The drinking diet is a “strict” diet for losing weight and cleansing the body at the cellular level, in which you cannot eat any solid food.
The purpose of a diet is to reduce the load on the digestive system without significantly reducing the intake of nutrients, vitamins and microelements into the body.
Drinking diet: menu
The diet menu can be adjusted according to taste preferences, regardless of age, gender and excess weight, choosing from the following liquids:
- Broths.Broths made from lean beef or veal, chicken and lean fish are allowed.Vegetable broths from any vegetable.A small amount of salt is allowed;spicy spices and vegetables are excluded;
- Liquid dairy productsno more than 1.5-2.0% fat content.Kefir, fermented milk, yogurt without food additives.Milk is poorly absorbed by the adult body, which is why its use is not recommended;
- Juices,just freshly squeezed from unsweetened fruit.If you are not allergic to citrus fruits, it is best to drink orange or grapefruit juice;
- Any tea– black, green, red, white, fruit.No sugar or sweeteners, you can add lemon or milk;
- Kissels and jamsfruit, berries, oat jelly.No sugar, sweeteners, starch and jelly;
- Waternecessarily.Regardless of the diet menu, you need to drink 1.5 liters of clean, pure water daily.
It is forbidden to add sugar and any sweeteners, even natural ones, to drinks on the diet menu.Alcohol, packaged juices, hot and spicy seasonings, any vegetable oil, dairy products with a fat content above 2% and fatty broths are excluded.Salt in small quantities can be used to prepare liquid puree soups.
It is advisable to include liquid vegetable puree soup in your diet menu every day (at least once).Recommended recipes for simple vegetable soups:
- Vegetable puree soup.One medium potato, several cauliflower inflorescences, a few small carrots per 1 liter of liquid.Pour the broth or water over the potatoes, cut into large cubes and heat.When it boils, add the cauliflower and carrot and cook until soft.Add the onion and peeled pepper to taste.Cooked vegetables are cooled and crushed in a blender, broth is added to the desired consistency (not too thick);
- Creamy soup with turnips.70-100 gr.turnips and potatoes, 50 gr.carrots and leeks, a glass of skimmed milk.Chopped vegetables are boiled until tender in low-fat broth or water, after cooling, with a little broth, ground in a blender or rubbed through a sieve.Hot milk is poured, you can add a little salt.
In the drink diet menu, any other options for preparing pureed soups are possible, taking into account personal taste preferences and the restrictions described above.
7 day drinking diet
Following a diet for 7 days allows you to cleanse the body of toxins and waste without exhausting it or exposing it to severe stress.The result of the diet, according to reviews, will be 4 to 7 kg of weight lost in 7 days.
The 7-day diet can be based on only one of the liquid products (puree soup, broth, kefir, jelly and others) - a mono-diet.But it is more useful to alternate days, consuming different liquids, which will more fully provide the body with the necessary nutrients and diversify the weekly menu.
According to reviews, a 7-day diet is easier to tolerate if you alternate, without a specific sequence, the following days of consumption:
- 1 – dairy products, fat content no more than 1.5-2.0%: kefir, milk, fermented baked milk, yogurt without filling;
- 2 – low-fat vegetable and meat broths or puree soups based on them;
- 3 – freshly squeezed fruit juices from sweet and sour fruits;
- 4 – several types of freshly brewed loose leaf tea, optionally with milk or lemon;
- 5 – jelly, only made from fresh fruits and blackberries;
- 6 – fresh fruit and red fruit or dried fruit compotes;
- 7 – oat jelly.
Throughout the week, drink 1.5 liters of non-carbonated drinking water every day.To avoid morning bloating, it is not recommended to drink it immediately before bed.
As a result of the diet, according to reviews, loose stools can be observed in the first few days, which is normal.
Decreased nutrient supply and the absence of habitual chewing movements can also cause irritability, weakness, dizziness and deterioration in performance.
Drinking diet: contraindications
A strict diet is strictly contraindicated in the following cases:
- Any problems with the gastrointestinal tract;
- Heart or kidney disease;
- Pregnancy and lactation;
- Weakened general condition of the body;
- Tendency to swelling;
- Hypertension or hypotension.
Before starting a diet, it is best to undergo a medical examination and consult a doctor.If negative symptoms persist, such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, severe headache, dizziness, the diet should be stopped.
Give up the drinking diet
Temporary proportions for abandoning the diet are 1:2, for example, you need to abandon the diet for 7 days in 2 weeks.The exit must be gradual and careful so as not to damage the gastrointestinal tract with solid foods, which it has become unaccustomed to during the diet.You should gradually, once every 2-3 days, introduce fruits, vegetables, cereals into the diet, and then low-fat protein foods.It is recommended to start consuming sugar 2 weeks after finishing the diet.
As a result of a diet, according to reviews, the volume of the stomach is significantly reduced and does not stretch when leaving the diet without any problems.This allows you to feel full with less food, reduces your appetite and leads to gradual loss of excess weight.
When following a diet, especially a long-term one, it is recommended to take a complex of minerals and vitamins to maintain the normal functioning of the body.
It is recommended to use the diet no more than once a year, preferably after consultation and under the supervision of a doctor.