Watermelon Diet
August is the time to switch to sweet watermelons because with their help you can also lose weight, and this diet will appeal to all the sweethearts. After all, it is known that the flesh of a watermelon is juicy and sweet. But few people know that it at the same time contains beneficial fructose and sucrose and is almost devoid of calories. So even gourmets can sit on a watermelon diet. Every day – a whole watermelon! And even more, because with a watermelon diet, the calculation is as follows: 1 kg of pulp per 10 kg of your weight. It turns out that you can eat more than 5 kg a day! Here are a few reasons why losing weight will be easy and enjoyable.
You can not count calories: 100 g of watermelon contain less than 20 kcal! In this case, the feeling of fullness comes quickly. There are very few carbohydrates in the sweet pulp, even less than in bananas, pears, and apples. Fructose provides a sugar taste; in one kilogram it is only 40 g. Moreover, plant fibers prevent the fast absorption of Sugars. Watermelon pulp, consisting of 90% of water, helps to remove excess fluid from the body. No swelling!
Watermelon is rich in potassium, which is very important because harmonious muscle growth is directly related to the content of potassium in your diet. The giant berry also helps to remove cholesterol and toxins from the body and improves skin condition. No product can compete with watermelon in magnesium – as much as 225 mg per 100 g of pulp! It is enough to eat only 150 g of watermelon to satisfy your daily requirement for magnesium.
In addition to magnesium, watermelon also contains a number of trace elements: iron, sodium, calcium, and phosphorus. It is also famous for its high content of folic acid, vitamins of group B, C, PP, carotene and pectin. All diets, including watermelon, are easily tolerated because you do not have to experience an annoying feeling of hunger. There are three types of watermelon diet:
Fasting days. About once a week, and if desired, you can two, all day you eat only one watermelon. Every 1/2 hour, nutritionists recommend eating 200 g of watermelon pulp. The month of practicing such days is minus 3-4 kg!
Mixed diet. In two weeks of a mixed diet, you lose up to 7 kg. At the same time, sitting on watermelons alone is not required at all; dinner is replaced by an unlimited number of juicy pulp. Breakfast and lunch should consist of dietary products, the total calorie content is not more than a thousand. For example, for breakfast, you can eat oatmeal or a slice of cheese with a cup of coffee with cream and sugar. For lunch – 200 g of fish, boiled meat or chicken and a salad of vegetables.
Only a watermelon! On some watermelons, you can sit for no longer than 5 days. Exactly so much the body needs to get rid of excess fluid, salts, and toxins. Everything is very simple: eat watermelon at a rate of 1 kg per 10 kg of weight. Weight loss will be 6 kg. If you still want to eat something else, you can afford some dried slices of black bread. After a watermelon mono-diet, it is recommended to eat only vegetarian food for one more week.
