Diet "Six petals"

Among the various ways to lose weight, the six-petal (or flower) diet stands out with a beautiful and intriguing name. Causes sweet associations: with a bee that feeds on nectar, and leaves flower petals for a woman who wants to lose weight. Unfortunately or fortunately, this is not entirely true. Although the imaginary six-petalled flower is really present - as a "tear-off calendar".

Is the diet safe?

Most mono-diets have undesirable consequences: protein can lead to intoxication, and excess fiber with carbohydrate methods causes flatulence. Is A. Johansson's diet safe, which consists of several mono-diets?

• Any technique, including the six-petal diet, requires compliance with the rules and order. If they are not violated, then a healthy person is not exposed to special risks. In the presence of contraindications, diets are not resorted to at all or agreed with the attending physician.

Eating within the Swedish system is quite simple; hunger does not torment, the body does not suffer from a long-term deficiency of certain nutritional components. Weight consistently decreases, and daily.

• Nevertheless, a long-term hobby for a diet is fraught with negative consequences and diseases.

Because, according to opponents of the technique, the entire set of nutrients should be supplied to the body daily, and not in the form of separate mono-rations. (I would argue with this opinion, because vegetarians live around us, as well as people who observe all church posts. And they feel great, and sometimes in this way they even get rid of chronic diseases that have tormented them for years! And these ways of eating are much longer than six-day Swedish diet).

This method of losing weight has several synonyms. By the name of the author - Anna Johansson's diet 6 petals. In fact - a mono-diet of 6 petals. According to an imaginary picture - a chamomile diet. The picture can be made real by depicting on paper in the form of a multi-colored flower with petals coming off one at a time. As the name implies, it lasts six days, and during this time it is really possible to lose from 3 to 5 kg.

• The Swedish nutritionist's six-petal diet is interesting because it allows you to eat everything, but not always.

Food alternates: each of the six days is given only the products of a separate category. In truth, many of us at certain periods eat the same way ourselves, unaware of the dietary nature of such a regimen.

Proteins alternate with carbohydrates, so the six-petal diet is considered balanced: the body does not have time to suffer from a lack of one or another substance in a short time. And thanks to the monotony of the daily diet, their own reserves, concentrated in fat depots, begin to be spent.

• They write that this is the diet preferred by Hollywood stars, and this may be true.

The information is not surprising, because beautiful legends are inherent in most weight loss methods. This is a moment of psychological impact and motivation: everyone wants to look like our idols. In fact, it is not so important which celebrity eats what: it is important that the system suits us personally.

Indications

The popular six-petal diet is suitable for all people who have no contraindications - for health reasons, age, physiological indications. The main indication for the appointment is to make the figure more slender.

What to do:

• eat fractionally, only one product;
• chew thoroughly;
• drink a lot, between meals;
• choose high-quality raw materials for dishes;
• take a minimum of salt and spices.

You cannot do the following:

• start a six-petal diet after an illness, when the body is weakened;
• prepare food for the future;
• to be lazy and move little;
• eat a daily portion at a time;
• drink with meals;
• break the sequence of days;
• salt and pepper dishes;
• eat sweets and spicy food;
• drink any alcohol.

For men

The popularity of the six-petal diet is provided not only by the female audience, which, as a rule, cares more about appearance and figure than the strong half of humanity. For men whose priorities include these items, this method of optimizing body weight is also suitable.

• To be honest, a man who diligently cuts and paints the petals brings a smile.

Therefore, either someone will do it for him, or the man will keep the “picture” in his head. Although psychologists consider the playful nature of the technique a guarantee of good mood and moral support.

• Men's diets are not too different from women's. For them, they only increase the diet - by 30% in comparison with women.

Recall that the Swedish system is six mono-diets in a row, promising amazing results. On each, the rule of separate nutrition is applied. For competing products act the other way around: they provoke the deposition of fat reserves.

• The Swedish nutritionist, and other European experts, claims that the same type of food during the day actively promotes weight loss.

This is due to the peculiarities of the functioning of the liver, which in such cases spends its own fat deposits for processing. A. Johansson assigns half of the success of the diet to the scheme of alternating carbohydrate and protein diets.

• Every day in this cycle performs its assigned role and prepares the body for the next mono-diet.

