Where it all started
If you look at my photo, you will see that even now, at 42, I am quite a large man. But until I was 34, I didn’t notice any problems with my health or my energy level. But somehow, imperceptibly, a change in the facade occurred, well, bags under the eyes, the complexion of the skin darkened, the tummy began to bulge and hang over the trouser belt, lethargy and weakness in the mornings, I began to scratch the back of my head and wonder - why is this? I don’t smoke, I regularly go in for sports, but my work is mostly sedentary, and I’m not used to watching my diet, I live by the principle, “Whatever you have, you can eat...”
In my free time from my main classes, I began to become interested in the topic and began searching for a source of information, where, without any special medical frills and terms, in a form that was understandable and accessible to my brain, they explained how to deal with this, without resorting to the services of narrowly focused specialists.
One of the doctors, using a purely medical term, detoxification, that is, removing toxins and other harmful and debilitating things from the body, introduced a new direction - DETOX diet. It suited me like no other, because during the food restriction I did not have to experience a loss of strength (but I really wanted to eat, to be honest) and did not leave my usual working pace.
How to properly enter a detox diet
All the main provisions of the detox diet are very similar to others that do not bear this sonorous and alluring term. Before starting a diet, you should definitely see a therapist. The detox diet is contraindicated for pregnant women and nursing mothers. You cannot enter it if you have an inflammatory process somewhere or an exacerbation of a chronic disease.
First, you need to understand and accept that without overclocking, without preliminary preparation, you cannot put the full load on yourself. It is not right. Everything needs to be done smoothly, in a gentle manner, so that the body gets used to the new regime, no, not nutrition, life. Therefore, they begin detox one day a week for a month. Then, for the next three months, practice a 3-day diet, once every two weeks, and then you can switch to a 10-day detox regimen, 2-3 times a year.
Contraindications to the diet
Doctors do not recommend using this diet in winter. This is the time when the body is especially susceptible to viral infections, it lacks sun, and its immunity is reduced. Moreover, many vegetables and fruits on the shelves at this time of year cannot boast of quality at all, and instead of cleansing and losing weight, you can, on the contrary, gain excess weight, in addition to nitrate poisoning.
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The diet is strictly prohibited for:
- Gastrointestinal diseases;
- Pregnancy and lactation;
- Diseases of the cardiovascular system;
- Diabetes mellitus;
- Chronic diseases;
- Old age.
In any case, before using the diet, it is better to consult a doctor who can give specific recommendations and warnings.
Detox diet - prohibited foods
I won’t write much about what you should give up. If you've ever been on a diet, you know that:
- sugar,
- salt,
- smoked-fried,
- fish-meat,
- tobacco-alcohol,
- bread, buns, pastries
is strictly prohibited.
The main products to support the strength of our body will be fruits and vegetables, cereals, fermented milk products, chicken fillets and eggs. This is the base.
Well, then everything depends on you. There is no need to follow someone’s advice that offers ready-made menus planned for ten days. These are their passions. They felt this for themselves, and this does not mean that such a regime will be good for you. The main thing is to listen to your body, what it wants to consume today and right now.
How to start a cleansing program
The program has three stages. Compliance with them is important for the detox to be truly effective. To cleanse the body, you need to follow these steps:
- preparation – 1-2 days;
- diet – 3 days;
- exit from the diet – 2-3 days.
You need to leave the diet carefully, because if after the third day you load your body with fried foods, your body will experience stress. Let's look at the stages in more detail.
Preparation period
Preparing for a diet includes giving up a number of foods and normalizing your diet. This period requires removal from the diet:
- fried;
- flour;
- sweet;
- coffee;
- fat;
- salty;
- tobacco, alcohol.
In preparation for detox, you need to sleep at least 8 hours a day. It is forbidden to eat after 20:00, and you need to go to bed before 23:00. It is recommended to switch to vegetarian food, for example, cabbage salad for breakfast will be enough. Add onions to foods rich in fiber; they contain a lot of vitamins.
How to start a detox diet day
Any day out of the next ten should start with fruit. Not with tea, coffee, cocoa, they are also prohibited, but with a herbal decoction. There are many different herbs growing in our country and there are real magicians. This is St. John's wort, thyme, mint, fireweed, and many others that you already know.
During the day, you can organize porridge snacks several times, the main thing is a little at a time. Porridges made from the following cereals suited me very well as a snack:
pearl barley,
buckwheat,
quinoa.
The main thing is not to sugar the porridge when preparing it, add a little salt, and do not use butter. If it’s too difficult to snack on lean buckwheat, add a spoon (no more) of olive oil to the porridge.
