The 6-petalled diet has a beautiful name that strangers associate with flowers. In fact, each chamomile petal is a day of a certain monodiet, that is, it means using only one specific type of product.
Thanks to this food system you can lose weight quickly and easily. It turns out to get rid of 500 g per day, and the results in 2 cycles will be stunning - about 7 kg.
The essence of the diet
The 6-petalled diet was created by Anna Johansson. He is a famous Swedish nutritionist. Nutritional weight loss system approved by the Dietetic Association. Studies have shown that people lose 500 grams a day, and sometimes up to 800 grams. At the same time, their general health remains good.
At the end, additional medical examinations of the volunteers were performed. The results showed that the health of the participants in the program has improved. In other words, the 6-petalled diet not only helps you lose weight, but also strengthens your body.
The duration of such a course is 6 days (hence the name of the diet). The main principle is a separate diet, thanks to which the effect of weight loss is achieved. For 6 days you should adhere to different monodiet - one per day. The sequence should not be disturbed, as this is an alternation of carbohydrate and protein days.
Within one day you will need to eat foods that belong to the same food category. The order is as follows:
- Fish day.
- Vegetable day.
- Chicken day.
- Grain day.
- Cottage cheese day.
- Fruit Day.
To avoid consuming more calories than you need, you should measure food portions every day:
- fish - not 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 advises to make a flower with 6 petals on which to write monodiet to maintain motivation. Hence the name associated with the plant, although in fact flowers and herbs are not used. You can hang such a house chamomile in a prominent place and view it every time there is a high probability of damage. Peeling a petal every day makes it easier to endure a hunger strike.
Contraindications
But you are not always allowed to embark on such a simple and at the same time unusual diet. There are contraindications for it, because thanks to such a food system the weight decreases sharply. As a result, the body experiences severe stress and if there are diseased organs, their functions will be impaired.
Contraindications include:
- diabetes mellitus;
- diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (especially gastritis and peptic ulcer disease);
- renal pathologies;
- diseases of the endocrine system;
- cardiovascular disease.
Such a diet is also strongly contraindicated for pregnant and lactating women. This also applies to people who are on special medical nutrition or are recovering from surgery. The diet is not used for concomitant medication.
The technique is not suitable for people whose work involves severe physical, emotional and mental stress. Due to such a diet, the concentration of attention decreases, which affects the ability to work.
Authorized and prohibited products
To compose the menu correctly, you need to know the permitted foods during monodiet.
Prohibited foods should also be remembered. These include:
- all kinds of sweets;
- oil and vegetable oil;
- bakery, confectionery, baked goods; canned food, pickles, marinades;
- smoked meats;
- fast food, semi-finished products;
- alcoholic and carbonated drinks, energy drinks.
Dietary fish is allowed during the fish day. This category includes pollock, blue whiting, tuna, flounder, pike, hake, trout. Fish with a high concentration of fat and protein are allowed. This applies to perch, carp, horse mackerel, pink salmon. Fatty is also suitable, so you can use mackerel, lamprey, eel, flounder, herring, salmon. As a supplement, seafood is allowed: shrimp, octopus, squid. Algae are also allowed on this day. These foods can be cooked, grilled or steamed.
Various vegetables are allowed on the vegetable day. But as an additive are allowed spices, lemon juice, herbs, garlic. Vegetables can be consumed raw, stewed, roasted, freshly squeezed juices.
The chicken one-day monodiet is so called only conditionally. In fact, you can eat beef fillets, turkey, beef. The bark is believed to have been removed. You can cook them in any way, just do not fry.
Buckwheat, oats, pearl barley, rice, millet, bran are allowed during the grain day. Cereal chips are also allowed. You can supplement them with nuts. Yogurt, milk, cheese and 1 chicken egg are also allowed with cottage cheese. But all products must be natural.
On the last (fruit) day are allowed:
- apples;
- oranges;
- pears;
- pineapple;
- plums;
- kiwi;
- watermelon;
- grenades;
- cherry;
- cherry;
- blackcurrant;
- шипка;
- blueberries;
- raspberries;
- berries;
- cranberry;
- lemon;
- var;
- grapefruit;
- pomelo.
Dried apricots and prunes are allowed from dried fruits. They can be eaten raw, baked in the oven or drunk fresh. In this diet, salt is considered legal, but the amount must be reduced if you want to achieve good results.
It is imperative to maintain a drinking regimen. It is assumed to drink 1, 5 liters of clean water a day. Green and black tea, coffee (but without milk) are allowed. Sugar cannot be added to drinks. Yeast is allowed to be drunk during the grain day, but beer is strictly forbidden. During the cottage cheese diet is allowed to drink milk, but not more than 100 ml. Kefir is also suitable if there are no contraindications. In a fruit and vegetable day it is supposed to drink not only freshly squeezed juices, but also fresh juices, cocktails, smoothies.
Daily menu
For the "6 petals" diet, a sample menu has been developed for each day, indicating the time of eating. Breakfast is at 8: 00, lunch at 11: 00, lunch at 14: 00, afternoon tea at 17: 00 and dinner at 20: 00.
This diet is balanced, so nutritionists advise not to change anything in 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);
- breakfast: steamed fish with spices;
- dinner: boiled fish.