It is impossible to follow such a system to teenagers and young men in whom the body is just being formed and needs all the nutritional components. But men should remember that any diet gives a short-term effect, and in order to achieve weight stability, it is necessary to change not only the diet, but also the lifestyle.

After 50 years

Some sources report that after 50 years, all diets are contraindicated. As a rule, by this time there are already chronic diseases, and significantly sagging skin during weight loss can form ugly folds on the body, face and neck. Strict diets provoke exacerbation of diseases and skin problems, which are no easier to deal with than with excess weight.

• The six-petal diet is not very strict, but still at this age it is better to turn not to dietary methods, but to change the general concept of nutrition: to make healthy eating the rule of life.

Given that metabolism becomes less intense with age, it should be stimulated. A few tips to help you accomplish your goals:

1. Reduce or eliminate fatty foods and all sweets - from sweets to rich pastries.
2. Enrich the diet with seafood, fruit and vegetable products, cereals, sour-milk products, whole grain bread.
3. Do not abuse animal proteins.
4. Do not overeat: eat often, in smaller portions.
5. Pay attention to physical education (morning exercises, intensive walking).
6. Do not get involved in spicy and spicy foods, smoked products and fast food.
7. Drink enough water, herbal drinks.
8. / If necessary, take vitamin and mineral preparations.

Such activities will help to optimize weight without harming health and mental balance. And to preserve the natural beauty inherent in every age.

Diet 6 petals while breastfeeding

A nursing mother is responsible for the health and harmonious development of her child. A good mother does not abuse anything and eats not what she loves herself, but what is good for the baby. This is the mission of motherhood - to deny yourself pleasure, sleep and rest for the sake of your beloved child, in the care and communication with which her life is concluded. This period is not the time for food experiments and various diets, including 6 petals.

• None of the artificial products will replace mother's milk. It contains all the components necessary for the full growth and development of the child.

With natural feeding, the likelihood of colic and other gastrointestinal problems is minimized. It provides the closest contact of the newborn with the mother, psychologically supports him, gives a sense of security and security. It is impossible to overestimate the importance of this process, therefore, only extremely weighty reasons can justify a mother who refuses to breastfeed.

• And certainly not the desire to go on a diet of 6 petals while breastfeeding!

Of course, the high quality of milk is ensured, among other things, by a balanced diet for mommy. Fresh food prepared in the right way is the diet of a nursing mother, and not increased attention to the figure and taking care of yourself, your beloved. Experienced women assure that with a healthy lifestyle and lifestyle, over time, the weight is reduced to normal, and the figure returns to optimal parameters. If they, of course, were available before the start of pregnancy.

General information of the six petal diet

Each of the days can be considered a mono-diet: one day - one diet: fish, vegetables, chicken, cereals, cottage cheese, fruit. The essence of the diet is in the alternate combination of protein and carbohydrate diets. Having passed the day, we tear off another six-flowered chamomile petal (by analogy with a tear-off calendar). If you start from Monday, then by Sunday you can “reap the benefits”: minus 3–5 kg is guaranteed!

• In addition to the quality of the products, in the six-petal diet, their quantity and the method of cooking are important. Another rule is not to change products among themselves.

So, fish is eaten boiled or baked, only half a kilogram per day. One-time portions are formed at your discretion.

Of vegetables, they prefer white-green shades, with a total weight of one and a half kilos. Choose one favorite or different vegetables.

The third petal, that is, the day, is again protein. It is necessary to eat chicken fillet, daily portion - 500 g.

The fourth day is spent on cereals. Cereals can be alternated or choose one. It is best to take buckwheat, millet or unpeeled rice, 200 g.

Cottage cheese day dictates its own rules: you should consume 0.5 kg of a product of low or medium fat content.

“For dessert”, as expected, - fruit. The recommended amount is 1.5 kg of fruits that are not too sweet, without starch.

Drinking is not limited: during all six days you should drink water, fresh juices, teas. On some days - kvass, kefir, milk.

How many are on the 6 petal diet?

The clear framework of the six-petal diet is limited by the number of one-day mono-diets - “petals”. This is one circle, which often ends everything. Having achieved the desired weight loss, the woman stops following this pattern and returns to the usual menu .

