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In the spring, in every office across the country, women at lunch share secret diets that are sure to help.
The main advantages of the Japanese diet for the inhabitants of our country are its relative availability and duration. No complicated and expensive ingredients, just two weeks of restrictions - and now you're showing off in jeans that didn't close before. But to become a great geisha, you must strictly follow the menu.
Briefly about the main
The duration of the diet is 14 days. This is a low calorie protein menu, you can practice this nutrition no more than 2 times a year. The average result of the Japanese diet is 5-8 kg in 2 weeks. This menu is not suitable for pregnant, lactating women, with gastritis and ulcers, as well as for people with liver, kidney and heart disorders. Before starting a diet, you should consult your doctor.
Original or speculation?
There will be no exotics - all products allowed in the Japanese diet have been familiar to us for a long time. This is a definite plus because the risk of allergies is minimized and the ingredients needed for cooking can be purchased at any supermarket.
It is not known exactly why this diet is called Japanese. According to some sources, it was invented in a clinic in Tokyo, according to others, the name was inspired by the simplicity and clear diet plan, following what gives the expected inspiring result (in the Japanese way: act by the rules, try the your best and you will be rewarded).
The Japanese diet is popular all over the world, it is characterized by moderation in the composition and calorie content of allowed foods, this also makes it related to the traditional diet of the Far East. Japanese nutritionist Naomi Moriyama is sure that the youth and longevity of her countrymen allow them to keep a relatively small amount of carbohydrates in their daily menu and small portions.
According to Moriyama, the Japanese consume an average of 25% fewer calories than the inhabitants of any other country. In Japan, for example, it is not customary to eat chips, chocolate, confectionery, and the Japanese generally only learned about butter from Europeans in the early 20th century and still treat it with suspicion. That is, choosing healthy foods in moderation is a national feature of Japanese culture. And the Japanese diet for 14 days fully meets this requirement, despite formal differences with the usual diet of ordinary inhabitants of the Pacific state.
"Samurai" rules of the Japanese diet
The main satiating substance in the diet is the protein obtained from chicken eggs, chicken, beef, fish and dairy products. Carbohydrates are present in crackers and some of the permissible vegetables, fats are in olive oil, which can be used for cooking and salad dressing, as well as in meats and fish.
Fiber is found in abundance in vegetables and fruits, the amount of which is not even regulated on some days of the diet, so the stomach will probably do its job well. Coffee and green tea not only keep you energized, they also contain healthy antioxidants (so it's important to choose high quality tea and coffee that's always natural, without flavorings and additives).
However, this diet still cannot be called balanced and following it for more than two weeks is dangerous for health. But even in those 14 days, your body may respond poorly to a reduction in the amount of carbohydrates on the menu: in this case, you will experience body aches, weakness and a headache. Then you need to gently abandon the strict menu and consult a doctor.
The drinking regime in the Japanese diet is especially important. Drink plenty of plain, still water at room temperature to not only help your stomach feel full, but also ensure that processed animal proteins are eliminated.
The main condition for the success of the Japanese diet is strict adherence to its plan. You cannot confuse the days and, at will, replace one product with another, even if similar. The only exception may be, perhaps, just breakfast - it can be replaced with a cup of unsweetened green tea. It is advisable to refuse salt throughout the diet, but if this ban is critical to your taste buds, add salt to foods minimally.
A small number of meals a day (only three instead of the healthiest 5-6) and no snacks can also be difficult on the Japanese diet, so be prepared for that. Eat dinner at least a few hours before bed and start the morning with a glass of water on an empty stomach - this is good for your metabolism and allows you to better withstand the lack of breakfast.
As the Japanese diet is strict, it is highly undesirable to go into the bay. If you decide to lose weight on this menu, prepare yourself psychologically and prepare your body, at least a few days before starting the diet, giving up sweets, fast food and reducing the usual size of portions.
14 day japanese diet shopping list
- Coffee beans or ground - 1 packet
- Green tea of your favorite variety (no additives and flavors) - 1 packet
- Fresh chicken eggs - 2 dozen
- Sea fish fillet - 2 kg
- Lean meat, fillet - 1 kg
- Chicken fillet - 1kg
- Extra virgin olive oil - 500ml
- White cabbage - 2 medium size forks
- Fresh carrots - 2-3 kg
- Zucchini, eggplant - 1 kg in total
- Fruits (except bananas and grapes) - 1 kg in total
- Tomato juice - 1l
- kefir - 1l
- Lemons - 2 pcs.
