40-day diet

Problems of excess weight worry people both from the point of view of aesthetics and health. Excess weight is a burden on the spine and joints, high blood pressure, varicose veins, liver problems, the risk of diabetes. Many diets for weight loss have been invented, but willpower is also required to implement them and achieve results. Among them, there are extreme ones for quick fat loss and more long-term ones, providing for a gradual weight loss of up to 15 kg, without much harm to the body. Among them is a 40-day diet.

Indications

There are many diets for such a long period, but the common indications for their use are getting rid of unnecessary kilograms, general health improvement of the body, optimization of metabolic processes, normalization of the functions of the endocrine, cardiovascular, nervous systems, and reduction of "bad" cholesterol levels. This is the undoubted benefit of such nutrition systems.

General information 40-day diets

Each of the diets listed below has its own mechanism of action on the chemical reactions of the body, leading to weight loss and cleansing from various contaminants in the form of toxins, slags. The duration of the diets coincides with the Great Lent before the Christian Easter. True believers endure such a long restriction in food, so the 40-day diet is within the power of those who really want to lose weight. [ 1 ] Let's consider the essence of some of them:

• Lenten diet for 40 days - excludes meat, eggs, fish, dairy products, mayonnaise, baked goods, sweets, alcohol from the diet. The menu includes only Lenten food, including plant foods: some cereals (rice, oats, buckwheat), legumes, vegetables, fruits, vegetable fats in limited quantities, nuts, mushrooms.

Frequency of meals - 4-5 times, plenty of fluids to ensure the body's cleansing processes (tea, preferably herbal, compote, uzvar, plain or still mineral water);

• rice diet for 40 days - the beginning of this diet is preceded by a preparatory stage lasting 4 days. You need to prepare 4 jars, stick numbers on them. Put 3 tablespoons of brown unpolished rice in the first and pour 6 tablespoons of water. The next day, move this rice to jar No. 2, and put a new portion in the first. Shift the grain until all the jars are filled. Only on the fifth day after such manipulations does the diet begin.

Rice from the 4th container is cooked without adding oil and eaten for breakfast. After that, nothing is taken for 3 hours - neither food nor drink. The rest of the meals consist of any food, it is reasonable to refuse harmful food, not to abuse flour, fatty, spicy;

• 40-day drinking diet - based on a low-calorie liquid diet. It "turns off" the chewing reflex from participating in food, thereby weaning the body off stress eating. The menu includes dairy products with a fat content of no more than 3%, broths, pureed soups, vegetable smoothies, plenty of fluids and excludes sugar. You can eat everything that can be converted into puree;

• Malysheva's diet - is designed for a shorter period - 28 days. A unique set of products has been prepared for it, which is ready-made meals for 4 full meals, including frozen lunches and dinners. Breakfasts include muesli, cereals, which are brought to readiness with boiling water. All dishes have a low salt and sugar content. The set can be supplemented with low-fat kefir. If the body accepts it well and there are real results, it can be extended for all 40 days;

• lawyer's diet, minus 15 kg in 40 days - this nutrition system is a course divided into 4 10-day blocks, each of which has its own identical products with some variations. An important role is given to kefir.

Recipes

What can be recommended to cook, say, during a Lenten diet? Here are some recipes:

• Lenten borscht with mushrooms - soak beans and dried, preferably used, mushrooms overnight. Boil the beans and chopped mushrooms (do not pour out the liquid from the mushrooms, but strain and add to the pan). At this time, sauté the onion and carrot in sunflower oil, add the grated beetroot, mix everything, pour in the tomato juice and simmer over low heat under the lid. After checking that the beans are close to being fully cooked, add the potatoes cut into strips, then the shredded cabbage. After 10 minutes of boiling, add the contents of the frying pan. The borscht is ready in 20-30 minutes;
• lobio option - boil beans. Fry onions, carrots, mushrooms, tomatoes, pour beans there, hold for some time on the fire stirring to combine the shades of taste;
• stewed cabbage - chop the cabbage and pour boiling water over it. Prepare the dressing in the form of stewed onions, carrots, sweet peppers, tomatoes or tomato paste. Combine and simmer until done;
• salad - marinate onions, grill eggplant slices. Cut fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, combine with pre-prepared ingredients, season with vegetable oil, sprinkle with sesame seeds and chopped herbs.

What can and what can not?

What can you eat? We will provide a detailed menu for each day in the table. In the first ten days, you can eat the same amount of vegetables every day as on the first day. In addition, daily consumption of a liter of mineral water "Narzan" is recommended.

Days / Cycles	I	II	III	IV
1	Boiled potatoes in their skins (5 pcs.), vegetables (250 g)	Buckwheat (500g)	1l kefir	- « -
2	1l kefir	1kg apples	0.5 kg apples	1kg apples
3	0.5 kg cottage cheese	- « -	400g cottage cheese	0.5 kg cottage cheese
4	4 boiled eggs	0.5 kg boiled meat	5 eggs	0.5 kg meat
5	1l milk	0.5 kg chicken	1l kefir	1kg chicken
6	1kg boiled chicken	1.5 l kefir	250g cottage cheese	1.5 l kefir
7	1.5 kg apples	1kg grated carrots	- « -	- « -
8	0.5 l kefir	1.5 kg apples	4 bananas	1.5 kg apples
9	Buckwheat (no more than 0.5 kg)	- « -	- « -	- « -
10	5 potatoes	6 eggs	5 eggs	6 eggs

What should not be eaten? Sugar, salt, alcohol, and oil are excluded.

Contraindications

Any diet for weight loss suffers from "one-sidedness" and cannot provide the body with everything necessary for the harmonious functioning of all organs. It is not for nothing that they all warn about the need for a preliminary medical examination. And they are contraindicated for people with various chronic diseases, primarily with pathologies of the digestive tract, liver, kidneys, cardiovascular diseases. Their exacerbations are associated with possible complications and health risks, especially if we are talking about such long periods of abstinence from proper nutrition. [ 2 ]