The (So-Called) Mayo Clinic Diet

What's in a name? When it comes to one particular diet... not much.

The diet plan that makes the rounds at offices, via e-mail, and personal Web sites, called "The Mayo Clinic Diet" is actually anything but! It is neither designed by nor distributed through the well-respected medical clinic.

You've probably seen it come through your fax machine at some point. It's fairly easy to recognize ... it recommends eating a lot (and I mean, a lot) of grapefruit. The diet usually claims that particular fruit can actually "burn up" fat.

But, alas, as you might imagine, there's no such fruit. (If there were I'd have it delivered by the case!)

To learn more about the diet that masquerades as the "Mayo" plan, read on. You can also learn how to spot a fad diet (there are some sure-fire giveaways!).