Florence J Martin

Guide to Scarsdale Diet: The Scarsdale diet focuses on protein-heavy meals but limits you to 1,000 calories per day. Florence J Martin

The Scarsdale diet slashes your calorie intake to only 1,000 per day using a strict list of approved foods. Its focus on quick weight loss and extreme restrictions make it difficult to follow long term, as well as dangerous. The Scarsdale diet focuses on protein-heavy meals but limits you to 1,000 calories per day. The book it's based on is no longer sold or promoted due to the various dangers of this eating pattern. The diet's initial phase lasts 14 days and is so restrictive that almost all snacks are banned. You then transition to the Keep Slim program, which is slightly more flexible. The Scarsdale diet limits you to a small list of approved foods. Many foods high in carbs or fat are banned.