The best way to maintain your figure is toideal condition to opt for a healthy balanced diet. However, not everyone manages to stick to their decision for a long time, to refuse canned food, semi-finished products, fried foods. Then there is only one way out - short-term torture with a diet. And ideal diets, as we know, do not exist. Even a protein-vitamin diet, recognized as a gentle option, does not meet all the requirements of a complete healthy diet. Therefore, it is not recommended to use it for more than 10 days, and even better - a week.

Basic principles

The name of the diet speaks for itself:the menu includes only protein and vitamin ingredients. Moreover, they need to be consumed separately: one meal consists only of protein products, and the other of fruits. It cannot be said that the protein-vitamin diet has gained popularity among those losing weight as one of the most effective ways to lose weight. There are many other diets that are in no way inferior to this one in terms of duration and speed of losing extra pounds. Most likely, it is attractive that the number of meals is not limited to three traditional ones, but stretches to 6 (every 2.5 hours), and the consumption of raw vegetables and fruits does not require cooking. In a word, such a diet is quite suitable for everyone who does not like to cook or is busy at work for a long time. After having breakfast at home with low-fat cottage cheese or a couple of eggs, you can take an orange or an apple with you as a second breakfast. Or better yet, both, because you will have to snack repeatedly during work, observing the proper intervals between meals. Nutritionists do not set specific meal times, so the time can be shifted in any direction at the request of the person losing weight. The main thing is that the time between meals should not exceed 2.5 hours and that the number of meals should not be less than 5 times a day. 6 times is ideal. Protein foods include not only eggs and cottage cheese, but also lean meat or fish, ham, boiled sausage, low-fat hard cheeses. Fats and carbohydrates are excluded during the diet, and salt is limited to a minimum. Although experts say that even lean boiled meat still contains a minimum of fat, and the lowest-calorie fruits are not devoid of carbohydrates. This is precisely what makes the diet gentle. Sausage also causes a dual attitude, since it is extremely difficult to find a quality sausage product that does not contain fats, preservatives and dyes. An approximate menu will look like this:

• Breakfast: 200 gr. fat-free cottage cheese without sugar or 2 eggs;
• Second breakfast: 1 fruit or vegetable;
• Lunch: 200 gr. beef or chicken breast;
• Afternoon snack: a salad of grated carrots with an apple, dressed with olive oil;
• Dinner: 200 gr. fish for a couple;
• Before going to bed: a glass of yogurt or ryazhenka.

Drinking regime is abundant, 2 or more liters per day:herbal or green tea, mineral or regular water (preferably hot), freshly squeezed fruit juices. However, you should drink without washing down food with liquid, but 20-30 minutes before or half an hour after eating. Coffee, milk, strong alcoholic drinks and beer are strictly prohibited. You should exclude flour, sweets, cereals, pasta, potatoes.

Varieties of protein-vitamin diet

Before you dare to take voluntary actiondeprivation for the sake of beauty, it is necessary to scrupulously study the protein-vitamin menus of separately proposed diets, because the opinions of different nutritionists differ. In some cases, such products as cheeses, fruits, potatoes, carrots, beets, liver and even all fermented milk products are strictly prohibited. And in other recommendations, feta cheese, 1% and 2.5% kefir and other things listed above are allowed in small doses. Questions inevitably arise, why carrots are not allowed and how can fruits be excluded from a vitamin diet. In fact, it is necessary to distinguish between the types of protein diets. After all, the same protein-vitamin can mean a protein-vegetable menu, or it can be protein-fruit. There is also a protein-vegetable diet, which is similar in diet to a vitamin diet, only protein and plant foods alternate not by the hour, but by the day. Robert Atkins' protein diet is also characterized by the consumption of lean meat, eggs and fish with a small amount of vegetables and fruits. And the famous TV presenter Elena Malysheva offers her protein diet, which includes all types of products of the classic protein-vitamin diet, but allows a portion of oatmeal in the morning. Therefore, you can choose an acceptable protein-vitamin complex for yourself only after studying all the proposed protein variations, as well as consulting with a doctor.

What are vitamins?

