Today, more and more people preferPierre Dukan's diet, which allows you to lose weight without having to severely limit yourself in food. At the moment, many have experienced the effective action of the complex weight loss method developed by a neurologist who has dealt with the problems of proper nutrition and excess weight. The essence of the method is that only certain products are used for the Dukan diet, the menu is divided into four separate stages, consolidating the result obtained. That is, after the diet is over, you can safely return to the old diet, without fear that the extra pounds will return. What is the primary advantage of the diet? You will not feel hungry during the day, since the method does not impose restrictions on the amount of food, it simply regulates its type and time of intake, divided into separate phases.

List of allowed products plus restrictions

The Dukan diet allows the following foods:

• lean meat (chops and cutlets from veal, dishes from horse meat, rabbit, beef, that is steaks, tenderloin, loin);
• by-products (liver of a bird, calf, beef liver, beef tongue and lamb);
• fish (fresh, lean, oily, dried, frozen), crab sticks;
• seafood of any kind (crabs, shrimps, lobsters, oysters, crayfish, shellfish, caviar, squid, sea kale and the like);
• poultry (turkey, chicken, guinea fowl, pheasant, partridge, quail, pigeon, etc.). Cooking poultry meat is necessary without skin and tail!
• lean ham (2-4% fat content), porkfat-free ham, bresaola, griso, chicken ham, turkey ham, basturma and the like. Be careful: the ham should be cooked in a special way with a piece of meat, and not in the form of a sausage, the fat content of which is about 30%!
• skimmed milk products (cottage cheese, cheese, yogurts, milk);
• vegetable proteins (tofu, seitan);
• from 1.5 liters of liquid per day (water, coffee, tea, herbal tinctures);
• oat bran.

Prohibited: sugar, olives, mayonnaise, ketchup, fruits, chocolate, butter, peanuts.

We make the menu for weight loss

The weight loss system developed by PierreDukan includes four separate stages, each of which is noticeably different from the others, has its own effect. The first stages of the diet help to lose weight, return the body to its normal state, the last two help to consolidate the effect obtained. In the last phase of the Dukan diet, you can gradually return to your usual diet, which was before the diet, without gaining weight. The list of products that can be eaten during the diet is quite extensive: these are about 72 products (at some stages - a hundred names), from which you can prepare a variety of dishes. It is allowed to additionally use herbs, spices, mustard, salt, but in moderation. The list of the most used products for the Dukan diet includes:

• meat (veal, beef, poultry, offal, low-fat bacon);
• seafood and fish;
• skimmed milk products
• cheese tofu.

The first stages of weight loss - Attack and CruiseThe first stage, called "Attack", is one of the most difficult, at this time you can only eat protein products, since they are the ones that saturate the body with the necessary protein. The menu for this phase for each day is:

• breakfast: an omelette (three egg whites and skim milk), a small piece of fish, tea or coffee;
• dinner: a small piece of chicken or beef meat baked with herbs (can be boiled);
• afternoon snack: seafood (mussels, shrimp), a small slice of cheese;
• dinner: a small piece of fish, yogurt (can be replaced with low-fat kefir).

During this phase, weight loss occurs1.5-4 kg. The second stage is "Cruise", it is also called the alternation phase, since 28 types of vegetables are added to 72 protein (protein) products. During this stage, it is allowed to eat low-calorie vegetables, tomatoes, cucumbers, bran is mandatory. But cereals, high-carbohydrate vegetables (peas, corn, potatoes, etc.) are excluded. At this time, you can cook a variety of dishes, without limiting yourself to the frequency or quantity of food intake, proteins and vegetables should be alternated every three to five days. The total weight loss by the end of the phase will be approximately one kg for each week of the diet. Consolidation and Stabilization as fixing phases of weight loss The third phase - "Consolidation" - is also called fixing, since it involves a gradual return to the usual diet, which was before the diet. The list of permitted products includes pasta, bread, rice, fruits (except bananas and grapes), vegetable oil, sweets. Every day you must eat two or three spoons of oatmeal, three teaspoons of honey. Protein food - once a week. The menu for this stage for the day includes the following list of products:

• breakfast: 200 g cottage cheese or a glass of yogurt, a piece of baked chicken meat or boiled, boiled egg, tea;
• lunch: a piece of lean fish, stewed vegetable mixes, tea or coffee;
• dinner: a simple vegetable soup, a small piece of grilled meat.

The duration of the stage can bedifferent number of days: if you have lost up to five kg, then 50 days, if the weight has decreased by 10 kg, up to 100 days. In addition, every ten days an additional 1 kg is lost. The "Stabilization" stage is considered the final one, the list of permitted products for it includes some of the first stage. A special comprehensive plan helps to get rid of excess weight, while maintaining excellent shape (but only on condition of an active lifestyle and adherence to the diet plan!). This phase consists of the following steps:

• once a week to comply with the protein diet for "Attack";
• In day it is necessary to eat three tablespoons of oat bran;
• move more.

The daily menu includes the following list of permitted products:

• breakfast: a slice of white cheese or yogurt, boiled hard-boiled egg or 200 grams of ham, tea or coffee;
• lunch: crab sticks, chicken pate, fish (preferably salmon), for dessert you can take white cheese or yogurt;
• dinner: completely similar to breakfast.

 

What if there was a breakdown during the diet?

The Dukan diet involves eating the mostdifferent products, it is very diverse, but despite this, some may still have a breakdown or strong deviations from the recommended diet. Most often, this happens because hunger overtakes where there is no opportunity to cook food from the necessary products. So what to do if a breakdown occurs? The first thing to do is not to panic and not to stop taking products according to the scheme. It is necessary to start from the moment that was interrupted, the diet itself is extended for several days. In the next two days, you must adhere to the strictest protein diet. During this time, you need to drink more, get enough sleep, go out into the fresh air more often. If you have a breakdown, then in no case interrupt the program, do not start returning to the old diet, as this can lead to weight gain, which will be difficult to get rid of.

Advantages and disadvantages of diet

The Dukan Diet is quite simplea way to lose weight without harming the body, maintaining the required balance. But like any diet, it has its pros and cons. Advantages of the system

• this complex of weight loss is more effective than many others, since its diet includes all the necessary trace elements and substances;
• the diet is completely safe, it does not cause stressful situations;
• the implementation of the system of losing weight by Dyukan does not imply hunger strikes, calorie counting.

Disadvantages of losing weight according to Dukan

• with Ducane diet, you must constantly buy seafood, which may seem to many expensive;
• for some categories, the diet may not be as balanced as necessary, leading to a loss of trace elements;
• the system is not designed for vegetarians.

The Dukan weight loss system has been tested by thousandspeople who were able to lose weight without starvation. Of course, nothing happens by itself, such a diet requires certain efforts and strict adherence to all recommendations, but the result will pleasantly surprise you!

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