Dieting is one of the most effective and controversial ways to lose weight. The purpose of the diet is not only to lose weight, but also to cleanse the body and reduce the volume of the stomach.
Dietary rules
As the name implies, the drinking diet involves the complete abandonment of solid foods throughout the month. If the diet is followed correctly, severe hunger should not be felt, because the amount of food and calories the body needs for life is not limited by the rules.
What is the essence of a drinking diet? Everything is very simple. All solid products are replaced by liquid products. You can drink as much as you want, or rather as much as you need to satisfy your hunger. Some rules need to be clarified:
- First, in a diet, not only solid food, but also chewing is prohibited in principle. It is recommended to give up chewing gum, and there is a reason for this. According to the drinking diet system, the stomach is given 30 days to rest. When chewing gum, the stomach reflexively triggers the same procedure for digesting food. Only in this case there is no food inside, that is, it begins to digest itself, which threatens many acute diseases of the digestive system.
- Second, it is important to drink 1. 5-2 liters of water a day in addition to fluids entering the body instead of food. This amount of water speeds up the metabolism. In addition, water maintains excellent skin condition.
- Third, you can't keep a drinking diet for more than 30 days. Prolonged adherence to this diet can lead not only to various diseases of the digestive system, but also to a decrease in the immunity of the body as a whole.
The effectiveness of a drinking diet
Widespread due to the effectiveness of the diet. The creators of the diet promise to lose 10-15 kilograms a month!
But doctors are very wary of this diet. It is believed that such a long-term rejection of nutrition has a very negative effect on the digestive system, disrupting the normal rhythm of work, which has developed over thousands of years.
In addition, a drinking diet has many contraindications. If you have any chronic illness, be sure to consult your doctor before starting.
In order not to cause great harm to health, doctors recommend a diet that is not long, but 1-2 days (not overlapping! ) Per week on fasting days.
Foods allowed in a drinking diet
What foods should you eat? Unlike other diets, there is no set menu for drinking, ie all foods that can be drunk but not chewed are allowed. Of course, you should try to make your diet as varied as possible during this diet.
In general, the diet is based on the following products: milk and fermented milk (kefir, drinking yogurt, milk, fermented baked milk, milkshake), juices and nectars, broths (meat, fish or vegetables), tea, coffee. It is advisable to eliminate or reduce sugar intake.
However, not all beverages are included in the diet. Therefore, alcohol is strictly prohibited. It should be noted that alcohol is prohibited in almost all diets, because it helps to lose weight, not to lose weight.
There are also disputes over some products. One of these products is smoothies. Smoothie is a fruit or vegetable cocktail. At the same time, smoothies made from some products are liquid and drink very well, while others are very thick, almost like mashed potatoes. So there is an obvious rule: liquid smoothies can be consumed without restriction in a drinking diet, but thick ones should be avoided.
There are many smoothie recipes, each aimed at obtaining a specific vitamin group. For the preparation you need the ingredients for the desired shake and a mixer. Smoothie preparation is very simple and accessible to everyone. All ingredients are peeled, peeled and ground with a mixer until smooth.
Here are some recipes for healthy smoothies:
- Orange + grapefruit + lemon. This cocktail helps you lose weight thanks to its popular fat-burning grapefruit. Also, a citrus blend can help you regain your strength after a hard day.
- Grapefruit + apple. It is also aimed at losing weight.
- Orange + ginger + cucumber. Cucumber improves skin color and moisture. Ginger adds a unique flavor and helps burn fat.
- Strawberries + bananas + mint + lime. Provides a feeling of hunger with a small amount of calories. Refreshes well on a hot day
Get out of the drinking diet
Like any diet, a drinking diet requires proper exercise. Withdrawal from the drinking diet should last at least 20 days. Gradually you should get used to the culture soft foods, then cereals, mashed potatoes and then solid foods.