The drinking diet is a "strict" diet for losing weight and cleansing the body at the cellular level, in which you cannot eat any solid food.
The goal of the drinking diet is to reduce the load on the digestive system without significantly reducing the intake of nutrients, vitamins and microelements in the body.
Drinking diet: menu
The drink nutrition menu can be adapted to taste preferences, regardless of age, gender and excess weight, by choosing from the following liquids:
- Broths.Broths from lean beef or veal, chicken and lean fish are allowed.Vegetable soups from any vegetable.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 milk, yogurt for drinking without additives.The adult body absorbs milk poorly, so its use is not recommended;
- juices,only freshly squeezed from unsweetened fruit.If you are not allergic to citrus fruits, it is better to drink orange or grapefruit juices;
- Any tea– black, green, red, white, fruity.Without sugar or sweetener, you can add lemon or milk;
- Pickles and compotesfrom fruits, berries, oatmeal.Without sugar, sweeteners, starch and jelly;
- Watermandatory.Regardless of the food menu, you need to drink 1.5 liters of clean, plain water a day.
It is forbidden to add sugar and any sweeteners, even natural ones, to the drinks on the drink diet menu.Alcohol, packaged juices, hot and spicy spices, any vegetable oil, dairy products with a fat content above 2% and fatty soups are excluded.Salt in small quantities can be used to prepare liquid pureed soups.
It is desirable to include a liquid pureed vegetable soup in your drinking diet every day (at least once).Recommended recipes for simple vegetable soups:
- Pureed vegetable soup.One medium-sized potato, a few cauliflower florets, a couple of small carrots per 1 liter of liquid.Pour soup or water over the potatoes, cut them into larger cubes and put them on the fire.When it boils, add cauliflower and carrot and cook until soft.Add onion and peeled pepper to taste.Boiled vegetables are cooled and mashed in a blender, soup is added to the desired (not very thick) consistency;
- Cream soup with turnips.70-100 gr.beets and potatoes, 50 gr.carrots and leeks, one glass of skimmed milk.Finely chopped vegetables are cooked until soft 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.
Any other options for preparing pureed soup are possible in the drink nutrition menu, taking into account personal taste preferences and the restrictions described above.
Diet for 7 days
Following a 7-day diet allows you to cleanse your body of toxins and waste without exhausting yourself or exposing yourself to serious stress.As a result of the drinking diet, according to reviews, 4-7 kg of weight will be lost in 7 days.
A seven-day drinking diet can be based on only one of the liquid products (puree soup, broth, kefir, jelly and others) - 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, the 7-day drinking diet is easier to tolerate if you alternate, without a certain sequence, the following drinking days:
- 1 – dairy products, with a fat content of no more than 1.5-2.0%: kefir, milk, fermented baked milk, drinkable yogurt without fillers;
- 2 - vegetable and lean meat broths or pureed soups based on them;
- 3 – freshly squeezed fruit juices from sweet and sour fruits;
- 4 – various types of freshly brewed loose tea, optionally with milk or lemon;
- 5 – jelly, only from fresh fruit and berries;
- 6 – compotes of fresh fruit and berries or dried fruit;
- 7 – oatmeal jelly.
During the week, drink 1.5 liters of still drinking water every day.To avoid morning bloating, it is not recommended to drink immediately before going to bed.
As a result of the drinking diet, according to reviews, loose stools can be noticed in the first days, this is normal.
Decreased nutrient supply and absence of normal chewing movements can also cause irritability, weakness, dizziness and impaired 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 breastfeeding;
- Weakened general condition of the organism;
- 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 stopped.
Abandoning diet for drinking
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 that solid food does not injure the gastrointestinal tract, which was weaned on during the drinking diet.Fruits, vegetables, cereals, then protein foods with low fat content should be gradually introduced into the diet, once every 2-3 days.It is recommended to start consuming sugar 2 weeks after the end of the diet.
As a result of the drinking diet, according to reviews, the stomach is significantly reduced in volume and does not stretch when you smoothly leave the diet.This allows you to feel full with less food, reduces appetite and leads to gradual weight loss.
When following a diet regimen, especially a long-term one, 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.