Several times during the course, you must definitely eat lightly sprouted grains. They contain special substances not available from other sources. And they are very, very useful and necessary for our body. Also, several times per course you need to consume low-fat kefir, yogurt, up to 100 grams. cheese, a little chicken fillet, cooked without salt and a few chicken eggs.
When I saw the result
If you follow my recommendations, then, like me, you will see and feel the results after the second ten-day course. And this is in 3 months. My wife didn’t want to wait SO LONG and, along with a 3-day detox diet, she took special dietary supplements 2 times a month. It took a long time to choose dietary supplements and settled on Reduxal weight loss capsules. Because they do not contain a single gram of synthetic vitamins, only plant extracts. My wife’s results became noticeable after a month and a half, she became slimmer and lost 9 kg.
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My result is more impressive - 15 kg, but I also gave myself the maximum detox program. By the way, after the weight dropped, my belly didn’t disappear anywhere... Workouts that weren’t exhausting helped me reduce my trouser size; a 15-minute jog once a day was enough. No, now, instructions.
What foods can you use during a detox diet?
The main cleanser of the body is plant foods, so many consider detox to be one of the types of vegan nutrition. What foods can you eat without restrictions? By the way, “without restrictions” does not mean without measure, listen to your body, it is your best assistant.
Cauliflower, broccoli .
My wife and I immediately refused fresh white cabbage. Neither her nor my stomach is friendly with this vegetable. But we took out a 3-liter jar of sauerkraut and used it as an additive to porridge in the first half of the day. Broccoli and boiled cauliflower turned out to be my favorite vegetables. Beet . A necessary vegetable for proper liver function, it quickly cleanses the gastrointestinal tract and saturates the blood with iron.
Asparagus . You can eat asparagus without restrictions and without measure, as well as parsley and dill, if you want. Asparagus is rich in a substance such as coumarin, which normalizes sugar levels, vitamin B6 strengthens the walls of the heart.
Citrus fruits . Anything: oranges, tangerines, lemons, grapefruit. Personally, I eat citrus fruits only during the ten-day course; on other days my body craves tomatoes more.
Bell pepper . For our family, this is a unique vegetable, in addition to the fact that it is not addictive; during a diet, pepper gives a feeling of vigor, it contains a lot of vitamin C and A.
Bananas, apples, pears . Apples saturate the body with quite rare vitamin P, iron and fructose, which is necessary for brain function. Bananas remain a source of magnesium and potassium.
Artichokes . They have choleretic properties, improve metabolic processes and have an anti-inflammatory effect.
Sea kale . This is probably the only product that can provide our body with a sufficient amount of iodine. I will not discover America if I say that ALL residents of the metropolis experience iodine starvation, hence all thyroid diseases. Our shield, which serves as a reliable barrier against viruses and is responsible for the production of hormones from a constant iota deficiency, cannot cope and the first thing you feel is a chronic loss of strength.
Remember!
Iodized salt does not help the situation. Firstly, there is a minimal amount of iodine in such salt, secondly it evaporates naturally, and thirdly, at temperatures above 40 degrees it leaves the salt completely.
Sprouted grain. To obtain sprouts, a sufficiently pure grain of wheat and barley is required. Pour water over the oats and place in a warm place. In a day you will see that the grain is growing; within two days you should eat the sprouts. This is a unique natural dietary supplement that will saturate the body with ALL microelements.
Smoothies and herbal tea are part of the detox diet; on the menu for 10 days I prepare various smoothies 5-7 times a day, in between I snack on porridge and sprouts. My wife eats (or drinks) only smoothies for three days, eats sprouts, and refuses porridge.
All these products are very effective for cleansing the body and have no contraindications, unlike juice therapy, when juices must be taken in strict proportions and strictly according to the regimen.
Who needs a detox program and what is it?
This is a short-term course of action aimed at stimulating cleansing of the body at all levels. This concept itself is based on therapeutic fasting, drinking large amounts of liquid, limiting oneself from everything unnecessary. You could say this is a time-out for the body for the sake of physical and energetic recovery. After completing the cycle, you will feel much better, lose a few kilograms, feel fresher, plus, you will be able to feel what exactly your body really wants.
Detoxification is necessary to cleanse the body
A detox program at home is much more pleasant than in fashionable spa centers, because it is still a certain stress, and at home, as they say, even the walls are protected. You can prepare on all fronts, eliminate possible temptations and develop steps in advance to achieve your goal - a stunning appearance and lightness throughout your body.
A cleansing program will be needed if you:
- Prone to fullness and swelling
- Have problem skin (allergies, rashes, acne, redness)
- Do you want to get rid of cellulite and excess fat?
