The glasses diet is so named because when following it, it is necessary to count the number of points (points), and not calories, as in other diets. No one knows the creator of the glasses diet, but this diet is gaining popularity every day due to its convenience and high efficiency.
The glasses diet is often called the US Army Officers' Diet. On its basis, such world-famous diets as the Kremlin diet and the Atkins diet have been developed.
So, the essence of the glasses diet, as you already understood, is counting points, which, mind you, are not calories. You will have to limit yourself in the consumption of carbohydrates and fats, and there should not be any monotonous nutrition!
You will need a list of foods and the points they contain, and keep a record of everything you eat.
☀ In order to lose weight, you will need to eat forty points of food per day and no more.
☀ In order to maintain the lost weight - by sixty points.
☀ And in order to gain weight - more than sixty points.
But! The glasses diet menu should be varied; you cannot eat the same product for 40 points.
| Products | Qty | Glasses |
| White bread Black bread Semolina porridge Oat porridge Buckwheat porridge Pasta, noodles Boiled rice Corn flakes | 100g 100g 150g 250g 250g 250g 250g glass | 48 40 40 24 24 32 44 23 |
| Meat | Qty | Glasses |
| Boiled meat Lamb, pork tenderloin Natural chop Chicken (var.), goose, duck, turkey, rabbit Meat fried in breadcrumbs Meat with flour sauce Heart Brains Veal liver Beef liver Beefsteak Sausages Sausages (all varieties) Ham Stewed beef Beef stew Goulash veal Pork goulash Eggs in any form | 100 g 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 piece | 0 0 0 0 5 6 1 12 4 6 1 1 1 1 5 10 2 9 0,5 |
| Fish, seafood | Qty | Glasses |
| Boiled fish Fish fried in breadcrumbs Smoked salmon Sardines Eel Crabs Salted herring Smoked herring Fish in tomato Mussels Oysters Squid Lobsters Shrimp Scallops | 100g 100 100 3pcs 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 | 3 12 0 0 1 2 2 4 6 5 7 4 1 0 2,5 |
| Milk | Qty | Glasses |
| Milk Kefir, yogurt without sugar Various types of cheese Cottage cheese Sour cream Cream Butter Vegetable oil Margarine Mayonnaise Condensed milk Soy milk Tofu (soy cheese) | 250 250 100 100 200 2 tbsp. spoons 20 20 20 20 20 250 100 | 6 13 0,5 — 2 3 10 1 1 0 0 1 10 1,2 2 |
| Vegetables | Qty | Glasses |
| Fresh cucumber salad Boiled cauliflower Fresh cabbage Sauerkraut Provencal cabbage Green beans Stewed vegetables. oil Carrots Mushrooms Pumpkin Eggplant Zucchini Daikon (Chinese radish) Fresh tomato Canned tomato Green pepper Fresh cucumber Salted cucumber Leek Onion Green onion (chopped) Beets Radishes Corn Lentils Soybeans Chickpeas (lamb peas) Boiled potatoes Fried, baked potatoes Mashed potatoes Potato chips | 100g 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 (medium) 1 piece piece piece piece piece piece piece glass piece 6 pieces cob 1/2 cup 1/2 cup 1/2 cup 100 100 100 10 pieces | 6 6 5 3 3 8 5 5 6 10 3 4 1 6 4 9 5 2 11 8 5 6 0,5 15 14 6 16 23 20 30 10 |
| Soups | Qty | Glasses |
| Chicken and meat broth Tomato soup Vegetable soup Pea soup Goulash soup Mushroom soup Solyanka mixed meat Green cabbage soup | 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 | 0 17 16 20 12 15 22 12 |
| Sweet | Qty | Glasses |
| Granulated sugar Coffee cake Chocolate cake Cream cake Cake without filling or cream Fruit cake Pancake Tea cookies Various creams Fruit ice cream Creamy ice cream Lollipops Milk chocolate Bitter chocolate Raisins Marmalade Candies Honey Jam | teaspoon 150 g 150 g 150 g 150 g piece piece 100 g 50 g 100 g 100 g 100 g 100 g 100 g 150 g 100 g 100 g 50 g 100 g | 26 65 70 62 31 25 8 12 15 25 22 70 54 23 18 30 75 15 12 |
| Fruits, Berries, Nuts | Qty | Glasses |
| Apple Orange Apricot Avocado Banana Mandarin Peach Nectarine Lemon Kiwi Plum Figs (fresh) Pear Pineapple (sliced) Watermelon (sliced) Melon (sliced) Dried apricots Blackberries Blueberries Cherries Cranberries Blueberries Black currants Boiled prunes Various berries Raspberries Grapes Walnut Peanuts Hazelnuts Pumpkin seeds Pod sun seeds Pine nuts Almonds | piece piece piece piece (small) piece piece piece piece piece piece piece piece piece glass glass glass glass glass glass glass glass glass glass 1/2 cup 200 g 200 g 200 g 100 g 2 tbsp. spoons 2 tbsp. spoons 2 tbsp. spoons 2 tbsp. spoons 2 tbsp. spoons 100 g | 18 17 3 5 21 6 9 13 6 9 8 8 25 17 11 12 — 15 80 12 16 16 8 21 19 39 20 17 18 56 1.8 1.2 2.4 1.5 1.7 100 g 11 |
