Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you remember those restrictive grapefruit diets from the 1980s, you might wince at the idea of putting the words "grapefruit" ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For so many women of a certain age, the word grapefruit sends us reeling back several decades in time, when the grapefruit diet ...

Fitness culture and beauty standards that promoted thinness were big in the '80s, fueling the rise of a slew of questionable diets. Many of these diets quickly took off, even when they weren’t backed ...

Grapefruit juice may support weight management, but can it reduce belly fat? Discover its potential benefits, whole fruit ...

Grapefruit is a vibrant citrus fruit perhaps best known for its tart, bittersweet flavor. In recent years, studies have backed the fruit’s health benefits. Grapefruit has a few unique qualities that ...

A woman from Washington State nearly lost her leg after following the grapefruit diet for three days. Enzymes from the fruit interacted with her contraceptive pill and caused a blood clot in her leg.

Although the younger generations see questionable dieting advice on social media on a daily basis, they still can't believe how baby boomers vehemently followed fad diets that made little to no sense.

Q: I have been hearing about losing weight with a grapefruit diet. You are supposed to have one-half a grapefruit before each meal. What do you think about this? My doctor is requiring me to lose ...