The drinking diet is a "serious" diet for losing weight and cleansing the body at the cellular level, where you cannot eat any solid food.
The purpose of the drinking diet is to reduce the load on the digestive system without significantly reducing the intake of nutrients, vitamins and trace elements.
Drinking diet: menu
The drinkable diet menu can be adapted to taste preferences, regardless of age, gender and overweight, by choosing from the following liquids:
- broths.Broths made from lean beef or veal, chicken and lean fish are allowed.Vegetable broth from any vegetable.A small amount of salt is allowed;spices and spicy vegetables are excluded;
- Liquid dairy productsfat content should not exceed 1.5-2.0%.Drink kefir, fermented baked milk, yogurt without food additives.Milk is poorly absorbed by the body of adults, so it is not recommended to use it;
- juices,freshly squeezed only from unsweetened fruits.If you are not allergic to citrus fruits, it is better to drink orange or grapefruit juices;
- Any rivers- black, green, red, white, fruit.No sugar or sweetener, you can add lemon or milk;
- Kissel and compotesfrom fruits, berries, oatmeal jelly.Without sugar, sweeteners, starch and jelly;
- Waterdefinitely.Regardless of the drinking diet menu, you need to drink 1.5 liters of clean, plain water every day.
It is forbidden to add sugar and any sweeteners, even natural ones, to drinks in the drinking diet menu.Alcohol, packaged juices, spicy and hot condiments, any vegetable oil, dairy products with a fat content of more than 2% and fatty broths are excluded.A small amount of salt can be used when preparing liquid puree soups.
It is recommended to include liquid vegetable puree soup in the drinking diet menu every day (at least once).Recommended recipes for simple vegetable soups:
- Vegetable puree soup.One medium-sized potato, several cauliflower inflorescences, several small carrots for 1 liter of liquid.Pour broth or water over the potatoes, cut them into large cubes and put them on the fire.When boiling, add cauliflower and carrots and cook until cooked.Add onion and peeled bell pepper to taste.Boiled vegetables are cooled and crushed in a blender, broth is added to the desired (not too thick) consistency;
- Creamy soup with turnips.70-100 gr.turnips and potatoes, 50 g.carrots and leeks, a glass of skim milk.Finely chopped vegetables are boiled in low-fat broth or water until cooked, after cooling, they are mixed with a small amount of broth, ground in a blender or rubbed through a sieve.Hot milk is poured, you can add a little salt.
In the drinking diet menu, any other options for making mashed soup are possible, taking into account personal taste preferences and the above restrictions.
Drinking diet for 7 days
Adhering to a drinking diet for 7 days allows you to cleanse the body of toxins and waste without tiring and subjecting it to severe stress.The result of the drinking diet, according to reviews, will be to lose 4-7 kg of weight in 7 days.
A 7-day drinking diet can be based on only one of any liquid products (puree soup, broth, kefir, jelly, etc.) - mono-diet.But it is more useful to alternate days by consuming different liquids, which will more fully provide the body with the necessary nutrients and diversify the weekly menu.
According to reviews, it is easier to tolerate a 7-day drinking diet if you replace the following drinking days in a certain order:
- 1 - dairy products, the fat content of which does not exceed 1.5-2.0%: kefir, milk, fermented cooked milk, drinkable yogurt without fillers;
- 2 - vegetable and low-fat meat broths or mashed soups based on them;
- 3 – freshly squeezed fruit juices from sweet and sour fruits;
- 4 – various types of freshly brewed loose leaf tea, with milk or lemon as desired;
- 5 – jelly, only fresh fruits and berries;
- 6 – compotes from fresh fruits and berries or dried fruits;
- 7 - oatmeal jelly.
Drink 1.5 liters of still drinking water every day during the week.It is not recommended to drink immediately before going to bed to avoid morning bloating.
As a result of the drinking diet, according to reviews, loose stools can be observed in the first days, this is normal.
Decreased food supply and lack of normal chewing movements can also cause irritability, weakness, dizziness and poor performance.
Drinking diet: contraindications
A strict drinking diet is strictly contraindicated in the following cases:
- any problem of the gastrointestinal tract;
- Heart or kidney disease;
- Pregnancy and lactation;
- Weakening of the general condition of the body;
- Tendency to swelling;
- Hypertension or hypotension.
Before starting a drinking diet, it is better to undergo a medical examination and consult a doctor.If negative symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, severe headache, dizziness persist, the diet should be stopped.
Refusal of drinking diet
The temporary proportions for quitting the drinking diet are 1: 2, for example, you need to quit the drinking diet for 7 days in 2 weeks.Withdrawal should be gradual and careful not to damage the gastrointestinal tract with solid food that it is not used to during the drinking diet.Gradually, once every 2-3 days, you should include fruits, vegetables, cereals, and then low-fat protein foods in the diet.It is recommended to start consuming sugar 2 weeks after the end of the drinking diet.
As a result of a drinking diet, according to reviews, the volume of the stomach is significantly reduced and does not stretch when it is smoothly removed from the diet.This allows you to feel full with less food, reduces appetite and gradually leads to excess weight loss.
When following a drinking diet, especially in the long term, 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 drinking diet no more than once a year, after consultation and under the supervision of a doctor.