| Beverages | Qty | Glasses |
| Apple juice Orange juice Grape juice Tomato juice Lemon juice Grapefruit juice Mineral water Tea, coffee without sugar Cocoa with milk Natural wine (dry) Beer Liqueur Fruit water Compote Whiskey, vodka, cognac, rum, tequila | 250 g 250 g 250 g 250 g 250 g 250 g 250 g 250 g 150 g 250 g 250 g 60 g 250 g 250 g 150 g | 10 28 10 10 20 20 0 0 26 1 12 18 20 30 1 |
| Spices, seasonings | Qty | Glasses |
| Cinnamon Coconut Ground chili pepper Vinegar Apple vinegar White wine vinegar Red wine vinegar Mustard Cranberry sauce Capers Garlic Ginger root Horseradish Ketchup Black olives Green olives Soy sauce Tahini BBQ sauce Sweet and sour sauce Tomato sauce Tartar sauce Hollandaise sauce Meat sauce (based on broth) Spicy herbs | 1/2 tsp 2 tbsp. spoons 1 tsp. spoon 1 tbsp. spoon 1 tbsp. spoon 1 tbsp. spoon 1 tbsp. spoon 1 tbsp. spoon 2 tbsp. spoons 1 tbsp. spoon clove 1 tbsp. spoon 1 tbsp. spoon 1 tbsp. spoon 5 pieces 5 pieces 1 tbsp. spoon 1 tbsp. spoon 2 tbsp. spoons 1/4 cup 1/4 cup 2 tbsp. spoons 2 tbsp. spoons 1/4 cup tbsp. spoon | 0,3 0,8 0,5 2,3 1 1,5 0 0,5 13 0,4 1 0,8 0,4 4 0,7 2,5 1 2,5 3,6 15 3,5 1 0,3 3 0,1 |
The black list also exists in the glasses diet, here it is:
Sweets, fruits and foods that contain a very large number of points. For example, one boiled potato is 23 points, a pear is 23 points, a spoonful of honey is 17 points, and so on. That is, it turns out that you can only eat two boiled potatoes a day - this is wrong, by doing this you will break the rule of a varied diet. Therefore, be careful!
The essence
The spectacle diet is a type of protein diet. In such diets, carbohydrate foods are replaced with protein foods, so it is more correct to call them low-carbohydrate diets. By depriving the body of carbohydrates as the most accessible source of energy, we force it to extract calories from fats and proteins. Moreover, proteins are broken down much easier, and therefore are used first, which leads to weight loss.
There is no prescribed diet; the healthiest thing would be to eat 4-5 times a day, so you don’t feel hungry, and the food has time to be absorbed without being stored “in reserve.” To “fit” into the required number of conventional units, you can eat foods with high scores, but in small doses, or include “low-score” foods in the menu. It is recommended to drink a lot during the day. This will improve digestion, speed up the processes of metabolism and cleansing of toxins. You can drink water, green tea and herbal drinks. Burning calories will speed up physical activity.
Below is a complete table of products, which indicates conventional units - points (points) for each product, they correspond to the amount of carbohydrates. Products in the list are arranged in ascending order of points.
| Product | Number of points per 100 g | Product | Number of glasses per 1 piece. |
| Boiled beef meat | 0 | Water | 0 |
| Steamed fish | 0 | Tea without sugar | 0 |
| Porridge on the water | 0 | Herbal decoctions | 0 |
| Boiled beans | 0 | Boiled egg | 1 |
| Boiled beans | 0 | Cereal crispbreads | 1 |
| Jacket potatoes | 0 | Orange | 2 |
| Sausages | 2 | Coffee without sugar (glass) | 2 |
| Muesli | 4 | Milk, kefir (low-fat, glass) | 2 |
| Vegetable Salad | 4 | Homemade compote (glass) | 3 |
| Fried fish | 5 | Bran bread (1 slice) | 3 |
| Fried lean meat | 5 | Rye bread (1 slice) | 4 |
| Olives | 5 | Milk, kefir (high fat content, glass) | 5 |
| Cottage cheese, hard cheeses | 5 | Fried egg | 4 |
| Smoked meats | 6 | Honey, jam (1 tbsp.) | 4 |
| Vegetable soup | 6 | Mayonnaise (1 tbsp.) | 7 |
| Meat cutlets | 7 | Ketchup (1 tbsp.) | 7 |
| The vinaigrette | 7 | White bread (1 slice) | 8 |
| Vegetable stew | 7 | Avocado | 9 |
| Meat soup | 10 | Apricot | 9 |
| Vegetable cream soup | 10 | Peach | 10 |
| Butter pastries | 10 | Pear | 10 |
| Crackers | 10 | Fruit juices (glass) | 10 |
| Dried fruits | 10 | Beer, kvass (glass) | 34 |
| Nuts | 12 | ||
| Pea soup | 12 | ||
| Fried potato | 16 | ||
| Pasta | 16 | ||
| Liquor | 25 | ||
| Salted, smoked fish | 25 | ||
| Cake | 35 | ||
| Strong alcohol | 35 | ||
| Chocolate candies | 45 |
Attention! The spectacle diet is unbalanced, so nutritionists recommend taking additional vitamin and mineral supplements while following it.