It is allowed to drink fish broth during the day
Vegetable Day
Menu:
- breakfast: fresh vegetable salad;
- second breakfast: mashed potatoes without butter;
- lunch: vegetable soup;
- breakfast: steamed vegetables;
- Dinner: stewed vegetables with spices.
Fresh vegetable juices are allowed throughout the day.
Chicken Day
Menu:
- breakfast: boiled chicken fillet;
- second breakfast: chicken breast baked in the oven with spices;
- lunch: chicken broth with herbs;
- breakfast: grilled meat;
- Dinner: boiled chicken breast.
Low fat broth is allowed throughout the day.
Grain Day
Menu:
- breakfast: boiled wheat germ;
- second breakfast: buckwheat porridge;
- lunch: boiled rice;
- snack: oatmeal;
- dinner: buckwheat porridge and herbs.
Homemade yeast is allowed throughout the day.
Boiled day
Menu:
- breakfast: cottage cheese and 2 tablespoons yogurt;
- second breakfast: cottage cheese and 100 ml of milk;
- lunch: cottage cheese;
- breakfast: cottage cheese with milk;
- dinner: cottage cheese.
It is allowed to 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 kiwis and 200 g pineapple;
- Dinner: 3 green apples.
During the day it is allowed to drink herbal decoctions, freshly squeezed fruit and forest juices, half diluted with water.
Stop the diet
Before returning to your usual diet, it is necessary to record the result of weight loss during the diet. To do this, the following rules must be followed:
- It takes a long time to keep eating diet products.
- For the first time since the end of the 6-petalled diet, it is recommended to gradually mix protein and carbohydrate meals a day. And after a while, supplement it with other ingredients.
- It is imperative that you continue to adhere to the principle of separate eating.
- Daily calorie intake should be increased gradually. First up to 1600 kcal, then up to 1800 kcal.
- Don't forget about physical activity. They will help you maintain your weight loss results.
To maintain your own health, you are allowed to switch to a 6-petalled diet no more than once a month. This applies to one cycle. If the double course option (12 days) is chosen, then it is allowed to practice no more than 4 times a year.
Recipes
To diversify your weight loss menu, you can use the following diet recipes.
Baked mint
You will need:
- pollock - 1 pc. ;
- salt and herbs to taste.
Preparation:
- Clean and rinse the fish carcass.
- Put some vegetables inside and season with salt.
- Bake in the oven until crusty.
Pepper stuffed with vegetables
You will need:
- bell - 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 crush the garlic.
- Mix everything and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Finely chop the zucchini and add to the remaining ingredients.
- Keep simmering until semi-finished. A little salt is allowed.
- Cut a box of pepper seeds and place the vegetable mass inside.
- Insert 20 minutes.
Chicken in its own juice
You will need:
- chicken breasts - 2 pcs. ;
- salt and herbs to taste.
Preparation:
- Rinse the meat and season with salt and herbs.
- Put in a saucepan and simmer on low heat for 3 hours. Do not add water or oil. The lid of the container must be closed.
Buckwheat cutlets
You will need:
- buckwheat - 100 g;
- salt and herbs to taste.
Preparation:
- Pour the beans with salted boiling water and wait an hour.
- Cool.
- Grind in a blender and add herbs. You should get a homogeneous mass.
- Form cutlets out of it and bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
Cottage cheese pancakes
You will need:
- semolina - 15 g;
- cottage cheese - 300 g;
- egg - 1 pc.
Preparation:
- Grind the curd and mix with the egg.
- Form balls and roll them in semolina.
- Bake in the oven until the dish is done.
Green smoothie
You will need:
- kiwi - 2 pcs. ;
- banana - 1 pc. ;
- freshly squeezed apple juice - 50 ml.
Preparation:
- Grind banana and kiwi in a blender.
- Mix with apple juice.
Any fruit is allowed instead of kiwi and banana.
Eggplant vegetable soup
You will need:
- carrots - 1 pc. ;
- eggplant - 1 pc. ;
- tomatoes - 2 pcs. ;
- bow - 2 pcs. ;
- garlic - 1 clove;
- basil, dill - to taste;
- black pepper, salt - to taste;
- water - 750 ml.
Preparation:
- Cut the vegetables.
- When the water boils, put them there in the following order: eggplants, carrots, onions, tomatoes, herbs.
- Cook for 20 minutes.
- Add spices.
Oat bars
You will need:
- porridge "Hercules" - 1 tbsp;
- cinnamon - to taste;
- vanillin - to taste;
- water - 1 tbsp.
Cooking requires:
- Pour liquid on the flakes of Hercules (1 cup). Wait until they become soft.
- Grind them in a blender until smooth.
- Add vanilla and cinnamon, mix everything.
- Spread everything in small portions on baking paper.
- Keep in the oven until the grills are dry.
Cottage cheese mousse
You will need:
- cottage cheese - 0, 5 kg;
- milk - 200 ml;
- cinnamon - to taste;
- sugar substitute - to taste.
Preparation:
- Grind the curd in a blender and add milk.
- Drizzle with sugar substitute and cinnamon to taste.
- Mix and beat until smooth.