Menu for the resisters
The composition of the Japanese diet is often compared to the "chemical diet" - a meal plan invented by American physician Osama Hamdiy to treat obesity in diabetics. Like the Hamdia diet, the Japanese diet takes advantage of the effect of drastically reducing carbohydrate intake while increasing protein. As a result, the chemistry of the body's metabolic processes is rebuilt, accumulated fat burns quickly, and strengthened muscles prevent new ones from forming.
In the Japanese diet, changes in schedule and diet are not allowed. If you want to get the result, you must strictly follow the diet schedule.
First day
Breakfast: coffee without sugar and milk.
Lunch: 2 boiled eggs, boiled cabbage with vegetable oil and a glass of tomato juice.
Dinner: 200 g of boiled or fried fish.
Second day
Breakfast: a slice of rye bread and unsweetened coffee.
Lunch: 200 g of boiled or fried fish with boiled cabbage and vegetable oil.
Dinner: 100 g of cooked meat and a glass of yogurt.
Third day
Breakfast: a slice of dry rye bread in the toaster, or a biscuit without yeast without additives, coffee without sugar.
Lunch: zucchini or eggplant fried in vegetable oil, in any quantity.
Dinner: 200 g of boiled meat without salt, raw cabbage in vegetable oil and 2 hard-boiled eggs.
Fourth day
Breakfast: a small fresh carrot with the juice of one lemon.
Lunch: 200 g of boiled or fried fish and a glass of tomato juice.
Dinner: 200 g of any fruit.
Fifth day
Breakfast: a small fresh carrot with the juice of one lemon.
Lunch: boiled fish and a glass of tomato juice.
Dinner: 200 g of any fruit.
Sixth day
Breakfast: coffee without sugar.
Lunch: boiled chicken without salt (500 g) with fresh coleslaw and carrots in vegetable oil.
Dinner: small fresh carrots and 2 hard-boiled eggs.
Seventh day
Breakfast: green tea.
Lunch: 200 g of boiled beef without salt.
Dinner: 200 g of fruit or 200 g of boiled or fried fish, or 2 eggs with fresh carrots in vegetable oil, or boiled meat and 1 glass of kefir.
eighth day
Breakfast: coffee without sugar.
Lunch: 500 g of boiled chicken without salt and carrot and cabbage salad in vegetable oil.
Dinner: small fresh carrots with vegetable oil and 2 hard-boiled eggs.
ninth day
Breakfast: medium carrot with lemon juice.
Lunch: 200 g of boiled or fried fish and a glass of tomato juice.
Dinner: 200 g of any fruit.
tenth day
Breakfast: coffee without sugar.
Lunch: 50 g of cheese, 3 small carrots in vegetable oil and 1 boiled egg.
Dinner: 200 g of any fruit.
eleventh day
Breakfast: unsweetened coffee and a slice of rye bread.
Lunch: zucchini or eggplant fried in vegetable oil, in any quantity.
Dinner: 200 g of boiled meat without salt, 2 boiled eggs and fresh cabbage in vegetable oil.
twelfth day
Breakfast: unsweetened coffee and a slice of rye bread.
Lunch: 200 g of boiled or fried fish with fresh cabbage in vegetable oil.
Dinner: 100 g of boiled unsalted meat and a glass of kefir.
thirteenth day
Breakfast: coffee without sugar.
Lunch: 2 boiled eggs, cabbage cooked in vegetable oil and a glass of tomato juice.
Dinner: 200 g of fish cooked or fried in vegetable oil.
fourteenth day
Breakfast: coffee without sugar.
Lunch: boiled or fried fish (200 g), fresh cabbage with olive oil.
Dinner: 200 g of boiled meat, a glass of yogurt.
This diet is believed to be one of the most durable and the result obtained with it can last up to three years. But, of course, the dream will remain unattainable if, after the restrictions are lifted, you start overeating.
fast doesn't mean good
It should be noted that among experts there is also an opinion that diets that have a name most often do not work or even harm. Endocrinologist and nutritionist Irina Tatarnikova says weight loss should be gradual, and cardinal hypocaloric nutrition alone leads to meltdowns and can even cause depression. The fact is that a person begins to scold himself for weakness, but in fact his diet was simply unbalanced.
"Here, very low calorie diets, starvation, for which the person is not prepared are used. Therefore, extreme methods are effective only at the initial stage, but then there will be a collapse - and the weight will come back in full force, " says the specialist.
The nutritionist also clarifies that for most people, long breaks between main meals, such as skipping breakfast, will lead to overeating at dinner.
- Do not try to lose weight - in general, you need to forget about this phrase, because trying - from the word "torture" and losing weight - from the word "bad". In saying this, we are not setting ourselves up for positive weight loss, concludes the nutritionist. Irina advises us to think that by limiting ourselves without fanaticism, first of all we become healthier.