Slimming diets
5K 1 29.08.2018 (last revised: 13.03.2019)
We continue the cycle of unconventional weight loss diets for those who are looking for a way to “eat something like this to lose weight”. This type of eating is not easy to call healthy, however, for those who love experiments, it is suitable. The avocado diet can effectively lose 1 to 2 kilograms in 3 days. Its essence is to limit high-calorie foods and include this nutritious and healthy fruit in the diet. The advantage of avocado is that it is a dietary fruit (yes, it is a fruit), but at the same time filling. It is better to refuse such a diet for children, adolescents, and pregnant women.
The avocado diet lasts only 3 days, but you need to get out of it gradually.
Useful properties of the fruit
Avocados contain the so-called L-carnitine, a substance that accelerates the metabolism and processing of fats. The fruit is rich in micronutrients, in particular - vitamin E, which is often recommended for women to maintain tone and beauty, potassium - normalizes the pressure and work of the heart muscle.
In addition to useful elements, the high value of the fruit lies in the fact that it lowers the level of bad cholesterol and prevents the formation of plaques, strengthening blood vessels. The avocado diet is not accompanied by a drop in performance, which is common with dietary restrictions.
You should eat no more than 200 grams per meal.
Contraindications
The main contraindication to changing the diet is personal intolerance to the fetus, allergy to citrus fruits and stomach problems. Also, the diet is not recommended if the patient is over 50 years old.
Basic diet rules
The avocado diet lasts exactly 3 days, the fruit itself, boiled chicken eggs, lean beef or fish, fresh cucumbers and low-fat cottage cheese are included in the diet at this time. You need to completely exclude sugar, salt (here is a detailed description of how to give up salt), spices. You can drink water, green tea, black coffee.
There is a variation in which ginger is included in the diet along with avocado. It improves blood circulation and excretes fat. Plus - the normalization of metabolism, which protects the body from rapid weight gain when switching back to everyday foods.
You cannot repeat this three-day diet more than 3 times a month.
How to choose a fruit?
Choose a slightly firm avocado, it is important that it is not overripe. The fruit should not be refrigerated; make sure it has been kept at room temperature for several days before eating.
Menu
Eating the fruit for weight loss will be especially effective when combined with exercise. It is important to remember that you should not load the body physically immediately before eating - this doubles the appetite.
All three days you need to eat the same, with some variations. For example, on the second day, beef can be replaced with fish.
- Breakfast: half a peeled fruit and low-fat cottage cheese, half an hour later - green tea or water.
- Lunch: salad of cucumber, avocado, green onions and hard boiled eggs. You can drink the vegetable broth after 30 minutes. Unsweetened green tea is suitable as a drink.
- Dinner: boiled beef, half of the fruit with cottage cheese and a boiled egg. Low-fat kefir, mint tea is allowed.
Be sure to drink plenty of water, at least 2 liters per day!
Exiting the diet
To maintain the result of weight loss and prevent weight gain, you need to follow the following rules:
- You need to leave the diet gradually, about 14 days. We increase the calorie content of food by 200 Kcal after the first three days, and after another week we increase it by the same amount. As a result, it should be 1700-2100 Kcal (depending on body weight).
- The first two days you need to eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, vegetable stew is allowed.
- The way out is better combined with the use of multivitamins.
Meals before bedtime are excluded. Dinner should be at least 3 hours before bedtime.
All meals should be evenly spaced over time. You need to eat without haste, gradually chewing - this contributes to a better assimilation of foods.
