This is how the 80-10-10 diet can help YOU shed pounds – and it’s good news for carb lovers!
IN today's world of fad diets it can be hard to know what you should and shouldn't be eating.
We all know a diet rich in fruit and vegetables is good for you, but what about a diet that consists only of fruit and veg?
Enter the 80/10/10 diet.
The latest trend works on the basis that 80 per cent of your calories should come from carbs, 10 per cent from protein and 10 per cent from fats.
But before you get too excited and start buttering that slice of bread, the carbs can only come from fruit or veg.
Dr Douglas Graham, a retired chiropractor and former athlete, create the diet which promises to help you discover a sustainable lifestyle that leads to weight loss, better health and disease prevention, according to
Here is everything you need to know about the fad diet.
What is the 80/10/10 diet?
The diet is a low-fat raw vegan diet.
The food in the diet should be eaten raw as the diet follows the belief that cooking can damage the nutrients in food and releases toxins that can cause disease.
Unlike many diets it has no time limit and is sold as a long-term solution to increase longevity and help you shed the pounds.
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What can you eat?
The rules are fairly simple - stick to fruit and vegetables.
Its most important rule is to eat low-fat, raw and unprocessed fruit and soft greens.
Fruit and veg is split up into four groups: non-sweet fruits, sweet fruits, soft greens, fatty fruits.
Non-sweet fruits
These include:
- tomatoes
- cucumbers
- peppers
- okra
- eggplant
- courgette
- other squashes
Sweet fruits
- apples
- bananas
- mangoes
- berries
Soft greens
- lettuce
- spinach
- leafy greens
Fatty fruit
- avocados
- olives
- nuts and seeds
You can also eat a range of other green veg including broccoli, cabbage, celery and cauliflower but these are considered harder to digest and should be limited.
To achieve the desired results from the diet 90-97 per cent of your calories should be coming from the sweet and non-sweet fruits section, 2-8 per cent from leafy greens and the rest from other vegetables and fatty fruits.
How it claims to benefit your health
The diet claims to prevent eating disorders by having a high carb intake, as well as fending off food cravings and providing energy for people who feel fatigued.
It also claims its low fat and protein content can protect against cancer, diabetes, organ failure, weak bones and heart disease, reports Authority Nutrition.
Other claimed benefits include weight loss, improved acne, better sleep and an overall healthier life.
But not many of these claims are backed up by science.
Research has, however, consistently linked a higher consumption of fruit and veg with a lower risk of heart disease, dementia, stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure and some types of cancer.
What are its downsides?
It promotes a very high intake of carbs and a low intake of protein and fats, which can be argued is not a balanced diet.
There are also some who argue that it requires people to eat too much fruit and vegetables.
To put that into perspective, you would need to eat 6lbs of fruit, 4lbs or vegetables and two tablespoons of nuts to consume 2,000 calories a day following the 80/10/10 method.
There are also concerns around the lack of protein and fat available in the diet.
Authority Nutrition argues that there is little proof that consuming less than 10 per cent of calories from protein or fat provides any healthy benefits.
While Elizabeth Boham, a physician at UltraWellness Center in Lenox, Massachusetts, told that people on the diet may not feel as satisfied if they are not eating enough protein.
She also raised concerns that too much fruit can raise blood sugar levels and that protein is an essential building block to repair cells and muscles in the body.
She said: "Fruit is a wonderful food, but it's not going to be able to give you all the nutrients you need."
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