Drinking diet is one of the most effective, but also controversial weight loss techniques. The purpose of the diet is not only to reduce weight, but also to cleanse the body, as well as reduce the volume of the stomach.
Dietary rules
True to its name, a drinking diet involves completely avoiding solid foods for a whole month. If the diet is followed properly, strong hunger should not be felt, because the amount of food and the number of calories the body needs for life are 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 as much as you need to satisfy your hunger. Some rules need to be clarified:
- First, the diet forbids not only the consumption of solid foods, but also chewing in principle. It is recommended to give up chewing gum, and there is a reason for that. According to the drinking system, the stomach is given 30 days to rest. And while chewing gum, the stomach reflexively initiates the same process for digesting food. Only in this case there is no food in it, which means that it begins to digest itself, which threatens many acute diseases of the digestive system.
- Second, in addition to fluid that enters the body instead of food, it is necessary to drink 1, 5-2 liters of water a day. 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.
Efficiency of drinking food
Due to its effectiveness, the diet has become widespread. The creators of the diet promise to lose 10 to 15 pounds a month!
However, doctors are very careful with this diet. They believe that such a long-term rejection of solid foods has an extremely negative effect on the digestive system, disrupting the normal rhythm of its work developed over millennia.
In addition, the drinking diet has many contraindications. If you have a chronic illness, be sure to consult your doctor before starting treatment.
In order not to cause great harm to health, doctors recommend using the diet for drinking not for long, but as fasting days, 1-2 days (not in a row! ) A week.
Food allowed on a drinking diet
What foods should you consume? Unlike other diets, the drink does not have a definite set menu, which means that all foods that can be drunk but not chewed are allowed, at everyone’s discretion. And, of course, you should try to make your diet as varied as possible during this diet.
Usually the diet is based on the following products: milk and fermented milk (kefir, drinking yogurts, milk, fermented baked milk, milk shakes), juices and nectar, soups (meat, fish or vegetables), tea, coffee. It is advisable to eliminate or reduce sugar intake.
However, not all drinking foods are allowed on the diet. Therefore, alcohol is strictly forbidden. It should be noted that alcohol is forbidden in almost all diets, because it contributes to the accumulation of excess weight, and not to their loss.
There are also disputes over some products. One of these products are smoothies. A smoothie is a cocktail of fruits or vegetables. At the same time, smoothies from some products are liquid and drink very well, and from some they are very thick, almost like mashed potatoes. Hence the obvious rule: liquid smoothies on a drinking diet can be consumed without restriction, but thick ones should be avoided.
There are many smoothie recipes, each aimed at getting a specific group of vitamins. The ingredients for the desired shake and blender are needed for preparation. Preparing a smoothie is very simple and accessible to everyone. All ingredients are peeled, pitted and ground in a blender until smooth.
Here are some recipes for healthy smoothies:
- Orange + grapefruit + lemon. This cocktail promotes weight loss, thanks to grapefruit in its composition, which is a popular fat burner. Also, a citrus blend can easily help you regain strength after a hard day.
- Grapefruit + apple. Also aimed at weight loss.
- Orange + ginger + cucumber. Cucumber improves skin color and moisture. Ginger adds a unique flavor and helps burn fat.
- Strawberry + banana + mint + lime. It soothes the feeling of hunger, has a low calorie content. Refreshes well during a hot day
Getting out of a drinking diet
Like any other diet, a drinking diet requires proper abandonment. Withdrawal from the drinking diet should last at least 20 days. Gradually, you have to get your stomach used to soft foods, then to cereals, mashed potatoes, and then to solid foods.