On the pumpkin diet can sit down those who want to effectively and quickly enough to lose those extra pounds. The course of this diet is 14 days, during this time it is possible to lose a minimum of 8 kilograms.
Useful qualities of pumpkin
In addition to the fact that you can effectively lose weight with pumpkin and pumpkin diet, so it also brings good benefits to the body, which can not be said about other diets. This is because the pumpkin is the record among all vegetables in terms of availability and quantity of different nutrients. For example, in the pumpkin provitamin A more than in a carrot, five times. If there are problems with eyesight, ophthalmologists recommend that patients enter more pumpkin and pumpkin juice into their diet. The pumpkin in large quantities also contains vitamins E, PP, C, vitamins of group B. Pumpkin contains calcium, potassium, copper, magnesium, zinc, and the content of iron pumpkin among vegetables is the champion. Vitamin T is also found in the pumpkin, and this improves the digestibility of heavy fatty foods. And so this vegetable is loved by nutritionists and advise patients suffering from overweight.
But it is worth considering that the use of raw pumpkin, especially with pancreatic and gastrointestinal pathologies can be dangerous. In general, this applies to most other fruits and vegetables.
With the help of a pumpkin, you can lose weight to eight kilograms in 14 days, but the effect will be achieved only if during this period the patient does not consume sugar and restrict the use of salt. During the day, the calorific value should not exceed 1000-1200 kcal.
During this type of diet, you can drink mineral non-carbonated water, unsweetened tea, coffee. It is permissible to "slightly snack" slices of raw pumpkin or fruit, but to achieve full effect, sweet fruit is better to exclude.
Pumpkin diet requires the patient to follow the cycles, which consists of four days. On the 5th, 9th, 13th day of the pumpkin diet, the cycle should be started again.
Daily breakfast should include a pumpkin salad with vegetables or fruits. Dinner after 6 pm is not recommended.
So, the menu of this type of diet:
First day
Breakfast. We make salad from a pumpkin and carrots, we fill only with a lemon juice.
We cook the pumpkin porridge, take 200 grams of pumpkin, cut it into cubes and simmer for about half an hour, add 1 tablespoon of cereal (rice, millet or oat flakes) and simmer for another 30 minutes. Ready porridge can be slightly podsolit and add a small amount of skim milk (this is if you are not accustomed to using only vegetable food).
Dinner. We cook from pumpkin soup, in which we add Bulgarian pepper, carrots, zucchini, and if desired, one potato. Soup should be cooked over low heat. Before the soup is ready, add 1 tablespoon of any vegetable oil, greens, tomato and a small amount of salt.
We make a pumpkin salad with a sweet apple, both ingredients are rubbed on the grater, season with lemon juice, if there is no juice, then you can use fat-free yogurt or kefir.
Dinner. Pumpkin should be slightly extinguished, cut into slices and baked in a preheated oven to 180 o C. Pumpkin squirt with lemon juice. Pieces of finished pumpkin can be smeared with 1 teaspoon of honey.
Second day
Breakfast. For breakfast, we use the same thing as on the first day, that is, porridge and pumpkin salad.
Dinner. We eat the same soup as on the first day, or we prepare a low-fat soup with greens and spices. On the second you can eat pumpkin pancakes (recipes are described below) or pumpkin-fruit patties.
Dinner. We bake prunes with apples. And 150 grams of low-fat cottage cheese.
The third day
Breakfast. We use porridge and pumpkin salad for breakfast.
Dinner. Cooking soup with meatballs.
Dinner. Prepare a pumpkin salad with the addition of pineapple, both ingredients are cut into cubes. And 150 grams of low-fat cottage cheese.
Fourth day
Breakfast. We have breakfast porridge and pumpkin salad.
Dinner. Borsch or vegetable soup, for the second we use stewed peppers.
Dinner. We cook on vegetable oil a stew of pumpkin, mushrooms, zucchini, carrots and onions.
Some Recipes with Pumpkin
Patties. For pies you can use fresh dough, or shop puff. We prepare the filling - pumpkin finely cut into cubes and slightly pepper. If desired, you can add plum, plum, apples, or other acidic fruits that are able to additionally disguise the taste of pumpkin.
Pancakes. Pumpkin cut into 5 centimetrical slices, sprinkle them with lemon juice, and crumble in batter (using a small amount of flour). Fry on low heat with a minimum of vegetable oil.
Quitting the diet
To the result of losing weight with a pumpkin stayed for a long time, you need to know how to get out of the pumpkin diet. After this diet, just like after any other, do not immediately eat a lot of high-calorie food. Do not also immediately exclude from the diet pumpkin and low-fat cottage cheese.