Food combining diet:
“Scarsdale Diet”

The Scarsdale Diet is a food combining diet to lose 1 lbs per day. This diet was created by cardiologist Hermann Tarnower, from Scarsdale, in the State of New York.

Duration of the Scarsdale diet to lose weight: 2 weeks (don't extend without medical supervision)
Duration of the Scarsdale plan to stay thin: unlimited.
Weight loss: up to 15 lbs in 2 weeks.
Calories: between 800 calories and 1200 calories per day.





The Scarsdale diet is suitable for any healthy person, except for sportsmen and persons who make a lot of physical exercise because it's a diet poor in carbohydrates.

The Scarsdale Diet is divided in 2 steps: Lose weight & Stay thin

Step 1 of the Scarsdale Diet:

Diet plan to Lose Weight. Diet duration: 14 days.
Diet to lose weight in 14 days. Recommended for healthy adults.

Step 2 of the Scarsdale Diet:

Diet plan to Stay Thin. Diet duration: unlimited.
Food recommended to keep on losing weight. After 1 month with the program to stay thin, you can do again the Diet to Lose Weight for 15 days (step 1).

Basic rules of the Scarsdale Diet

Between meals, you can eat celery and carrot to satisfy the hunger sensation(all you want)
Authorized Drinks: tea, coffee, water and diet drinks (after every lunch)
Dress the salads with lemon or vinegar (don't use oil nor mayonnaise).
Cook vegetables without fat.
Meat must be without fat. Chicken and turkey without skin.

Benefits of the Scarsdale Diet

Easy diet to follow. It's not necessary to count the calories. You must only eat the food mentioned in the diet. For many of them you can eat the quantity you wish.

Diet Plan to lose 15 lbs in 14 days with the Scarsdale Diet:

Monday

Breakfast:
1 grapefruit (or seasonal fruit), 1 slice of wholemeal bread, coffee or tea without sugar nor milk.

Lunch:
Assortment of non-fat meat (chicken, turkey, ham...).
Tomatoes (raw in salad, broiled or cooked).
1 slice of bread (ideally whole-wheat).

Dinner:
Fish or seafood (whatever).
Mixed salad with vegetables (which one you prefer).
1 grapefruit (if you don't have, drink a seasonal fruit).

Tuesday

Breakfast:
1 grapefruit (or seasonal fruit), 1 slice of wholemeal bread, coffee or tea without sugar nor milk.

Lunch:
Seasonal fruits salad (eat all you want).
1 slice of bread (ideally whole-wheat).

Dinner:
Hamburgers (non-fat).
Salad with tomato, lettuce, celery, olives, cucumbers or cabbage.

Wednesday

Breakfast:
1 grapefruit (or seasonal fruit), 1 slice of wholemeal bread, coffee or tea without sugar nor milk.

Lunch:
Salad with salmon or tuna (remove oil).
1 slice of bread (ideally whole-wheat).
1 grapefruit (if you don't have, drink a seasonal fruit).

Dinner:
Lamb (remove fat and skin).
Mixed salad with tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers and celery.

Thursday

Breakfast:
1 grapefruit (or seasonal fruit), 1 slice of wholemeal bread, coffee or tea without sugar nor milk.

Lunch:
2 raw eggs or cooked as you want (without oil).
Salad with tomatoes or green beans.
White cheese light (low-fat).
1 slice of bread (ideally whole-wheat).

Dinner:
Grilled chicken, eat all you want (without skin nor fat).
Spinach, tomatoes or green beans (eat the quantity you want).

Friday

Breakfast:
1 grapefruit (or seasonal fruit), 1 slice of wholemeal bread, coffee or tea without sugar nor milk.

Lunch:
Assortment of cheeses light (low-fat).
Steamed spinach or raw (eat all you want).
1 slice of bread (ideally whole-wheat).

Dinner:
Fish or seafood (whatever)
Mixed salad with fresh vegetables; eat the quantity you want, included raw vegetables opr cooked.

Saturday

Breakfast:
1 grapefruit (or seasonal fruit), 1 slice of wholemeal bread, coffee or tea without sugar nor milk.

Lunch:
Mixed fruit salad (eat all you want).
1 slice of bread (ideally whole-wheat).

Dinner:
Turkey or roasted chicken.
Salad with tomato and lettuce.
1 grapefruit (if you don't have, drink a seasonal fruit).

Sunday

Breakfast:
1 grapefruit (or seasonal fruit), 1 slice of wholemeal bread, coffee or tea without sugar nor milk.

Lunch:
Chicken or turkey.
Salad with tomato, carrots, broccoli or cauliflower.
1 grapefruit (or seasonal fruit)
1 slice of bread (ideally whole-wheat).

Dinner:
Grilled meat (only non-fat meat).
Steamed cabbage
salad with lettuce, cucumber, celery.

For the second week, repeat this diet menu again.

Diet plan to Stay Thin of the Scarsdale Diet

Once you have finished the 14 days of the Scarsdale Diet, you can follow the diet program to stay thin of Scarsdale. This diet program is easy to follow. It consists on eating the authorized food and removing the prohibited food from your diet. Diet duration: unlimited.

Prohibited food	Allowed food
Sugar (chocolate, sweets, ice creams, …)	1 drink with alcohol per day
Fruits in conserve	All low-fat meats (chicken, turkey...)
Whole milk (use skimmed milk)	All kind of fish and seafood
Potatoes, rice, beans	Eggs cooked as you want (no more than 3 per week)
Spaghetti, macaroni, noodles nor nothing that contains flour	Fruits and vegetables (also in juices)
Sausages or fat meat	Vegetables
Butter, margarine, oil, mayonnaise or any type of fat	Cheeses
No more than 2 toasts of bread per day	Nuts and chestnut (occasionally)
	Coffee, tea, diet drinks, skimmed milk
	To dress : ketchup, mustard, cucumber, olives
	Sweeteners

We advise you to check the other diets we have placed for you, they will help you to lose weight.