keep Slim Programme, there's no sugar, cream, butter, margarine, whole cream, potatoes, rice, sweet potatoes, yams, baked beans, kidney beans, macaroni, spaghetti, noodles, cakes, pies, biscuits, puddings, jellies, sweets, chocolate, ice cream, sausages Bologna, salami, restricted alcohol and no more than two slices of bread a day.
The book contains some recipes, some of which could be considered low carb. But they use instant broth, artificial sweeteners, tinned fruit, tinned fish, garlic powder, frozen spinach and various other convenience foods which don't make it immediately clear what you can or can't eat. In fact you can't go off piste at all.
I might try the gazpacho, Lomi salmon and a couple of the dressings, but most of them put me off. Who puts artificial sweeteners in courgettes and who wants to eat grapefruit for breakfast every day ?
I would consider this, very much a fad diet. 0/5 from me.
Dr Tarnower asserted that the typical Western diet was made up of 40-50% carbs, 40-45% fat and 10-15% protein. By contrast, The Scarsdale Medical Diet is comprised of 43% protein, 34.5% carbs and 22.5% fat. It attempts therefore, to be high protein and lower in both fat and carbs.
Dieters are told not to stay on the diet for more than two weeks. If they need to lose more weight, they can spend two weeks on the more relaxed Lifetime Keep Slim Programme and then switch to the Scarsdale Medical Diet after two weeks. They can keep switching between the two until all the weight is lost.
Dr Tarnower was really strict. No alcohol, only carrots or celery between meals, no butter or margarine. No dressings on the salads other than those stipulated. No mayonnaise. All fat and skin must be removed from meat, chicken and turkey. When you feel full, stop eating. Only allowed black coffee, tea or diet colas, soda water and tonic.
Even on the Keep Slim Programme, there's no sugar, cream, butter, margarine, whole cream, potatoes, rice, sweet potatoes, yams, baked beans, kidney beans, macaroni, spaghetti, noodles, cakes, pies, biscuits, puddings, jellies, sweets, chocolate, ice cream, sausages Bologna, salami, restricted alcohol and no more than two slices of bread a day.
The book contains some recipes, some of which could be considered low carb. But they use instant broth, artificial sweeteners, tinned fruit, tinned fish, garlic powder, frozen spinach and various other convenience foods which don't make it immediately clear what you can or can't eat. In fact you can't go off piste at all.
I might try the gazpacho, Lomi salmon and a couple of the dressings, but most of them put me off. Who puts artificial sweeteners in courgettes and who wants to eat grapefruit for breakfast every day ?
I would consider this, very much a fad diet. 0/5 from me.
