The 6 Petal Diet has a nice name that unwitting people associate with flowers. Each chamomile petal, in fact, is a day of a specific mono diet, that is, we mean the use of only one specific type of product.
Thanks to this nutritional system you can lose weight quickly and easily. It turns out that 500g per day is eliminated and the results in 2 cycles will be astounding: around 7 kilograms.
The essence of the diet
The 6 Petal Diet was created by Anna Johansson. He is a renowned Swedish nutritionist. Dietetic Association approved slimming food system. Studies have been conducted that have shown that people have lost 500 grams per day and sometimes up to 800 grams. At the same time, their overall health remained good.
At the end, further medical examinations of the volunteers were carried out. The results showed that the health of the program participants improved. In other words, the 6-petal 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 separate feeding, thanks to which the slimming effect is achieved. For 6 days, you need to adhere to several single diets, one per day. The sequence should not be interrupted, as it is an alternation of days of carbohydrates and proteins.
Within a day you will have to eat foods that belong to the same food category. The order is as follows:
- Fish day.
- Vegetable day.
- Chicken day.
- Grain day.
- Day of the curd.
- Fruit day.
To avoid consuming more calories than necessary, you should measure your food portions each 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 to write mono diets on to maintain motivation. Hence the name associated with the plant appeared, although in reality no flowers and herbs are used. You can hang such a homemade chamomile in a conspicuous place and look at it whenever there is a high probability of breakdown. Plucking one petal every day makes hunger strike much easier.
Contraindications
But it is not always permissible to undertake such a simple and at the same time unusual diet. There are contraindications for her, since thanks to such a nutritional system, the weight is drastically reduced. Because of this, the body experiences severe stress, and if there are diseased organs, their functions will be disrupted.
Contraindications include:
- diabetes mellitus;
- diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (in particular gastritis and peptic ulcer);
- kidney disease;
- diseases of the endocrine system;
- cardiovascular disease.
Such a diet is also categorically contraindicated for pregnant and breastfeeding women. This also applies to people on special medical nutrition or recovering from surgery. With concomitant drug treatment, the diet is not applied.
The technique is not suitable for people whose work involves severe physical, emotional and mental stress. Due to such nutrition, the concentration of attention decreases, which affects the ability to work.
Allowed and prohibited products
To correctly compose the menu, it is necessary to know the foods allowed during the mono-diets.
Forbidden foods should also be remembered. Includes:
- any sweet;
- butter and vegetable oil;
- bakery, pastry, bakery products;
- canned food, pickles, marinades;
- smoked meats;
- fast food, semi-finished products;
- Alcoholic and carbonated drinks, energy drinks.
Dietary fish allowed during the fish day. This category includes cod, blue whiting, tuna, flounder, zander, hake, trout. Fish with a high concentration of fat and protein is 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, octopus, squid. Algae are also allowed on this day. These foods can be boiled, grilled or steamed.
Various vegetables are allowed on the vegetable day. But in addition, spices, lemon juice, herbs, garlic are allowed. Vegetables can be eaten raw, stewed, baked, drunk freshly squeezed juices.
The one-day chicken diet is called so only conditionally. In fact, you can eat veal, turkey and beef fillets. The peel should be removed. You can cook them in any way, but don't fry them.
Buckwheat, oatmeal, pearl barley, rice, millet and bran are allowed during the cereal day. Cereal chips are also allowed. You can supplement them with nuts. Yogurt, milk, cheese and 1 chicken egg are also allowed with the curd. But all products must be natural.
On the last day (fruit), the following are allowed:
- apples;
- oranges;
- pears;
- pineapple;
- plums;
- kiwi;
- watermelon;
- grenades;
- cherry;
- cherry;
- currant;
- rose hips;
- blueberries;
- raspberries;
- strawberries;
- cranberry;
- lemon;
- lime;
- grapefruit;
- pomelo.
Dried apricots and prunes are allowed from dried fruit. They can be eaten raw, baked or drunk fresh. In this diet, salt is considered legal, but its quantity must be reduced if good results are to be obtained.