But when it comes to losing more weight and developing healthy eating habits, one circle is hardly enough. How many are on a 6 petal diet in such cases depends on several factors:

• initial weight and physique;
• ultimate goal;
• dietary discipline;
• health and well-being after each round;
• age;
• lifestyle.

People with weight parameters close to normal cannot count on strong weight loss. Those who have a significant excess of mass and are on a diet for the first time will be pleased with the results, even after the first six days.

• Several circles can bring the figure closer to the ideal. Nevertheless, it is unsafe to repeat the petal technique more than four times in a row.

Should I rest between rounds? There is no consensus on this. They say that one or two days off are desirable. This will help distract from boring mono-diets and reduce the likelihood of a breakdown.

• When arranging a vacation, do not pounce on the food that you missed during the diet week. Practice a normal, balanced diet, avoiding too rich, fatty and sugary foods.

If the weight is reduced according to the plan and there is no particular discomfort, then you can refuse the weekend and continue in the same spirit for the next six-day period.

How much can you lose kg?

Starting any diet, each of us first of all is interested in how many kilograms can be thrown off and for what period. A normal indicator is one and a half to two kilograms for the first six days. It also happens that the weight seems to be returning, but this is a misleading picture: it’s just that on certain days of the six-lobe (grain) diet, fluid retention occurs in the body. And when the protein day comes, the liquid is excreted and it becomes clear that the body weight has nevertheless decreased.

• According to observations, weight loss is more likely in people who are sufficiently overweight. They talk about 4 kg per week, and the record is 8 kg.

With indicators close to the norm, the weight does not decrease so intensively. Such rates of weight loss are typical for many diets, not only for the Swedish, developed by A. Johansson.

Daily weight loss ranges from 500 to 900 g. For 2-3 weeks of such a diet, you can reduce weight to 15 kg. The reviews also name more tangible plumb lines, up to a kilogram per day, and even a fantastic minus 7 kg in a six-day period!

• If after the first cycle you are satisfied with the result, smoothly switch to a traditional healthy diet. If losing weight is not enough, continue the petal technique on the next circle.

How often can you repeat?

Few people stop at one round of the six petal diet. During this time, the majority only manages to correct the weight, and before that it was not too much over the norm. For more tangible results, it is advisable to continue the nutrition system, having previously found out for yourself how often you can repeat “petal mono days”.

• History is silent about exactly how the author of the technique recommends “circling on the petals”. Like two cycles with a week break. If overweight is 15 or more kilograms, the body will need a rest of 3-4 days.

The authors of articles and reviews on this topic are inclined to think that there is a lot of individuality in all this: who loses how much per day or per circle, and how they endure the diet, and how long they can withstand repeated days and circles. Summarizing the information, the following options emerge:

• two circles with a break of 3-4 days;
• one day break
• one round once a month constantly.

Some repeat 5 cycles, with short breaks, although experts recommend a maximum of four. It has been observed that frequent repetitions are not as effective as one-time six-day sessions every month. Because the body gets used to the diet and stops responding by dropping mass. In addition, continuous circles cause fatigue and eating monotonous foods. A plateau effect can occur when the weight stays in place, and the losing weight loses all motivation to continue dieting.

• A series of mono-diets, regardless of the number of cycles, is not recommended to be used more than once a year.

Due to the fact that weight loss occurs gradually, such defects as sagging of the skin do not form. This is a big plus, because it saves the thinner from cosmetic problems.

How many circles can you do?

Those who have achieved any result are always interested in how many circles can be done. Experts answer that it all depends on health, as well as on whether you are satisfied with the outcome of the first cycle. One six-day diet is more than enough for someone, and someone is ready for several repetitions of the Swedish six-petal diet.

• It is up to you to choose, but without overzealousness, remembering the saying "What is overdone is not healthy."

Nutritionists strongly advise limiting yourself to the four circles of the petal diet. Starting the second round, take a one-day break to take a break from the strict regimen. On this day, eat ordinary food, except flour and sweets.

• There are other recommendations: take a break for two whole weeks.

Regardless of the number of circles, remember that health and shape are maintained in the norm not so much by a short-term diet as by everyday nutrition. Having reached the optimal weight, use a healthy diet developed by leading experts, and the effect of losing weight will last as long as possible, and maybe become permanent. And in the future, neither debilitating diets nor severe food restrictions will be required.

