The porridge diet, according to its “adepts”, helps to quickly, and most importantly – for a long time – get rid of extra pounds.
Benefits of the diet
The porridge diet, as its authors claim, can be used not only for weight loss – it is also great for detoxifying the body.
Among its other advantages are the ease of preparation of dishes, affordable cost of products and the absence of painful hunger strikes.
Due to the fact that porridges are slow (complex) carbohydrates, they provide a quick feeling of satiety, saturate the body with fiber, vitamins and minerals.
How much can you lose on porridge?
Weight loss on any diet is individual. On average, 2 to 5 kilograms are lost in 7 days. The greater the initial weight, the more you will lose.
Remember that weight loss on such a diet primarily occurs due to excess water.
Menu for 7 days
During the week, you should eat only one type of porridge every day. You have 8 cereals at your disposal. You can alternate them, trying not to repeat yourself.
A sample menu looks like this:
- Monday - millet porridge,
- Tuesday - oatmeal,
- Wednesday - rice porridge,
- Thursday – buckwheat porridge,
- Friday - corn porridge,
- Saturday - pearl barley,
- Sunday – wheat porridge.
To break the diet, you can leave semolina porridge, since it is the most caloric.
Author: Elena Shimanovskaya