Buckwheat diet for 14 days
The popularity of the buckwheat diet for 14 days is understandable. Indeed, in such a short time it is possible to significantly reduce weight without making any effort. If you stick to the buckwheat diet strictly, then you can lose 5 kg or more. So that the weight does not return after a short time, it is necessary to exit the diet correctly and continue to eat low-calorie and healthy foods.
Nevertheless, do not forget that any method of losing weight in the form of a diet is stress for the body, which cannot pass without consequences.
Content:
- What is the benefit of this diet?
- Basic principles of buckwheat diet for 14 days
- How much can you lose weight on a buckwheat diet in 14 days?
- Buckwheat diet menu for 14 days
- How to get out of the buckwheat diet?
- Pros and cons
- Contraindications to diet and doctors' opinion
What is the benefit of this diet?
Buckwheat porridge is familiar to every person since childhood. However, few people know how beneficial it is for health and how the body needs it. It should be eaten at any age. It is impossible to overestimate the benefits of buckwheat, because it has a positive effect on almost all systems of the body, from the gastrointestinal tract to the brain. Thanks to the regular use of buckwheat, you can achieve the following effects:
- Raise hemoglobin levels.
- Cleanse the body of toxins.
- Get a lot of nutrients from just one product.
- To enrich the body with B vitamins, saturate it with calcium, magnesium, iron, potassium, vegetable protein.
- Reduce blood cholesterol, regulate blood pressure, improve blood circulation.
- To prevent exacerbation of chronic diseases of the digestive system.
- Strengthen immunity.
- Get rid of cellulite.
- Tidy up the skin.
- Remove excess fluid from the body, normalize the functioning of the kidneys and liver.
- Buckwheat gives a good supply of energy, which allows you to fight chronic fatigue and stress.
- Reduce stomach volume.
- Buckwheat is an excellent preventive measure to prevent the development of oncology, varicose veins, and atherosclerosis.
Basic principles of buckwheat diet for 14 days
For the diet to be effective, buckwheat must be cooked correctly. Experts do not recommend cooking cereals, since during the long heat treatment most of the nutrients are destroyed. Buckwheat is best steamed.
There are recommendations that porridge should be eaten without salt and spices. Nutritionists point out that a sharp restriction of salt on the menu will negatively affect a person's well-being. Fatigue will increase and malaise will appear. Therefore, salt can be added to buckwheat, but in moderation.
During the diet, it is strictly forbidden to consume alcoholic beverages, use spices and sauces to improve the taste of porridge, and also add sugar to it. All sweet foods will also be banned.
How much can you lose weight on a buckwheat diet in 14 days?
If you adhere to a strict buckwheat diet and do not eat any other products, then in 14 days you can lose 12 kg of excess weight. This will not harm your health and will keep you from feeling hungry.
You need to eat according to the regimen. Weight will decrease even after you leave the diet, if you do not get carried away with high-calorie foods and do not overeat. In addition to the fact that in 14 days it is possible to get rid of a rather impressive amount of excess fat, it will additionally be possible to improve the body's health. Of course, you can extend the diet from 14 to 30 days. During this time, you will be able to lose weight greatly. However, such a prolonged diet can negatively affect health.
Buckwheat diet menu for 14 days
If you adhere to a strict menu, then the result will be maximum. However, a strict buckwheat diet puts a significant strain on the body. Therefore, it is best to use a lightweight menu for 14 days. This will allow you to lose weight without harm to your health. The presented diet can be changed, depending on your own preferences and the needs of the body.
Buckwheat diet menu for the first week:
-
Monday:
- Breakfast: buckwheat porridge, tea with a spoonful of honey.
- Lunch: soup based on a set of vegetables.
- Afternoon snack: apple.
- Dinner: stewed groats with onions and mushrooms.
-
Tuesday:
- Breakfast: buckwheat porridge with cucumber and tomato (fresh vegetables)
- Lunch: buckwheat soup with low fat milk.
- Afternoon snack: a glass of kefir.
- Dinner: buckwheat porridge, herbs, boiled chicken egg.
- For the next three days, you only need to eat cereals. You can cook it in any way. It is important to drink at least 2 liters of clean water. If weakness appears, then you can eat a spoonful of honey. It is also allowed to add 150 g of dried fruit to the menu.
-
Saturday:
- Breakfast: steamed buckwheat, fresh celery and stewed onions, green tea.
- Lunch: soup with vegetables.
- Afternoon snack: low fat yogurt.
- Dinner: buckwheat with herbs and a boiled egg.
