Is there a diet that does not harm the body? After all, often in search of an ideal figure, people harm their health. The headlines of online publications promise to quickly get rid of extra pounds in almost a week, you just have to "sit" on buckwheat, apples, watermelons, etc. Let's look at one of the diets that helps to get rid of excess weight and not experience a constant feeling of hunger - the egg diet. But, like any method of losing weight, the egg diet has a number of contraindications.
Why the egg diet: what nutritionists say
Initially, nutritionists focus on the fact that any diet and weight loss should be discussed with your family doctor, nutritionist, gastroenterologist, and other specialized specialists. Especially if you have any health problems or diseases of the digestive system. Self-experimentation with diets can harm, not help. As a result, excess weight returns at a catastrophic rate, and with it come problems with the gastrointestinal tract (GIT).
But back to the egg diet: such a diet implies a mandatory breakfast of eggs, other products of the day and evening menu are discussed individually with a specialist. The egg diet has several options: for a week, 2 weeks or for a whole month. Eggs are a unique product that contains the full spectrum of amino acids, proteins, minerals, vitamins, etc. necessary for the human body. the special value of eggs is their almost complete digestibility by the body, unlike other "dietary" products.
For whom is the egg diet contraindicated?
Despite the simplicity of the egg diet and all the usefulness of eggs, for some this method of losing weight is contraindicated. "Sitting" on an egg diet is not recommended:
- with inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract: gastritis, peptic ulcer, colitis. Any weight correction in such cases is doomed with the attending physician, since in addition to eggs, citrus fruits are included in the diet and can provoke an imbalance in acidity.
- tendency to constipation and vice versa - diarrhea. This is a signal about metabolic problems, the work of the gastrointestinal tract, which requires not losing weight. A specialist advice
- diseases of the heart and blood vessels, especially atherosclerosis, as eggs are high in cholesterol
- liver and kidney diseases
- oncological diseases
- pregnancy and lactation
- individual intolerance and allergy to eggs and citrus fruits.
How the egg diet works: goals, objectives, results
In any variant of the egg diet, mainly cooked eggs "in the bag" are used, as well as boiled, scrambled or poached eggs. During 1 week of the egg diet, you can lose 2-3 kilograms, following the scheme of 6 eggs / 6 oranges per day. Between meals, be sure to drink clean water, green tea, fruit drinks or compotes without sugar.
If you want to use the 14-Day Egg Diet, eggs and oranges (or other citrus fruits) are suggested for breakfast, and an individual menu for lunch and dinner is under development. With the obligatory presence of protein, a minimum of carbohydrates, the rejection of fried foods. With such a diet, the result of losing excess weight is individual. But nutritionists note that on average they manage to lose 7 kg.
If you want to use a 4-week egg diet for the first 2 weeks, a two-week version is used, then the so-called results-fixing diet is added. Boiled low-fat varieties of fish and meat predominate in the diet, the amount of foods with fiber is increased to improve intestinal function. Such a diet helps to lose up to 25 kilograms of excess fat accumulation. It is important to drink enough fluids and not eat eggs that are half cooked and raw.
Thus, for a week of the egg diet, you can correct the figure, tighten the skin. In 2 weeks - to achieve a tangible result in weight loss, and in 4 weeks - to consolidate the result, normalize digestion and get used to a healthy diet. However, to maintain harmony, a healthy diet is not enough, it is necessary to be physically active or play sports.