Autumn is the season of the pumpkin.
Want to lose weight quickly? This unusually tasty and useful vegetable to help you! Pumpkin is used to prepare different diet and nutritious dishes from her cook a variety of cereals, bake cakes, prepare salads, soups and juices.
In order to lose weight fast, the pumpkin can be consumed in different forms like raw, and ready. But raw pumpkin is more useful – it is a factory of vitamins A, b, C, E, K, PP, T and mineral substances (magnesium, calcium, potassium, iron, fluorine, copper, etc.).
In the process of heat treatment of the nutrients can evaporate, so it is very valuable for those wishing to lose weight quickly pumpkin juice. This drink is perfect for those who suffer from insomnia and has an increased acidity of the stomach. Pectin, which is part of the pumpkin, provides a cleansing effect and removes toxins from the body. Pumpkin flesh is rich in fiber, which stimulates the bowels.
Despite such a rich composition, pumpkin refers to low-calorie foods that allows its use as a component of various diets for weight loss.
100 grams of pumpkin – 26 kcal. Almost the whole mass of the vegetable is water with dissolved mineral substances and vitamins.
During the pumpkin diet you can get rid of 7-8 pounds, depending on the composition of the daily menu and the presence of regular exercise.
Contraindications
Pumpkin seed diet is not good for those who suffer from bowel diseases, pregnant women and nursing mothers, children and the elderly, and this way of eating can not be applied after an illness. Be sure before starting a diet consult your doctor.
The principles of pumpkin diet
Pumpkin diet for weight loss lasts for 14 days. All this time, it is recommended to drink plenty of fluids: green unsweetened tea, mineral or plain water.
Two weeks are divided into blocks, each block consists of four days. Diet starts with the first day after fit the end of the fourth block starts first, back to the first day. Nutritionists do not recommend to follow this diet more than two weeks.
Indicative menu pumpkin diet for weight loss
The first day
Breakfast: pumpkin porridge without sugar (250 grams), salad from the pumpkin and pear (150 grams).
Lunch: soup-puree of fresh pumpkin (300 grams).
Dinner: casserole of dried apricots and pumpkin (250 grams).
The second day
Breakfast: pancakes made from pumpkin (200 grams).
Lunch: stuffed pumpkin in Hungarian ( 300 grams).
Dinner: pumpkin, pineapple, apples baked with prunes (250 grams).
The third day
Breakfast: pumpkin and Apple salad with walnuts (250 grams).
Lunch: chicken soup with pumpkin (300 grams).
Dinner: pumpkin baked in a pot ( 250 grams).
The fourth day
Breakfast: pumpkin porridge with millet grains (250 grams).
Lunch: Ossetian pie pumpkin (250 grams).
Dinner: pumpkin and Apple salad with cinnamon (250 grams).
