You can lose a few kilograms in a week, but not without consequences.
The "Seven Petals" diet is one of the varieties of mono—diets, which are based on the principle of separate nutrition, when it is impossible to combine proteins, fats and carbohydrates in one meal.
Nata Gonchar
President of the Association of Nutritionists and Health Coaches (ANKH)
This type of nutrition is considered an effective way to get the body in shape in a short time, for example, before holidays or an important event. I evaluated the practice of monodiety through the prism of nutritionology and will give advice on healthy weight loss.
The Petal diet is short-lived and is designed for only seven days. Fast diets put the body in a state of stress due to a sharp reduction in calories and tight deadlines, this is one of the main disadvantages of this approach to weight loss.
Mono-diets are difficult to call healthy, because the same type of diet deprives the body of important nutrients and vitamins, disrupts the gastrointestinal tract.
The diet should be varied and balanced in order to normalize weight without harm to the body. A healthy caloric content of a dietary diet should not fall below 1200 kcal.
Note: on this diet, the daily calorie content may not exceed 550 kcal, when during the day it is allowed to eat only 500 g of boiled chicken.
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A sharp reduction in calories triggers a protective regime against hunger in the body, slowing down metabolism and stimulating appetite to preserve fat deposits. In addition, compliance with such diets often ends with breakdowns and subsequent overeating, which leads to weight gain. But about everything in order.
The meaning of the diet: rules and diet
According to the rules of the diet, you can eat only one type of food every day for a week. You can not change the daily rations in places, because following the sequence affects the result.
You need to eat a little, but often: five times a day, carefully chewing food. The amount of the main product on the diet day is limited. The food can be salted, add a little spices.
A mandatory condition of the diet is to drink at least two liters of clean water a day, including herbal teas and decoctions. The diet menu is simple and does not require special culinary experience.
Day #1. Fish
Boiled or baked fish is allowed without adding oil. You can eat no more than 500 g of boneless fish fillet per day. The use of this product fills the body with omega-3 fatty acids and animal proteins, accelerates metabolic processes.
Day #2. Vegetable
On this day, you can eat fresh or baked vegetables with a low glycemic index, but no more than 1.5 kg: leafy vegetables, cabbage, zucchini, tomatoes, eggplant. Potatoes are banned because they contain a lot of starch.
Vegetable day improves intestinal function due to the increased fiber content in the diet.
Day #3. Chicken meat
It can be boiled or baked with spices. The allowed 500 g of the product is recommended to be divided into five meals. Chicken meat is rich in proteins and vitamin B12, normalizes the functions of hematopoiesis.
Day No. 4. Cereal
It can be porridge on water or boiled side dish of oats, barley, buckwheat or brown rice. Cereals eliminate the deficiency of complex carbohydrates in the body, supply it with vitamins, trace elements and proteins of plant origin. Cereals can be eaten no more than 300 g during the day.
Day #5. Cottage cheese
500 g of cottage cheese (2-5% fat content) and about 300 ml of kefir (1-2.5%) are allowed. Fermented milk products supply the body with amino acids and fermented milk bacteria, which improve the intestinal microflora.
Cottage cheese day helps to cope with constipation after protein-vegetable days of the diet.
Day No. 6. Fruit
On this day, you can eat any fruit except bananas and grapes. In the morning it is better to give preference to sweet berries, and in the evening choose sweet and sour fruits, for example, apples.
Fruits can be eaten raw or baked. The maximum amount per day is 1.5 kg. This day of the diet supplies the body with organic acids, vitamins and minerals.
Day #7. Drinking
On the fixing day of the diet, you can drink non-carbonated mineral water, weak tea, herbal decoctions. The amount of water is not limited.
Negative aspects and contraindications of the diet
In a week of mono-diet, you can lose several kilograms, but at the expense of dehydration and loss of muscle mass.
On protein diets, the body loses a lot of fluid, so in the first days excess water leaves the body. Due to the significant calorie restriction, the body begins to burn muscle mass in order to get more energy. As a result, the weight decreases, but the fat deposits remain in place.
That is, the goal of losing excess weight by burning fat will not be achieved, and the body will survive severe stress. Weight loss with such a diet will not be long—term - returning to the usual diet will return the lost kilograms and most often with a "surplus".
This negative consequence of the diet is called the yo-yo effect. The body does not know that you are deliberately limiting calories, and begins to store maximum energy even from small portions of food.
After returning to the usual diet, he continues to work in this mode and gains weight faster than before the diet. Repetition of such "weight loss" cycles increases the risk of developing obesity.
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Another unpleasant consequence of the diet is an intestinal disorder. The body perceives the diet as stress, has difficulty digesting individual foods, and eating one protein throughout the day can cause constipation.
The vegetable day of the diet also overloads the work of the intestines and can provoke flatulence. The "Seven Petals" mono diet limits the intake of vitamins and minerals into the body.
If you stick to such a diet for longer than a week, you can provoke hormonal disorders, decreased immunity, stomach and intestinal problems. Lack of nutrients worsens the condition of the skin, hair, nails.
Contraindications: diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, kidney disease, pregnancy and breastfeeding, diabetes mellitus, low hemoglobin and anemia, taking hormonal drugs.
Tips for a healthy diet
Give up the idea of following a restrictive diet if it is not recommended by a doctor. To bring the body and weight back to normal will help full nutrition without fashionable diets and grueling workouts.
Instead of striving for a quick result, I recommend balancing your diet, getting sleep and doing physical activity. Weight loss will be gradual, the diet will be cleared of harmful products, the body will be renewed and filled with strength.
Healthy weight loss should be as convenient and comfortable as possible physically and emotionally. It is necessary to make an individual menu taking into account the peculiarities of health and lifestyle, add sports, give up alcohol consumption.
Before following any diet, it is recommended to consult a specialist.
Source: championat
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