How then does the Atkins grapefruit diet work? In the 1930’s the Grapefruit diet became very popular and was tried out by a large number of people looking to lose weight. The diet claims that by eating grapefruit together with your meal, it would help you lose the extra pounds as the grapefruit juice would burn fat. Then in the 1960’s the Atkins diet too started to gain popularity and even today remains among the top diets people choose to abide by. It is the combination of these two diets that is now called the Atkins grapefruit diet, and many people swear by this diet. Read the rest of this entry »