- Tired of restless sleep, periodically waking up in the middle of the night for no reason
- Susceptible to frequent headaches
- You suffer from digestive problems (discomfort, heaviness, bloating, constipation)
- Want to strengthen your immune system
- You lack energy and are constantly tired
Advice: during the detox cleansing program, give preference to sports training, and especially cardio exercises. This will give you the opportunity to sweat thoroughly and speed up the removal of toxins from the body.
Before we begin selecting a program for the week, let's figure out how this newfangled system works in general. The detox program has a lot of positive reviews because the results come quickly. On average after 3–10 days. Now more about the action. Roughly speaking, we remove from the body the heavy load that it experiences daily during the digestion of solid food. And this is a huge number of incompatible products. An incredible amount of energy is released. This is what the body spends on recovery. Harmful microorganisms die, fat melts, and the overall level of toxins decreases.
The basis of the detox is nutritious smoothies and cocktails
But there are also some contraindications: pregnant and nursing mothers, minors, those suffering from diseases (diabetes, serious stomach diseases, heart disease) and people who are too thin should abandon this idea.
Detox diet recipes for 10 days
I prepared several recipes to diversify the table during the diet. I know from myself that the first time is always difficult, but if you approach such fasting days as a holiday, and not as a problem, you will be amazed at the result and you will like it.
Don't forget to eat a boiled egg or a steamed omelet once a day if you decide to fast for 5 days or more. For men, I recommend that on days 7, 8, 9 and 10, in addition to one egg, eat 100 grams. boiled chicken fillet once a day.
Detox grilled zucchini recipe
Mix 50 g of olive oil and chopped herbs - oregano, basil and rosemary - in a bowl. Cut the zucchini into slices 1–1.5 cm thick, toss with oil and leave for 20 minutes. Place the herb-infused zucchini on the grill (a grill pan will do) and cook until soft, without adding oil.
Detox salad
Mix a cup of finely shredded red cabbage, half a cup of boiled chicken breast cut into strips, grated apple, cucumber and carrot. Add a few pinches of crushed almonds and dress the salad with a mixture of olive oil and lemon juice.
Very useful are porridge recipes with quinoa, which itself is a source of most vitamins and minerals and can replace many foods.
Principles
The first principle is the use of foods in the diet that help neutralize toxins and remove toxins, normalize digestion and metabolism.
Besides:
- Every morning, on an empty stomach, you need to drink 1 glass of cold water;
- Eat fruits twenty minutes before the main meal to avoid fermentation in the stomach;
- You need to eat in portions of ¾ of your usual norm;
- Maintain a 3-hour break between meals;
- Use steamed dishes, baked in foil, with a minimum of processing;
- Drink 2-2.5 liters of water per day (including night) in small portions. Partial water can be replaced with green tea. If swelling appears - this is a symptom of poor kidney function, get tested; if there is no kidney disease, the swelling will disappear within a week (if the same volume of water is maintained);
- Half an hour before meals, drink a glass of water or warm green tea;
- While eating, do not solve problems, be calm and peaceful. Take your time and chew your food thoroughly;
- Have dinner 2-2.5 hours before bedtime (and not just before 18.00);
- Additional benefits during the detox diet will be provided by yoga exercises, baths, and massage. Long-term fitness training is undesirable;
- Be sure to include in the diet natural vitamin complexes and specialized dietary supplements that help normalize metabolism.
Detox diet options for 1 and 3 days menu for every day
I repeat once again that you should listen to your body and not stuff it with cabbage if it suddenly wants a cucumber. Determine for the day how many times you will snack and how many times you will drink smoothies. I can only offer an approximate menu by day.
Detox for 1 day
Breakfast: smoothie made from apple, celery and lemon juice.
Lunch: vegetable soup of carrots, zucchini, celery, tomatoes and cabbage. For taste, you can add a couple of cloves of garlic, parsley and black pepper.
Afternoon snack: banana, strawberry and apple smoothie.
First dinner: grain bread with grilled zucchini and sweet peppers, a glass of chamomile infusion.
Second dinner: apple baked with raisins and prunes.
Detox diet for 3 days menu by day
The first day
Breakfast: a whole grapefruit, two oranges, three to five tangerines.
Lunch: boiled brown rice or buckwheat porridge, seasoned with any boiled vegetables.
Afternoon snack: smoothie made from half a banana, kiwi and sour apple.
First dinner: fruit salad of kiwi, apple, grapes and pineapple. Use lemon juice as a dressing.
Second dinner: boiled egg, glass of thyme tea.
Second day
Breakfast: unsweetened yogurt with cereal flakes and dried apricots.
Lunch: light vegetable soup.
Afternoon snack: two medium-sized oranges.
First dinner: salad of different types of leafy vegetables with cucumbers, carrots and olive oil and dill dressing.
Second dinner: a glass of pomegranate juice.
