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Pumpkin diet

A pumpkin diet is one of the few that will help to quickly lose weight and at the same time will not harm the body, rather, on the contrary, will improve its condition.Among all possible vegetables, the pumpkin is apart because it contains a record amount of vitamins, iron, micro and macro elements.But the peculiarity of this vegetable is vitamin T, which is responsible for protecting the body from laying excess fat, and also contributes to the rapid absorption of food.Based on the individual characteristics and starting weight, the diet will help get rid of 5-8 kilograms in 14 days.

Pumpkin diet

Pumpkin diet for weight loss

It should be noted initially that pumpkin diet is undesirable for people who have thyroid diseases or serious disorders and pathologies in the digestive tract.The rest of the pumpkin diet is completely safe.

The best time to start a diet is autumn.After all, it is at this time of the year that a new crop appears, which, under appropriate conditions, can be preserved for six months, or even more.In addition to losing weight, the pumpkin has the following beneficial effect on the body:

  • eliminates the body from excess fluid;
  • improves the nervous system;
  • removes toxins;
  • reduces the amount of cholesterol;
  • The complexion becomes more beautiful;
  • Makes the immunity stronger;
  • delays the aging process.

These are far from all the wonderful properties that this vegetable can enrich each organism.

One of the important rules is that all dishes need to be cooked for a certain time before the start of eating in order to avoid a strong feeling of hunger.Observing the diet, you should adhere to some rules:

  1. Meetings should be daily at the same time.
  2. Every 4 days the menu begins to be repeated.
  3. The best snack will be an apple or any other fruit with a low sugar level, vegetable.It is allowed to eat dried fruits.
  4. Try to reduce the amount of sugar and salt consumed as possible.
  5. Drink 1.5 liters of still water.Tea and coffee are not prohibited, but preferably without sugar.
  6. It is not advisable to eat after 18-19 hours.
  7. When the pumpkin diet is over, you do not need to immediately refuse the vegetable.You can’t immediately return to the old diet, this must be done gradually.

Finally, good advice on how best to choose a pumpkin.Usually people strive to take a bright orange vegetable, but in fact, a pale yellow pumpkin will be more useful.

Pumpkin dietary

Pumpkin diet: menu

The pumpkin diet is painted for four days.It includes 3 basic meals, and the topic of snacks has already been discussed slightly higher in the rules.

The diet of the first day:

  1. For breakfast, cook porridge from pumpkin, fresh pumpkin salad with carrots, tea/coffee.
  2. For lunch, eat pumpkin soup.
  3. For dinner, stewed pumpkin is suitable.

The diet is on the second day:

  1. Porridge from pumpkin, fresh pumpkin salad with apples.
  2. Pumpkin soup and meatballs, snack with pancakes from pumpkin.
  3. Pumpkin salad, pineapples and small crackers.

Third day diet:

  1. Pumpkin porridge, fresh carrot-tone salad.
  2. Lenten borsch.
  3. Star with pumpkin, baked apple with prunes.

The diet of the fourth day:

  1. Fresh pumpkin and carrot salad, tea/coffee, preferably without sugar.
  2. Soup with vegetables and pieces of chicken fillet, pumpkin pancakes.
  3. Low fat cottage cheese, baked pieces of pumpkin with honey.

Pumpkin diet: recipes

To know how to prepare the dishes required for the diet, you should familiarize yourself with the recipes described below.

Porridge

Such porridge is prepared with the addition:

  • oatmeal;
  • pumpkins;
  • rice or millet.
Pumpkin

Those who are extremely difficult to abandon seasonings can cook porridge in low fat milk.

Preparation:

  1. 250 g of pumpkin slices, cook for 30 minutes.
  2. Then pour a couple of tablespoons of cereals.When the porridge boils, reduce the fire to a minimum and put out the same amount.

Porridge is ready.

Pancakes

To prepare you will need:

  • small pumpkin;
  • several apples (optional);
  • carrot.

Cooking process:

  1. Grate the pumpkin and, if desired, add grated fresh apples or carrots.
  2. Add an egg, soda on the tip of a knife, cinnamon, flour.Stir well.
  3. The dough is laid out with a tablespoon directly into the pan.

It is permissible to use a little sunflower oil for frying.

Soup

Ingredients:

  • pumpkin;
  • sweet pepper;
  • carrot;
  • potatoes (no more than pieces);
  • green.

Preparation:

  1. Cut the vegetables with squares;
  2. Pour into a pan;
  3. Pour water;
  4. During cooking, add tomato passage or fresh tomato and chopped greens.It is allowed to use 1 vegetable soup cube for aroma.