It is imperative to maintain an alcoholism regime. He should drink 1. 5 liters of clean water per day. Green and black tea, coffee (but not milk) are allowed. Sugar cannot be added to drinks. It is allowed to drink kvass on a cereal day, but beer is strictly prohibited. During the curd diet, it is allowed to drink milk, but not more than 100 ml. Kefir is suitable even if there are no contraindications. On a day of fruits and vegetables, he should 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 every day, indicating meal times. 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. Below is a detailed menu for the week.
Fish day
Menu:
- breakfast: boiled fish with spices;
- second breakfast: baked fish with aromatic herbs;
- lunch: fish soup without vegetables (thicken the broth);
- snack: 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: oil-free mashed potatoes;
- lunch: vegetable soup;
- snack: steamed vegetables;
- Dinner: stewed vegetables with spices.
Fresh vegetable juices are allowed all day.
Chicken Day
Menu:
- breakfast: boiled chicken fillet;
- second breakfast: baked chicken breast 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: boiled wheat germ;
- second breakfast: buckwheat porridge;
- lunch: boiled rice;
- snack: oatmeal;
- dinner: buckwheat porridge and aromatic herbs.
Homemade kvass is allowed all day.
Curd day
Menu:
- breakfast: cottage cheese and 2 tbsp. L. Yogurt;
- second breakfast: cottage cheese and 100 ml of milk;
- lunch: curd mass;
- snack: cottage cheese with milk;
- dinner: cottage cheese.
It is allowed to drink kefir and milk during the day.
Fruit day
Menu:
- breakfast: 200 g of cherries or strawberries;
- second breakfast: 1 pear;
- lunch: 3 plums and 1 orange;
- snack: 2 kiwis and 200 g of pineapple;
- Dinner: 3 green apples.
During the day it is allowed to drink herbal decoctions, freshly squeezed fruit and berry juices, diluted in half with water.
Discontinue the diet
Before returning to the usual diet, it is necessary to record the result of weight loss during the diet. To do this, you need to observe 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 to gradually mix meals of protein and carbohydrates per day. And after a while, supplement it with other ingredients.
- It is imperative to continue to adhere to the principle of separate feeding.
- The daily calorie intake should be gradually increased. First up to 1600 kcal and then up to 1800 kcal.
- Don't forget physical activity. They will help maintain your weight loss results.
In order to preserve one's health, it is allowed to switch to the 6-petal diet no more than once every month. This applies to one cycle. If you choose the option with a double course (12 days), it is allowed to practice it no more than 4 times a year.
Recipes
To diversify your slimming menu, you can use the following diet recipes.
Baked Pollock
You will need:
- pollock - 1 pc. ;
- salt and herbs to taste.
Preparation:
- Clean and rinse the fish carcass.
- Put some vegetables in and season with salt.
- Bake in the oven until crisp.
Pepper stuffed with vegetables
You will need:
- bell pepper - 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 courgettes and add them to the rest of the ingredients.
- Continue to simmer until half cooked. Some salt is allowed.
- Cut a box of pepper seeds and put the vegetable mass in it.
- Put out 20 minutes.
Chicken in its own juice
You will need:
- chicken breast - 2 pieces. ;
- salt and herbs to taste.
Preparation:
- Rinse the meat and season with salt and herbs.
- Place in a saucepan and simmer 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 cereals with boiling salted water and wait one hour.
- Cool down.
- Grind in a blender and add the herbs. You should get a homogeneous mass.
- Form cutlets 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.
- Shape into balls and roll them in the semolina.
- Bake in the oven until the dish is ready.
Green smoothie
You will need:
- kiwi - 2 pieces. ;
- 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.
Vegetable eggplant soup
You will 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 the vegetables.
- When the water is boiling, put them there in the following order: eggplant, carrot, onion, tomato, herb.
- Cook for 20 minutes.
- Add the spices.
Oat bars
You will need:
- "Hercules" porridge - 1 tablespoon;
- cinnamon - to taste;
- vanillin - to taste;
- water - 1 tbsp.
Cooking requires:
- Pour the liquid into the flakes of Hercules (1 glass). Wait for them to become soft.
- Grind them in a blender until smooth.
- Add vanillin and cinnamon, mix everything.
- Distribute everything in small portions on baking paper.
- Keep in the oven until the bars are dry.
Curd 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 the milk.
- Top with sugar substitute and cinnamon to taste.
- Stir and beat until smooth.