Grapefruit diet

Grapefruit is not among the most popular citrus fruits. It is rarely eaten just like that. More often juices or cocktails are prepared from it, sometimes they are added to exotic salads. But there is another way to use this fruit - the grapefruit diet for weight loss for 3 or 7 days. It perfectly helps to cope with excess weight, and at the same time fills the body with antioxidants to maintain youth and vitality. However, the diet is obviously “specific”, so we recommend that you treat it with a certain degree of skepticism and study it thoroughly before using it.

Useful properties of grapefruit

The grapefruit is created by natural (non-selective) crossing of orange and pomelo, therefore it has the characteristics of both fruits. From the first, he received a high concentration of vitamin C and a pleasant sourness, from the second - a fleshy pulp and original taste. But for the use of the fruit in a grapefruit diet, very different properties are important.

Reduces Bad Cholesterol

Cholesterol plaques narrow the lumen of blood vessels and provoke the development of many diseases. The grapefruit diet is not only a way to lose a couple of kilos, but also an effective prevention of atherosclerosis.

Fights cellulite

"Similia similibus curantur" or "Treat like with like." The problem of orange peel on the thighs is successfully solved by the grapefruit diet, as well as by using this fruit externally. From its pulp, applications are made that help to successfully fight cellulite.

Mildly relaxes

This is important when losing weight, since normal bowel function implies regular cleansing of the body from toxins and toxins. The digestive tract will work like a clock, and weight loss will go faster. An additional plus is excellent health.

Improves mood

Bright color, pleasant aroma and sweet and sour taste - all this is good news. The grapefruit diet is much tastier than any cucumber or carrot diet.... Therefore, girls willingly choose this particular exotic fruit.

And when you eat grapefruit, the hormone endorphin is released, which is responsible for positive emotions.

Suppresses hunger

This is due to the sodium content of grapefruit, which makes you feel full. On a grapefruit diet, you will stop constantly experiencing an acute feeling of hunger, which means that the portions will become smaller.

100 g of grapefruit pulp contains:

• 9 g carbohydrates;
• 1.5 g fiber;
• 1 g protein
• 0.5 g pectin;
• 0.15 g fat.

What can and cannot be eaten with a grapefruit diet?

To lose weight actively and without hindrance, nutrition must be correct. Grapefruit shows its positive properties only if your diet is dietary.

Allowed Products

Recommended foods on the grapefruit diet menu:

• low-fat dairy products (1% kefir and yogurt, low-fat cottage cheese);
• porridge;
• boiled chicken, turkey, veal;
• steamed white fish;
• crackers or loaves;
• vegetables and fruits;
• red, white and green tea;
• compotes and fruit drinks with minimal added sugar or with sweeteners.

We exclude from the diet

If you are using the grapefruit diet for weight loss, your diet should not include:

• pork;
• lamb;
• red fish;
• herring in any form;
• butter;
• cream;
• mayonnaise;
• nuts;
• chips;
• cheeses (especially hard varieties);
• flour.

In combination with fatty and heavy foods, grapefruit loses its anti-lipid properties and becomes useless for weight loss. You will fill the vitamin C deficiency, but that's all. Weight loss will not occur.

Basic Rules

Only ripe grapefruits contain the right concentration of vitamins and compounds that contribute to weight loss. Therefore, you need to choose the right fruits. The rind should be pinkish and thick. The weight of one ripe grapefruit reaches 450-500 g. Do not buy fruits that are too shiny: most likely, they were rubbed with a wax-based solution, and some of the chemicals managed to get through the peel into the pulp. During the diet, you will have to eat a lot of grapefruits, so there should not be any chemistry in them.

There are a few more rules for practicing the grapefruit diet:

1. Minimize salt intake.
2. Drink 1.5 liters or more of water per day (teas, compotes, juices do not count).
3. Eat fractionally (at least 4 times a day).
4. The last meal should be no later than 3 hours before bedtime.
5. Maintain physical activity (walking instead of an elevator, morning exercises, evening walk).

