The 6-petal diet has a pretty name that ignorant people associate with flowers. In fact, every chamomile leaf is one day away from a certain mono diet, that is, the use of only one certain product type is meant.
Thanks to this nutritional system, you can lose weight quickly and easily. It turns out to be removing 500g per day, and the results for 2 cycles will be staggering - about 7 kilograms.
The essence of the diet
The 6 Petal Diet was created by Anna Johansson. He is a renowned Swedish nutritionist. Weight loss system approved by the Dietetic Association. Studies have been done that have shown that people lost 500 grams a day and sometimes up to 800 grams. At the same time, her general health remained good.
In the end, additional medical examinations were carried out on the volunteers. The results showed that the health of the program participants improved. In other words, the 6 petal diet will not only help you lose weight, it will also strengthen your body.
The duration of such a course is 6 days (hence the name of the diet). The main principle is separate nutrition, through which the slimming effect is achieved. For 6 days you need to follow different mono diets - one per day. The sequence should not be interrupted as it is an alternation of carbohydrate and protein days.
Within one day you must eat foods that belong to the same food category. The order is as follows:
- Fish day.
- Vegetable Day.
- Chicken Day.
- Grain Day.
- Quark day.
- fruit day.
To avoid consuming more calories than you need, measure portions of food every day:
- fish - no more than 500 grams;
- vegetables - up to 1, 5 kg;
- meat - up to 500 grams;
- cereals - up to 200 g;
- cottage cheese - up to 500 grams;
- fruits and berries - up to 1, 5 kg.
Anna Johansson recommended making a flower with 6 petals on which mono diets should be written to keep motivation going. Hence the name associated with the plant appeared, although flowers and herbs are not actually used. You can hang such a homemade chamomile in a prominent place and look at it every time the probability of failure is high. Tearing off a petal every day makes it much easier to endure a hunger strike.
Contraindications
But it is not always permissible to embark on such a simple and at the same time unusual diet. There are contraindications to them, since thanks to such a nutritional system, weight is greatly reduced. Because of this, the body is exposed to great stress, and if there are diseased organs, their functions are disturbed.
Contraindications are:
- Diabetes mellitus;
- diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (especially gastritis and ulcer disease);
- kidney disease;
- diseases of the endocrine system;
- cardiovascular diseases.
Such a diet is also categorically contraindicated for pregnant and breastfeeding women. This also applies to people who are receiving special medical nutrition or are recovering from an operation. With simultaneous drug treatment, the diet is not used.
The technique is not suitable for people whose work is associated with strong physical, emotional and mental stress. Because of this diet, the concentration of attention decreases, which affects the ability to work.
Permitted and prohibited products
To properly compose the menu, you need to know what foods are allowed during a mono diet.
Prohibited foods should also be observed. It contains:
- all candy;
- butter and vegetable oil;
- Bakery, confectionery, baked goods;
- preserves, cucumbers, marinades;
- smoked meat;
- Fast food, semi-finished products;
- alcoholic and carbonated drinks, energy drinks.
Diet fish allowed during the fishing day. This category includes pollock, blue whiting, tuna, flounder, pikeperch, hake, trout. Fish with a high concentration of fats and proteins are allowed. This applies to perch, carp, horse mackerel, pink salmon. Fat is also suitable, so you can use mackerel, lamprey, eel, halibut, herring, salmon. Seafood is allowed as a supplement: shrimp, squid, squid. Seaweed is also allowed on this day. These foods can be boiled, grilled, or steamed.
Different types of vegetables are allowed on Vegetable Day. But in addition, spices, lemon juice, herbs, garlic are allowed. Vegetables can be eaten raw, steamed, baked, or drunk freshly squeezed juices.
One-day chicken mono diet is only traditionally called that. In fact, you can eat veal tenderloin, turkey, beef. The shell is to be removed. You can cook them any way, just not fry them.
Buckwheat, oatmeal, pearl barley, rice, millet and bran are allowed during Grain Day. Cereal chips are also allowed. You can supplement them with nuts. With quark, yoghurt, milk, cheese and 1 chicken egg are also allowed. But all products have to be natural.
On the last (fruit) day, the following is permitted:
- apples;
- oranges;
- pears;
- pineapple;
- plums;
- kiwi;
- watermelon;
- grenades;
- cherry;
- cherry;
- currant;
- rose hip;
- blueberries;
- raspberries;
- strawberries;
- cranberry;
- lemon;
- lime;
- grapefruit;
- grapefruit.
Dried apricots and plums are allowed from dried fruits. They can be eaten raw, baked in the oven or drunk fresh. As part of this diet, salt is considered legal, but its amount must be reduced if you want good results.
It is imperative to maintain a drinking regime. It is said to drink 1. 5 liters of clean water a day. Green and black tea, coffee (but no milk) are allowed. Sugar cannot be added to drinks. It is allowed to drink kvass on a cereal day, but beer is strictly prohibited. Milk may be drunk during the quark diet, but not more than 100 ml. Kefir is also suitable if there are no contraindications. On a fruit and vegetable day, it should not only drink freshly squeezed juices, but also fresh juices, cocktails, smoothies.
Daily menu
For the "6 petals" diet, a sample menu was developed for each day that shows the time of meals. Breakfast is at 8: 00 a. m. , lunch at 11: 00 a. m. , lunch at 2: 00 p. m. , afternoon tea at 5: 00 p. m. , and dinner at 8: 00 p. m.
This diet is balanced, so nutritionists advise not to change anything about it. Below is a detailed menu for the week.
Fish day
Menu:
- Breakfast: boiled fish with spices;
- second breakfast: fish baked in the oven with herbs;
- Lunch: fish soup without vegetables (thicken the broth);
- Snack: steamed fish with spices;
- Dinner: boiled fish.