• The effectiveness of A. Johansson's system is based on separate consumption, which allows the body to take only useful components from incoming food. The system is designed in such a way that losing weight does not experience either hunger or stress.

For clarity, an imaginary flower can be cut out of paper and brightly colored. Tearing off a petal, you will sum up the results of each day and visually see the approach to the goal for which you took up the procedure.

Benefits

The author of the technique believes that starving, even with the noble goal of losing weight, is inappropriate. Hunger, especially in women, leads to depression, stress, hormonal imbalance. The six-petal diet ration she developed not only relieves this unpleasant feeling, but also allows you not to sludge the body, and also to use its energy reserves to ensure life. Due to this, real weight loss occurs, that is, a decrease in fat reserves.

• Tearing off petals from a paper flower symbolizes small daily victories and steps towards success.

The benefits of a diet can turn into harm if it is extended indefinitely, without paying attention to the advice of nutritionists and the well-being of the body. Subject to the rules, a person receives:

• significant weight loss;
• improving well-being;
• saturation with a variety of nutritional components;
• cleansing of harmful metabolic products.

What can and what can not?

When getting acquainted with dietary techniques, the answer to a reasonable question is often the decisive factor, what can I eat? It is unlikely that anyone wants to give up most products, even for the sake of weight loss.

The six-petal diet is very loyal in this regard. During the dietary period, losing weight in turn consumes all categories of products: from meat to fruits. The principle of the system is not to disturb the sequence of carbohydrate and protein "petals" and to cook food correctly.

During the six days we eat the following:

• fish;
• vegetables;
• chicken fillet;
• cereals;
• cottage cheese;
• fruit.

Fish is protein and omega 3 fatty acids. The product is stewed, boiled, baked or steamed. All varieties of marine and freshwater species are suitable: hake, pollock, tuna, carp, pink salmon, herring, eel, etc. Seafood is good too.

The fruits of the fields and gardens are prepared in the same way. For variety, combine different types of vegetables. These are suppliers of vitamins, microelements, organic acids.

Chicken breast fillets provide pure protein. A 200 g serving of broth is allowed in which chicken is cooked. Steam cutlets, baked and stewed fillets allow you to diversify the diet.

The fourth day is designed to saturate the body with complex carbohydrates. Allowed cereals, bread, bran, buckwheat pancakes, germinated seeds, even seeds.

The creative day speaks for itself. But this does not mean that only pure cheese is present on the menu. Yogurt and milk are also good.

Fruit day gives room for imagination. Fresh juices, smoothies, salads in assortment, baked apples and pears with raisins, fresh and thawed berries will appeal to any gourmet. On this day, it is recommended to rest and not abuse physical activity.

During the six-petal diet, the daily amount of food is divided into five to six portions and chewed well before swallowing. Eat slowly, without drinking water. A cup of water can be drunk before meals, and then - in between meals, and without restriction.

For convenience, write down the diet for each day in advance. Of course, it won’t get something that you can’t eat? Namely:

• sugar-containing food, flour confectionery, chocolate;
• smoked meats, pickled and salted foods;
• fried and fatty foods;
• fast food;
• colored sodas, sweet industrial juices.

Allowed foods should be prepared according to dietary rules: boil, stew, bake, use a steam and slow cooker. Take low-fat cottage cheese, fillet, do not abuse seasonings, especially salt. Cook before cooking.

Drink water, green tea, some unsweetened coffee. You can not eat low-quality or expired products, stale dishes. All alcoholic beverages are prohibited, even with a low degree.

Is it possible:

Real weight loss - if the weight is reduced due to a decrease in fat reserves, and not due to the removal of fluid or bowel cleansing. Subsequent drinking will still make up for the loss of fluid, and solid food will fill the intestines.

The six petal diet takes these subtleties into account and promises to lose weight by burning your own fat. By eating the indicated foods, a dieter can lose 500 to 800 grams daily.

It remains to clarify the role and significance of other products that are not indicated in the mono-diet diet. Favorite coffee, sweet honey, mushrooms and eggs - are they allowed or prohibited? Let's try to answer.

• Is it possible honey?

