Purpose

The purpose of the Mayo Clinic Diet is to help you lose excess weight and to find a way of eating that you can sustain for a lifetime. It focuses on changing your daily routine by adding and breaking habits that can make a difference in your weight, such as eating more fruits and vegetables, not eating while you watch TV, and moving your body for 30 minutes a day.

The Mayo Clinic Diet also stresses key components of behavior change, such as finding your inner motivation to lose weight, setting achievable goals and handling setbacks.

Why you might follow the Mayo Clinic Diet

You might choose to follow the Mayo Clinic Diet because you:

• Want to follow a diet that has been developed by medical professionals
• Enjoy the types and amounts of food featured in the diet, including unlimited vegetables and fruits
• Want to learn how to drop unhealthy lifestyle habits and gain healthy ones
• Want to improve your health and reduce your health risks by becoming more active and eating the recommended foods
• Don't want to be precise about counting calories or grams of fat or eliminate entire groups of foods
• Want a diet you can stick with for life, not a fad or quick fix

Check with your doctor or health care provider before starting any weight-loss diet, especially if you have any health conditions.