Menu options

Depending on the tasks that you set for yourself, choose options for the grapefruit diet: for a week or for 3 days. In 7 days you can lose weight by 4-6 kg, and in 3 days - by 1-2. If you're new to diet, it's best to choose a three-day diet to challenge yourself and your body. If everything goes well, either repeat the course, or go for a seven-day period.

Menu for 3 days

The grapefruit diet for weight loss for 3 days is monotonous, so it does not last long. Few people can stand the same dishes for 3 days in a row.

1. Breakfast. Half a grapefruit. 2 hard boiled eggs. A piece of stale rye bread. Green tea. You can divide your breakfast into 2 parts with an interval of 1.5 hours.
2. Dinner. Salad with tomatoes, cucumbers and boiled chicken breast. Dressed with lemon juice and 1 tbsp. olive oil.
3. Afternoon snack. A glass of 1% kefir or yogurt.
4. Dinner. White fish (halibut, tilapia, cod) steamed with lemon juice and herbs.

This menu is repeated for 3 days. There are options to diversify it: change the fish every day, add carrots, bell peppers or avocado to the salad. The diet is meager, but quite satisfying. The grapefruit will burn fat effectively, and by the end of the third day, you will have seen a weight loss of 1 to 2 kg.

The three-day express diet on grapefruit juice (you can not eat the pulp, but squeeze the juice out of it) is often used by Hollywood stars when they need to lose a couple of kilograms before going out. For example, Madonna always sits on grapefruits on the eve of concerts or press conferences.

7 days menu

The 7-day grapefruit diet suggests a richer diet, but it will take longer. Although the results promise to be more effective.

You can download and print the menu using the link.

This is an example menu for a week if you plan to lose up to 6 kg on a grapefruit diet. It is impossible to withstand such a diet longer. If you want to lose more weight, then in the next 7 days, stick to the same menu, but cut the amount of grapefruit in half - eat not half, but a quarter of the fruit. Conversely, the portion sizes can be increased slightly. So you stretch the diet for a month and lose up to 10 kg during this time. From about day 12, the body assimilates and gets used to a similar diet.

Other variations of the grapefruit diet

The three-day grapefruit diet is also egg-based. This means that instead of meat and fish, you only eat hard-boiled eggs. But if you eat a whole egg for breakfast, then you eat only protein. Vegetables and fermented milk products remain in the diet.

There is also a curd-grapefruit diet. It is also designed for 3 days and assumes that for lunch you will eat 200 g of low-fat cottage cheese. And breakfast and dinner will have to be made as lean as possible in terms of calories.

Kefir-grapefruit diet is similar, only instead of cottage cheese you use kefir. Drink it between meals and instead of dinner.

Contraindications to the grapefruit diet

Grapefruit is a citrus that contains acids. For this reason, the main absolute contraindication to diet - stomach ulcer and duodenal ulcer in the acute stage... This disease presupposes a strict rejection of everything sour, so freshly squeezed grapefruit juice does not fit into the diet at all.

People with other diseases of the stomach and intestines (gastritis, duodenitis, colitis) are allowed to lose weight on a grapefruit diet, if you adhere to an important rule: before eating grapefruit, be sure to drink a glass of water. This will reduce the concentration of acids in the juice and reduce the irritating effect on the mucous membranes.

In addition to gastrointestinal diseases, there are other contraindications to the grapefruit diet:

• hormonal therapy (including taking oral contraceptives);
• liver pathology;
• anorexia;
• allergy to citrus;
• pathology of the kidneys and urinary system;
• pregnancy and lactation;
• young age (up to 18-20);
• diabetes;
• anorexia;
• the acute stage of any inflammatory disease.

People with such diseases and conditions should definitely consult a doctor and only after his approval go on a grapefruit diet.

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