In the classic protein-vitamin dietAll vegetables are allowed except potatoes, and only high-calorie fruits such as bananas, persimmons, and grapes should be excluded from the fruit list. It is better to prefer green apples, pineapples, and citrus fruits. Of the latter, grapefruit is considered the most dietary, since the substance naringin, which is found in the interlobular film, accelerates metabolism, which promotes fat burning. The fruit contains almost the entire complex of vitamins and minerals that are so necessary for every person. Grapefruit tones, improves mood, removes harmful cholesterol and toxins, and improves the functioning of the heart and liver. Considering that some specimens of this fruit can reach half a kilogram, it is enough to eat ½ a grapefruit as a snack. It contains 35-39 kcal at most, depending on the variety: yellow fruits are less sweet and high in calories, and red pulp indicates a sweeter variety. If you squeeze juice out of it, it should not be deprived of pulp, which contains naringin. People suffering from chronic diseases of the stomach and liver should be careful when consuming grapefruit. Apples and pears are good for a snack. They are low in calories and have a lot of pectin. A pear is a very heavy product for the digestive system, so it is very correct to eat it no earlier than 2-3 hours after the main meal. As for apple varieties, you need to choose green ones. As a positive signal from a traffic light, this indicates that fruits of this color can be safely sent to the stomach - they are for dietary purposes. Pineapple is considered a super fruit for a protein-vitamin diet, because it easily copes with heavy protein foods. This is due to a substance such as bromelain, which is found in large quantities in the core of the fruit. Kiwi and papaya also have the same enzyme that breaks down heavy proteins and fats, although the second fruit is especially exotic for Russia. Between protein meals, in addition to fruit, you should eat fresh vegetables. They can be eaten as a salad or whole. If you prefer a vegetable salad, you need to keep in mind that sauces and seasonings are excluded from the diet. The only plus is that you can add a little salt, and the vegetables, which have given juice, will be easier to absorb. If it is really hard to eat vegetables without dressing, then you can add a little olive oil or, even better, just sprinkle the salad with lemon juice. Of the hot spices, a little red pepper is allowed.

Positive aspects of the diet

A diet that usually contains 2 partsprotein foods and 1 part vitamin, fruit and vegetable, is aimed at ensuring that the body, armed with new forces, uses them to destroy fats. One of the positive aspects is the ability to not suffer from hunger with frequent food intake. High-protein foods also dull these sensations. Unlike many diets, where it is not recommended to eat after 6 p.m., in this diet you can have a meal at 8 p.m. It is gratifying that the protein-vitamin diet contains many raw products, which helps to activate the gastrointestinal tract. After all, with heat treatment, even the most minimal, there is practically nothing useful left in the products. It is also very reasonable that the diet is based on the principles of separate meals. Protein products are better processed in the acidic environment of the gastrointestinal tract, and vegetables and fruits in an alkaline one. The meal schedule can be shifted depending on the daily routine. The main thing is that the last meal should be at a time when it will be followed by a couple of hours of wakefulness. The number of calories consumed per day should not be less than 1200. Within these limits, the menu can be organized quite diversely. Nutritionists recommend taking additional vitamin and mineral complexes during the diet, since prohibited products still deprive the body of many missing components. In 10 days of a protein-vitamin diet, those losing weight usually lose 8-10 kg. It is important that there is a loss of fatty tissue, and not muscle. If there were violations of the diet, then it is possible to lose half as much. If necessary, the diet can be repeated 2 times a year.

Negative sides

You should avoid a protein-vitamin diet if youPeople with chronic gastrointestinal, kidney and liver diseases. Anyone with allergies to eggs and some types of fruit should be careful. The downside is that you can't start this diet in winter, when fresh fruits and vegetables are expensive and don't contain as many vitamins as in summer. People prone to constipation may have problems with bowel movements due to high protein intake. In this case, you need to eat protein foods with lettuce or choose another protein diet option that allows for some carbohydrates. Protein increases blood clotting, which is dangerous due to the formation of blood clots. This warning is especially important for obese people with significant excess weight. Chronic pancreatitis, colitis and dysbacteriosis are the diseases for which a protein diet is definitely contraindicated. Women may notice a lack of carbohydrates in the onset of hair loss, frequent mood swings, and increased irritability. Pregnant and breastfeeding women should also wait not only with this diet, but with any other. Naturally, any dietary restriction entails negative consequences. The onset of hormonal imbalance, indicating the onset of menopause, can only worsen during the period of a protein diet. Therefore, a consultation with a doctor is mandatory to choose the best option for a protein diet. In this case, the weight may not melt away so quickly, but this will not lead to serious health problems. Since the body has been getting used to other food for 10 days, you cannot immediately actively lean on carbohydrates the next day after the end of the diet. A gradual exit from the established diet is required. It is better to gradually introduce other products into the menu at least over the course of a week.

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