Strict protein days, which are many in the six-petal diet, cause a drop in blood sugar. This is manifested by poor health, headache, up to fainting. In such cases, honey becomes a medicine. Just a spoonful of sweet will even out the sugar level and bring to life a losing weight person.

• Can I have coffee?

During the 6 petal diet, it is recommended to drink water and green tea. This, so to speak, is a classic that coffee lovers do not like and they “beg” for themselves at least a morning portion - “to wake up”. Going towards such people, nutritionists allowed this portion, but with a strict reservation: only black coffee, without sugar, milk, cream!

• Can mushrooms?

Sometimes dieters ask strange questions: is it possible, is it possible? In the petal diet, like in no other, all foods are clearly listed and days are named after them. Since there is no mushroom day, the question about mushrooms is inappropriate. Despite the fact that mushrooms are also protein. What kind of diet is this if you don’t deny yourself anything?

• Can I have eggs?

The white part of the egg is a source of natural protein and it seems to many that they are quite appropriate on a protein day. Nutritionists explain it in their own way. In the first circles, egg white is prohibited. An exception applies to dishes that require the addition of eggs according to the technology (cottage cheese casseroles, chicken steam cutlets). An egg instead of cottage cheese is allowed no earlier than on the 5th cycle of the diet, when proper nutrition is already becoming a habit.

Contraindications

The nutrition system called the six-petal diet is shown to all categories of people who do not have health problems. Contraindications are chronic diseases of the digestive organs, diabetes, kidney and heart pathologies.

You can not experiment with diets for women during pregnancy and lactation, as well as other patients who are prescribed special nutritional conditions or therapeutic diets. To avoid confusion, before starting any diet, you should consult with your family doctor or your doctor.

Possible risks

Healthy people usually tolerate the six-petal diet easily. It does not cause severe hunger, it supplies all the necessary components in turn, so it does not deplete the body.

• Yet there are risks associated with the diet.

They are associated with metabolic processes, in particular, with the fact that with frequent repetitions, lipids are burned along with fats. And this can lead to a critical decrease in muscle mass.

Headache on diet

With many diets, those who lose weight have a headache, and there is an explanation for this. During the diet of six petals, due to active metabolic processes, intermediate metabolites of a toxic nature are formed. They adversely affect the brain and body cells.

The function of the liver is to neutralize these toxins, and this process is accompanied by unpleasant sensations: headache, nausea, even vomiting.

• Little is written about this in articles and does not say at all whether these pains can be prevented. But there are a lot of complaints in the reviews.

The pains begin from the third or fourth day. Drowsiness, loss of strength, severe malaise forces some losing weight to stop the diet. But even those who endured all the inconveniences associated with the diet and achieved results are not always ready to repeat such a feat in the future.

However, not everyone has a headache: there are enough people who regularly use this technique and are satisfied with the results. This is due to individual differences between organisms and the unequal psychological motivation of those who go on a diet.

Complications

During the six petal diet, bad breath may appear. This is due to the digestion of a large amount of proteins.

• It is important not to lower the calorie content to a critical level - 500 kcal: this adversely affects the functions of the thyroid gland. Lack of fat leads to a deterioration in the condition of the hair and skin, impaired immunity.

Possible complications depend on the state of health and characteristics of the organism. It even happens that after surviving several half-starved days, a person discovers that the weight has not only not decreased, but even increased! And if decreased, then much less than expected. And this has a bad effect on the psychological state of a person deceived in the best expectations, and dismotivates for further attempts.

Way out of the six petal diet

As with other dietary systems, the correct exit from the six-petal diet is important. What does it mean? Let's break it down into points.

1. The first days after the six-petal diet, the same foods should prevail in the diet. New, more high-calorie, are included little by little and gradually.
2. Continue limiting fatty, starchy, sweet, and other unhealthy items in your daily menu. The body, accustomed to a dietary diet, will be eternally grateful to you.
3. Cook with a multi or double boiler, bake food in the oven or on the grill.
4. Let light exercise and a healthy lifestyle become a lifelong habit.
5. And about your favorite drinks: a serving of coffee a day has never hurt anyone. And green tea and herbs not only quench your thirst, but also promote weight loss.

The promised 800g per day, or a maximum of 5kg per week, is real under the specified conditions and rules. The correct output provides a long-term result of the implementation of the dietary system. Do not be disappointed if the maximum does not work out: there is always a correction in one direction or another, associated with the individual characteristics of the body.

