About the Cardiac Diet
The first thing to know about the Cardiac Diet is there are plenty of names for it. Some of the other names of the diet are American Heart Association 3-Day Diet, Birmingham England Cardiology 3 Day Diet, Hershey Medical Center 3-Day Diet, the most widely spread name for this diet is called the Birmingham Cardiac Diet. The rumor is this was the preferred diet for the cardiac wing of the hospital in Alabama. Problems begin to breakdown when you cannot find the hospital or records of this claim.
The claim behind this diet is that it is a quick, fast and heart healthy diet designed for heart surgury patients to loss weight before surgery. These claims have never been supported and many experts are skeptical these findings will ever be justified.
Function of the Diet
The simple 3 day diet is composed of foods that are designed to stimulate ones metabolism. Motabolism is the chemical reactions in the body that allow us to opperate. Speeding up ones metabolism is a known way to achieve weight loss because it gives you more energy to burn more calories. In addition, this diet is built as a cleansing ding as well that is to further clear out waste in the body and pounds on the scale.
Inside the 3 Day Cardiac Diet
As suspected, there are three days to this diet and three daily menu items that are made of similar foods. They are very specific, but we will get to the details in a bit. There is not much choice or variety to this diet, but I don’t think you can expect that in a 3 day diet. You have to get down to business cause there isn’t much time.
Black coffee or tea are drank in the morning and a few more times during the day. It is a short list of foods but they include toast, grapefruit, tuna, crackers, ice cream apples and carrots or beets. There is more to it, but this was just to give you a quick inside. Let’s get into the diet.
Day 1
BREAKFAST
Black Coffee or Tea
1/2 Grapefruit or Juice
1 Slice of Dry Toast
1 Tbsp. of Peanut Butter
LUNCH
Black Coffee or Tea
1/2 Cup of Tuna
1 Slice of Dry Toast or 1 Oz. of Cheddar Cheese
DINNER
3 Oz. any Lean Meat
1 Cup String Beans
1 Cup Carrots or Beets
1 Small Apple
1 Cup Vanilla Ice Cream
Day 2
BREAKFAST
Black Coffee or Tea
1 Egg
1 Slice of Dry Toast
1/2 Banana
LUNCH
Black Coffee or Tea
1 Cup of Cottage Cheese or 1/2 Cup of Tuna
5 Saltine Crackers
DINNER
2 Beef Franks
1 Cup Cabbage or Broccoli
1/2 Cup Carrots or Turnip Greens
1/2 Banana
1/2 Cup Vanilla Ice Cream
Day 3
BREAKFAST
Black Coffee or Tea
5 Saltine Crackers
1 Oz. of Cheddar Cheese
1 Small Apple
LUNCH
Black Coffee or Tea
1 Hard-Boiled Egg
1 Slice of Dry Toast
DINNER
1 Cup Tuna
1 Cup Beans or Cauliflower
1 Cup Carrots or Beets
1 Cup Melon
1/2 Cup Vanilla Ice Cream
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