You can drink fish broth during the day
Vegetable Day
Menu:
- Breakfast: fresh vegetable salad;
- second breakfast: mashed potatoes without oil;
- Lunch: vegetable soup;
- Snack: steamed vegetables;
- Dinner: steamed vegetables with spices.
Fresh vegetable juices are allowed all day.
Chicken Day
Menu:
- Breakfast: boiled chicken fillet;
- second breakfast: chicken breast baked in the oven with spices;
- Lunch: chicken broth with herbs;
- Snack: grilled meat;
- Dinner: boiled chicken breast.
Low-fat broth is allowed throughout the day.
Grain Day
Menu:
- Breakfast: cooked wheat germ;
- second breakfast: buckwheat porridge;
- lunch: boiled rice;
- Snack: oatmeal;
- Dinner: buckwheat porridge and herbs.
Homemade kvass is allowed all day.
Quark
Menu:
- Breakfast: cottage cheese and 2 tbsp. l. Yogurt;
- second breakfast: cottage cheese and 100 ml of milk;
- Lunch: Quark mass;
- Snack: cottage cheese with milk;
- Dinner: cottage cheese.
You can drink kefir and milk during the day.
Fruit Day
Menu:
- Breakfast: 200 g cherries or strawberries;
- second breakfast: 1 pear;
- lunch: 3 plums and 1 orange;
- Snack: 2 kiwi and 200 g pineapple;
- Dinner: 3 green apples.
During the day herbal boilers, freshly squeezed fruits and berry juices can be drunk, which are diluted in half with water.
End diet
Before returning to your normal diet, you need to record the result of losing weight while you diet. This requires compliance with the following rules:
- For a long time it is necessary to continue to eat diet products.
- For the first time after the end of the 6 petal diet, it is recommended that protein and carbohydrate meals be gradually mixed daily. And after a while, add other ingredients to it.
- It is imperative to continue to adhere to the principle of separate feeding.
- The daily calorie intake should be increased gradually. First up to 1600 kcal and then up to 1800 kcal.
- Don't forget about physical activity. They will help maintain your weight loss results.
In order to maintain your own health, you should not switch to the 6-petal diet more than once every 1 month. This applies to one cycle. If the option with a double course (12 days) is chosen, it cannot be practiced more than four times a year.
Recipes
To diversify your weight loss menu, you can use the following diet recipes.
Baked Pollock
You need:
- pollock - 1 pc. ; ;
- Salt and herbs to taste.
Preparation:
- Clean and rinse the fish carcass.
- Put some green in it and season it with salt.
- Bake in the oven until crispy.
Pepper stuffed with vegetables
You need:
- Paprika - 4 pcs. ;
- zucchini - half a vegetable;
- bow - 1 pc. ;
- tomato - 1 pc. ;
- carrots - 1 pc. ; ;
- Garlic - 2 cloves.
Preparation:
- Grind the carrots, chop the tomatoes, onions and mash the garlic.
- Mix everything and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Finely chop the zucchini and add to the remaining ingredients.
- Continue to simmer until half cooked. A little salt is allowed.
- Cut a box of seeds from the pepper and put the vegetable mixture inside.
- delete 20 minutes.
Chicken in its own juice
You need:
- Chicken Breast - 2 pcs. ;
- Salt and herbs to taste.
Preparation:
- Rinse the meat and season with salt and herbs.
- Put in a saucepan and simmer for 3 hours over low heat. Do not add water or oil. The container lid must be closed.
Buckwheat cutlets
You need:
- buckwheat - 100 g;
- Salt and herbs to taste.
Preparation:
- Pour cereal with boiling salted water and wait an hour.
- cool down.
- Grind in a blender and add herbs. You should get a homogeneous mass.
- Form the schnitzel out of it and bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
Cottage cheese pancakes
You need:
- semolina - 15 g;
- cottage cheese - 300 g;
- egg - 1 pc.
Preparation:
- Grind the curd and mix it with the egg.
- Make balls and roll them in semolina.
- Bake in the oven until the dish is ready.
Green smoothie
You need:
- Kiwi - 2 pcs. ;
- banana - 1 pc. ;
- freshly squeezed apple juice - 50 ml.
Preparation:
- Grind the banana and kiwi in a blender.
- Mix with apple juice.
Any fruit is allowed instead of kiwi and banana.
Vegetable eggplant soup
You need:
- Carrots - 1 pc. ;
- Eggplant - 1 pc. ;
- tomatoes - 2 pcs. ;
- bow - 2 pieces;
- garlic - 1 clove;
- basil, dill - to taste;
- pepper, salt - to taste;
- Water - 750 ml.
Preparation:
- Cut vegetables.
- When the water is boiling, put it there in the following order: eggplant, carrots, onions, tomatoes, herbs. Let simmer for 20 minutes.
- add spices.
Oat bar
You need:
- porridge "Hercules" - 1 tbsp;
- cinnamon - to taste;
- vanillin - to taste;
- water - 1 tbsp.
Cooking requires:
- Pour liquid into the Hercules flakes (1 glass). Wait for them to soften.
- Grind them in a blender until smooth.
- Add the vanillin and cinnamon, mix everything.
- Spread everything in small portions on baking paper.
- Keep in the oven until the bars are dry.
Quark mousse
You need:
- cottage cheese - 0, 5 kg;
- milk - 200 ml;
- cinnamon - to taste;
- Sugar substitute - to taste.
Preparation:
- Grind the quark in a blender and add milk.
- Top with sugar substitute and cinnamon as desired.
- Mix and stir until smooth.