Diet breakdown 6 petals

If there was a breakdown on the six-petal diet, you should rest and start losing weight again from the first monoday. Carrying on as if nothing happened is ineffective.

• Practical nutritionists reveal the concept of a breakdown and recommend self-hypnosis to avoid it.

The failure of the six-petal diet occurs when you uncontrollably want to eat something forbidden. To prevent this from happening, do not focus on the word “no”. Think about what is possible today, and transfer the forbidden to the seventh day, when the series of mono-diets ends.

Tell yourself that I will eat this chocolate bar, or barbecue, or sushi on Sunday (if I started on Monday). And today with pleasure I eat healthy cottage cheese, or vinaigrette, or sea fish.

• Experts assure that it is psychologically easier to perceive the phrase “today I don’t eat it, but I postpone it for later” than the words “I can’t do it.”

It may turn out that on the seventh day there will be a whole list of something tasty, but useless, but in fact, by that time you will already have cravings for most of these products.

Reviews of those who have lost weight

Elena, 45, writes that the six-petal diet helped her not only lose 5 kg, but also enjoy a varied and tasty diet. Satisfied are those who have lost at least 3 kg in a short time. In the reviews of those who have lost weight, they even write about the effect of rejuvenation, which manifested itself as a result of the diet.

• Those who were deceived in expectations or eked out a half-starved existence are not happy.

And also to whom the weight returned after a very short time. Many people cannot stand the headache and weakness that occurs by the evening of the third day or every day, problems with defecation.

Those who are accustomed not to overeat on ordinary days do not consider the diet “hungry” and do not understand those who, on the third day, walk in a semi-conscious state and declare “psychological exhaustion”. On the contrary, such people note during this period an increase in working capacity and an improvement in sleep. This once again emphasizes that there are individual characteristics of perception and the result obtained as a result of the diet.

Reviews of doctors

Positive about the six-petal diet is written by nutritionists who profess the principle of separate nutrition. In the reviews, doctors prescribing this technique emphasize the importance of the fact that the body, as a whole, receives good nutrition and does not suffer from a long-term lack of certain components. Everyone agrees that the petal version does not cause much harm to the body.

It is also reported that the Association of Dietitians (without specifying which country) observed the volunteers and, based on the test results, officially recognized the technique as a dietary way to lose weight.

Results and effectiveness

The first cycle of the six petal diet usually pleases: body weight is reduced by three to five kilograms. If this is enough, the diet can be stopped. Much depends on the initial mass. If we take the minimum-maximum, then the daily indicators fluctuate between 0.3 - 1.0 kg.

• If the results and effectiveness are insufficient, a second six-day period can be held.

And so four times, but no more, nutritionists recommend. There is a disagreement between nutritionists and gastroenterologists: if the former consider the immediate repetition of the cycle to be more effective, the latter recommend to wait and re-diet no earlier than two weeks later. During this time, the body will rest and be ready for the next weight loss.

• Obviously, you should listen to your well-being and make a decision based on your own feelings.

An added bonus is the cleansing of the body, as well as getting used to a healthier way of eating. For many it has become a permanent habit.

A person who has lost weight feels light and cheerful. But it should be remembered that constantly practiced diets are unfavorable for health.

Diet "favorite" or "6 petals", which is better

Those who have tried various methods of losing weight eventually ask themselves: my favorite diet or 6 petals, which is better in my case? Because the results are different and always depend on the individual susceptibility of the organism to certain features of the methods. The six-petal diet is no exception.

If you liked the petal mode, and the results are pleasing, then the answer is clear, and you can apply such a scheme from time to time when you urgently need to correct your already not too spoiled figure. In other cases, you will have to try other methods. In order not to torture yourself in a long search, contact a nutritionist who will expertly select an option based on specific parameters and health indicators. In this way, you will reduce possible risks and delays.

The sacramental question “what to eat to lose weight” is solved by the six-petal diet. It does not prohibit any group of products, only regulates their quantity, mode of preparation and use. The technique was based on the factor that monotonous food stimulates weight loss. This is an ideal technique for those who do not like strict restrictions, but are ready to eat fractionally, cut down portions.