The 6 Petals Diet has a pretty name that unknowing people associate with flowers. In fact, each chamomile petal is a day from a certain mono-diet, that is, the use of only one specific type of product is meant.
Thanks to this nutrition 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 kilograms.
The essence of the diet
The 6 Petal Diet was created by Anna Johansson. He is a renowned Swedish nutritionist. Weight loss food system approved by the Dietetic Association. Studies have been conducted that have shown that people lost 500 grams per day, and sometimes up to 800 grams. At the same time, their general health remained good.
At the end, additional 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 nutrition, thanks to which the slimming effect is achieved. For 6 days, you need to adhere to different mono-diets - one per day. The sequence should not be broken, as it is an alternation of carbohydrate and protein days.
Within one 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.
- Curd day.
- Fruit day.
To avoid consuming more calories than you need, you should measure portions of food every 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 advised making a flower with 6 petals on which to write mono diets to keep motivation. Hence the name associated with the plant appeared, although in fact flowers and herbs are not used. You can hang such a homemade chamomile in a prominent place and look at it every time there is a high probability of a breakdown. Tearing off a petal every day makes it much easier to endure a hunger strike.
Contraindications
But it is not always allowed to embark on such a simple and at the same time unusual diet. There are contraindications for her, since thanks to such a nutritional system, weight is sharply reduced. Because of this, the body experiences severe stress, and if there are diseased organs, then their functions will be disrupted.
Contraindications include:
- diabetes mellitus;
- diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (especially gastritis and peptic ulcer disease);
- renal pathologies;
- endocrine system diseases;
- cardiovascular diseases.
Such a diet is also categorically contraindicated for pregnant and breastfeeding women. This also applies to people who are on special medical nutrition or are recovering from surgery. With concurrent drug treatment, the diet is not applied.
The technique is not suitable for people whose work involves heavy physical, emotional and mental stress. Due to such nutrition, concentration of attention decreases, which affects the ability to work.
Allowed and Prohibited Products
In order to properly compose the menu, you need to know the permitted foods during mono-diets.
Prohibited foods should also be remembered. It includes:
- any sweets;
- butter and vegetable oil;
- bakery, confectionery, baked goods;
- canned food, pickles, marinades;
- smoked meats;
- fast foods, semi-finished products;
- alcoholic and carbonated drinks, energy drinks.
Diet fish allowed during fish day. This category includes pollock, blue whiting, tuna, flounder, pike perch, hake, trout. Fish with a high concentration of fats and proteins is allowed. This applies to perch, carp, horse mackerel, pink salmon. Fatty is also suitable, so you can use mackerel, lamprey, eel, halibut, herring, salmon. Seafood is allowed as a supplement: shrimp, octopus, squid. Seaweed is also allowed on this day. These foods can be boiled, grilled, or steamed.
Various vegetables are allowed on vegetable day. But as an addition, spices, lemon juice, herbs, garlic are allowed. Vegetables can be eaten raw, stewed, baked, drunk freshly squeezed juices.
Chicken one-day mono-diet is called so only conditionally. In fact, you can eat fillets of veal, turkey, beef. The peel is supposed to be removed. You can cook them in any way, just do not fry.
Buckwheat, oatmeal, pearl barley, rice, millet, bran are allowed during the cereal day. Cereal crisps are also allowed. You can supplement them with nuts. With curd day, yogurt, milk, cheese and 1 chicken egg are also allowed. But all products must be natural.
On the last (fruit) day, the following are allowed:
- apples;
- oranges;
- pears;
- pineapple;
- plums;
- kiwi;
- watermelon;
- grenades;
- cherry;
- cherry;
- currant;
- rosehip;
- blueberries;
- raspberries;
- strawberries;
- cranberry;
- lemon;
- lime;
- 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 its amount must be reduced if you want to achieve good results.
It is imperative to maintain a drinking regime. It is supposed to drink 1. 5 liters of clean water per day. Green and black tea, coffee (but no milk) are allowed. Sugar cannot be added to drinks. It is allowed to drink kvass during 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 also suitable if there are no contraindications. On a fruit and vegetable day, it is supposed to drink not only freshly squeezed juices, but also fresh juices, cocktails, smoothies.
Everyday Menu
For the "6 petals" diet, a sample menu has been developed for every day, indicating the time of meals. 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);
- 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: mashed potatoes without oil;
- lunch: vegetable soup;
- snack: 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;
- 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 herbs.
Homemade kvass is allowed throughout the 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 kiwi and 200 g 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.
Quitting the diet
Before returning to your usual diet, it is necessary to record the result of losing weight during the diet. This requires the following rules to be observed:
- For a long time, it is necessary to continue to eat dietary products.
- In the first time after the end of the 6-petal 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 to continue to adhere to the principle of separate feeding.
- The daily calorie intake should be increased gradually. First up to 1600 kcal, and then up to 1800 kcal.
- Do not forget about physical activity. They will help maintain your weight loss results.
In order to preserve your own health, it is allowed to switch to the 6-petal diet no more than once every 1 month. This applies to one cycle. If the option with a double course (12 days) is chosen, then it is allowed to practice it no more than 4 times a year.
Recipes
To diversify your weight loss 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 greens inside and season with salt.
- Bake in oven until crusty.
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.
- Chop the zucchini finely and add to the rest of the ingredients.
- Continue simmering until half cooked. A little salt is allowed.
- Cut a box with seeds from the pepper and place the vegetable mass inside.
- Put out 20 minutes.
Chicken in its own juice
You will need:
- chicken breast - 2 pcs. ;
- salt and herbs to taste.
Preparation:
- Rinse the meat and season with salt and herbs.
- Place in a saucepan and simmer over low heat for 3 hours. Do not add water or oil. The container lid must be closed.
Buckwheat cutlets
You will need:
- buckwheat - 100 g;
- salt and herbs to taste.
Preparation:
- Pour cereal with salted boiling water and wait an hour.
- Cool down.
- 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.
Vegetable eggplant soup
You will need:
- carrots - 1 pc . ;
- eggplant - 1 pc . ;
- tomatoes - 2 pcs. ;
- bow - 2 pcs. ;
- garlic - 1 clove;
- basil, dill - to taste;
- pepper, salt - to taste;
- water - 750 ml.
Preparation:
- Cut 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 into the Hercules flakes (1 glass). Wait until they become soft.
- Grind them in a blender until smooth.
- Add vanillin and cinnamon, mix everything.
- Spread 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 milk.
- Top with sugar substitute and cinnamon to taste.
- Mix and beat until smooth.