The pumpkin diet is an ideal option for those who want to lose a few pounds and at the same time improve their health. This vegetable is superior in content
The pumpkin diet is an ideal option for those who want to lose a few pounds and at the same time improve their health. This vegetable surpasses the others in the content of useful substances. For example, it contains a large amount of provitamin A, vitamins E, C, PP and group B. Provitamin A in pumpkin is 5 times more than in carrots and 3 times more than its presence in beef liver. Therefore, ophthalmologists recommend that visually impaired people often prepare vegetable dishes and drink pumpkin juice.
Care should be taken with the consumption of raw pumpkin (as well as other vegetables) if you suffer from diseases of the pancreas or have problems with the gastrointestinal tract.
Experts consider the pumpkin an ideal means of combating weight gain . It helps to get rid of about 8 kg in 12 days. In addition, vegetables are especially good for health: they remove toxins and purify the body, strengthen the immune system. It can be stored for a long time, which actually makes it possible to follow the pumpkin diet for 9 months of the year.
This diet is based on the intake of low-calorie meals of plump vegetables. The duration is 12 days, which are broken down into 4-day stages, ie the diet menu is repeated every 4 days.
An example option
First day :
Second day :
Third day :
Fourth day :
Here are the recipes for preparing the proposed dishes
Cut raw pumpkin and 2 carrots, mix and pour lemon juice.
Cut the pumpkin and cook for 30 minutes. Then add to it a few tablespoons of some cereal (except semolina) and cook for another 30 minutes. Choose the amount of the portion yourself, but it is desirable that the porridge is not sweetened with sugar.
Cut a pumpkin, carrot, pepper, zucchini and two potatoes. Bring everything to a boil and towards the end of cooking add chopped tomato and parsley to taste.
Cut the pumpkin into cubes and let it bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 30 minutes. When ready, sprinkle with your favorite spice.
Cut the pumpkin into small and thick pieces, roll each in flour and fry.
Make rusks from white bread (do not use ready-made from the store), cut the pumpkin and pineapple, mix everything and the salad is ready.
Cut pumpkin, mushrooms, carrots, onions and zucchini, stew all products, adding a little vegetable fat.
The pumpkin diet includes a varied and nutritious menu, regulates metabolism and after the end of the regime, the weight is maintained. Diet is good for everyone. Only in cases of acute stomach diseases, you should be careful when consuming it raw. It is best then to cook it stewed or boiled.
Important!
Dinner must be no later than 18:00. If you have dinner after this hour, it makes no sense to continue the diet - wait a week and start over. You can use salt in cooking, but in moderation. If you feel hungry between meals, you can eat an apple, pear or some citrus fruit. Bananas and grapes are not recommended because they are high in calories.