Origin

• Often referred to as the Cleveland Clinic Diet, Cleveland Clinic denies any association with this diet, according to The Diet Channel.
  
  

Day One Allowances

• Breakfast is half a grapefruit or juice, and one piece of toast with a tablespoon of peanut butter. Lunch includes half a cup of tuna and one piece of toast. Dinner consists of 3 ozs. of lean meat or chicken, 1 cup of green beans, 1 cup of carrots, an apple and 1 cup of vanilla ice cream.
  
  

Day Two Allowances

• Breakfast includes one egg, half of a banana and a piece of toast. Lunch comprises 1 cup of cottage cheese or tuna and five saltine crackers. Dinner is two beef franks, 1 cup of broccoli or cabbage, half a cup of carrots, half of a banana and 1/2 cup of vanilla ice cream.
  
  

Day Three Allowances

• Breakfast is five saltine crackers, one egg and an apple. Lunch consists of one boiled egg and one piece of toast. And dinner includes 1 cup each of tuna, carrots, cauliflower and melon, and half a cup of vanilla ice cream.
  
  

Fun Fact

• This diet goes by a number of other names: Dr. Perricone Three-Day Diet, Kaiser Three-Day Diet, American Heart Association Three-Day Diet, Three-Day Army Diet and Three-Day Navy Diet.