-
Sunday:
- Breakfast: buckwheat with the addition of butter, black unsweetened coffee.
- Lunch: chicken broth and herbs.
- Afternoon snack: a handful of dried fruits.
- Dinner: boiled cereals, fried cauliflower in batter.
Buckwheat diet menu for the second week:
-
Monday:
- Breakfast: boiled buckwheat, low-fat cottage cheese (150 g), herbal tea.
- Lunch: vegetable salad, boiled chicken breast (100 g).
- Afternoon snack: a glass of fat-free kefir.
- Dinner: boiled buckwheat with any fresh vegetables.
- Tuesday: Throughout the day, you can eat exclusively buckwheat and drink plenty of water.
- Wednesday: Throughout the day, you can eat buckwheat and do not forget about the liquid. If weakness joins, then it is allowed to eat a little honey. A glass of strong black tea helps to cope well with fatigue.
- Thursday: Throughout the day, you can eat only buckwheat and drink enough water. If the state of health begins to deteriorate, then the diet must be stopped.
-
Friday:
- Breakfast: buckwheat porridge with butter, coffee without sugar.
- Lunch: soup with vegetables.
- Afternoon snack: a handful of dried apricots and raisins.
- Dinner: buckwheat, fresh vegetables, 2 pieces of hard cheese.
-
Saturday:
menu - Breakfast: boiled buckwheat with prunes, unsweetened tea.
- Lunch: soup with lentils.
- Afternoon snack: a glass of fermented baked milk.
- Dinner: buckwheat with stewed mushrooms, onions and carrots.
-
Sunday:
- Breakfast: low-fat cottage cheese, boiled buckwheat, herbal tea.
- Lunch: chicken broth with herbs and eggs.
- Afternoon snack: a glass of yogurt, a handful of nuts.
- Dinner: buckwheat with vegetables, boiled chicken breast.
Do not forget that you need to get out of the diet correctly!
How to get out of the buckwheat diet?
If you do not follow the recommendations on the correct way out of the buckwheat diet, which lasted for 2 weeks, then the lost kilograms will return very quickly. As a result, all the efforts spent will be in vain, and you will have to start losing weight again.
After completing the diet, you must give up eating sweets, do not abuse flour products, do not drink alcoholic beverages. Foods containing fast carbohydrates, which are almost instantly transformed into fat, are very dangerous.
You can not begin to overeat after completing the diet. It is necessary to get up from the table with a slight feeling of hunger. It is equally important to keep drinking enough water.
If you follow all the recommendations on the correct way out of the buckwheat diet, the result can be saved for an indefinite period, and maybe even for life.
Pros and cons
The buckwheat diet is highly popular due to its undoubted advantages:
- It is possible to lose weight in the shortest possible time.
- The feeling of hunger will be absent throughout the entire period of dieting.
- The intestines and liver will be thoroughly cleansed.
- Cellulite will either disappear completely or become less noticeable.
- The condition of nails, hair and skin will improve significantly.
- The intestines will begin to work properly.
- An inner feeling of lightness will appear.
However, despite all the positive aspects, the buckwheat diet has a number of disadvantages, including:
- It is possible that while following a diet, a person will experience a feeling of malaise and weakness. He can tire faster.
- It will be possible to start losing weight again with the help of a buckwheat diet only after 30 days, but not earlier.
- A sharp drop in blood pressure is not excluded.
- If a person has chronic diseases, then they can worsen.
- The diet has a number of contraindications.
Contraindications to diet and doctors' opinion
It is strictly forbidden to lose weight using a buckwheat diet if there are the following contraindications:
- Diseases of the digestive system.
- Diabetes.
- Intestinal dysbiosis.
- Heart failure.
- Depressive moods.
- Anorexia.
- Renal failure
- High blood pressure.
- Lactation.
- The period of bearing a child.
- Teenage years.
Experts strongly advise you to abandon the strict diet for 14 days and use a lighter version for everyone who wants it. In this case, the load on the body decreases, and the likelihood of harm to your health will be minimal. Before embarking on the implementation of a weight loss program, it will not be superfluous to visit the office of a nutritionist and gastroenterologist. It is important to know 100% that there are no contraindications to a person's diet. If in the process of losing weight there is a deterioration in well-being, then prolongation of the diet must be abandoned.
The author of the article: Kuzmina Vera Valerievna | Endocrinologist, nutritionist
Education: Diploma of the Russian State Medical University named after NI Pirogov with a degree in General Medicine (2004). Residency at Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, diploma in Endocrinology (2006).
