The drinking diet is a “strict” diet for weight loss and cleansing the body at the cellular level, in which you cannot eat any solid food.
The goal of a drinking diet is to reduce the load on the digestive system without significantly reducing the intake of nutrients, vitamins and microelements into the body.
Drinking diet: menu
The drinking diet menu can be adjusted to suit taste preferences, regardless of age, gender and excess weight, by choosing from the following liquids:
- Broths.Broths made from lean beef or veal, chicken, and lean fish are allowed.Vegetable broths from any vegetables.A small amount of salt is allowed;spices and spicy vegetables are excluded;
- Liquid dairy productsno more than 1.5-2.0% fat content.Kefir, fermented baked milk, drinking yogurt without food additives.Milk is poorly absorbed by the adult body, so it is not recommended to use it;
- Juices,only freshly squeezed from unsweetened fruits.If you are not allergic to citrus fruits, it is better to drink orange or grapefruit juices;
- Any teas– black, green, red, white, fruit.No sugar or sweeteners, you can add lemon or milk;
- Kissels and compotesfrom fruits, berries, oatmeal jelly.Without sugar, sweeteners, starch and jelly;
- WaterNecessarily.Regardless of the drinking diet menu, you need to drink 1.5 liters of clean, plain water daily.
It is prohibited to add sugar and any sweeteners, even natural ones, to drinks on the drinking diet menu.Alcohol, packaged juices, spicy and hot seasonings, any vegetable oil, dairy products with a fat content above 2%, and fatty broths are excluded.Salt in small quantities can be used when preparing liquid puree soups.
It is advisable to include liquid vegetable puree soup in your drinking diet menu every day (at least once).Recommended recipes for simple vegetable soups:
- Vegetable puree soup.One medium-sized potato, several cauliflower inflorescences, a couple of small carrots per 1 liter of liquid.Pour broth or water over the potatoes, cut into large cubes, and put on fire.When it boils, add cauliflower and carrots and cook until tender.Add onion and peeled bell pepper to taste.The boiled vegetables are cooled and crushed in a blender, the broth is added to the desired (not very thick) consistency;
- Cream soup with turnips.70-100 gr.turnips and potatoes, 50 gr.carrots and leeks, one glass of skim milk.Finely chopped vegetables are boiled until tender in low-fat broth or water, after cooling, with a small amount of broth, ground in a blender or rubbed through a sieve.Hot milk is poured in, you can add a little salt.
In the drinking diet menu, any other options for preparing puree soups are possible, taking into account personal taste preferences and the restrictions described above.
Drinking diet 7 days
Following a drinking diet for 7 days allows you to cleanse the body of toxins and waste without exhausting or exposing it to severe stress.The result of the drinking diet, according to reviews, will be 4-7 kg of weight lost in 7 days.
The 7-day drinking diet can be based on only one of any liquid products (puree soup, broth, kefir, jelly and others) - a mono-diet.But it is more useful to alternate days, consuming different liquids, which will more fully supply the body with the necessary nutrients and diversify the weekly menu.
According to reviews, a 7-day drinking diet is easier to tolerate if you alternate, without a specific sequence, the following drinking days:
- 1 – dairy products, fat content no more than 1.5-2.0%: kefir, milk, fermented baked milk, drinking yogurt without fillers;
- 2 – vegetable and low-fat meat broths or puree soups based on them;
- 3 – freshly squeezed fruit juices from sweet and sour fruits;
- 4 – various types of freshly brewed loose leaf tea, optionally with milk or lemon;
- 5 – jelly, only from fresh fruits and berries;
- 6 – compotes from fresh fruits and berries or dried fruits;
- 7 – oatmeal jelly.
Throughout the week, drink 1.5 liters of drinking water without gases every day.To avoid morning puffiness, it is not recommended to drink immediately before bed.
As a result of the drinking diet, according to reviews, loose stools may be observed in the first days, this is normal.
A decrease in the supply of nutrients and the absence of habitual chewing movements can also provoke irritability, weakness, dizziness, and deterioration in performance.
Drinking diet: contraindications
A strict drinking diet is strictly contraindicated in the following cases:
- Any problems of the gastrointestinal tract;
- Heart or kidney disease;
- Pregnancy and lactation;
- Weakened 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 persist, such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, severe headache, dizziness, the diet should be interrupted.
Quitting the drinking diet
The temporary proportions for leaving the drinking diet are 1:2, for example, you need to leave the drinking diet for 7 days in 2 weeks.The exit should be gradual and careful so as not to injure the gastrointestinal tract with solid food, from which it has become unaccustomed during the drinking diet.You should gradually, once every 2-3 days, introduce fruits, vegetables, cereals into the diet, then low-fat protein foods.It is recommended to start consuming sugar 2 weeks after finishing the drinking diet.
As a result of a drinking diet, according to reviews, the stomach is significantly reduced in volume and does not stretch when leaving the diet smoothly.This allows you to feel full with less food, reduces appetite and leads to gradual loss of excess weight.
While following a drinking diet, especially 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, preferably after consultation and under the supervision of a doctor.