Maggi Egg Diet
The Maggi Diet is a weight loss technique based on eating eggs. The diet is named after its developer. Losing weight occurs due to the launch in the body of a number of biochemical processes that occur when a significant amount of protein is consumed.
Content:
- Maggi egg diet principles
- Prohibited and permitted products
- Maggi Egg Diet 4 weeks menu
- Interesting recipes for the Maggi egg diet
- Pros and cons
- Contraindications
Maggi egg diet principles
The following principles of the Maggi diet can be distinguished:
- You can drink unlimited amounts of water during the diet. Moreover, this rule even applies to diet drinks with gases.
- It is allowed to drink coffee and tea, but it is forbidden to add sugar and milk to drinks.
- Fats are not included in the menu.
- Soups can be made from vegetables, but they are boiled in water, not meat broth. It is allowed to eat onions, garlic and various spices.
- If the feeling of hunger is tormented, then it is allowed to have a snack with a cucumber, salad from fresh vegetables, carrots. However, a snack should take place no earlier than 2 hours after the main meal.
- You cannot swap the main meals.
- During the diet, you need to adhere to an active lifestyle, but pronounced physical activity is unacceptable.
- Every morning, before breakfast, you must get on the scales, you must first visit the toilet.
- If for any reason the diet was disrupted, then it must be resumed from the first day.
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If, after completing the diet, it was decided to repeat it, then you need to start from the first stage, and then move on to stage 4.
- Taking vitamin and mineral complexes during the process of losing weight is not a prerequisite.
- The diet can be practiced at almost any age.
- Foods on the permitted list can be consumed in any quantity, provided there is no restriction.
How much can you lose weight on the Maggi egg diet? In 14 days on the Maggi diet, you can lose 10-15 kg of excess weight. If a more impressive plumb line is required, then it is worth extending the diet to a month.
Prohibited and permitted products
Products that are prohibited to eat:
- Bananas, fresh and dried.
- Dates.
- Grapes, regardless of their variety.
- Fig.
- Mango.
- Vegetable oil.
- Confectionery.
- Sugar.
- Sauces.
- Alcoholic drinks, energy drinks.
- Fish and meat broths.
- During the diet, it is forbidden to smoke both regular and electronic cigarettes.
Foods that you can eat:
- Eggs.
- Low-calorie cottage cheese.
- Meat.
- Citrus.
- Watermelons and melons.
- Peaches, apricots, nectarines.
- Apples.
- Legumes, namely beans and fresh green peas.
- Carrots, eggplants.
- Cucumbers.
- Lettuce leaves.
- Patissons.
- Sparkling water.
- Low fat cheese.
Maggi Egg Diet 4 weeks menu
The diet should be adhered to strictly, since the processes of losing weight will be launched only if certain foods are present on the menu.
First week:
| Breakfast | Dinner | Dinner | |
| Eat 1-2 eggs and 1/2 grapefruit or orange every morning | Any fruit in unlimited quantities | Any low-fat boiled meat (alternatively, it can be grilled) | |
| Boiled chicken without skin | Greek salad with carrots and lettuce, two boiled eggs, orange, toast | ||
| Greek salad with carrots and lettuce, two boiled eggs, orange, toast |
Any low-fat boiled meat |
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| Any fruit in any quantity | |||
| five | Low-fat cheese with a little salt, tomato, toast | ||
| Any fruit in any quantity | |||
| Chicken fillet, steamed vegetables, grapefruit and tomato | Dinner by lunch type |
Second week:
| Breakfast | Dinner | Dinner | |
| Eat 1-2 eggs and 1/2 grapefruit or orange every morning | Lettuce salad, any boiled meat | 2 eggs, lettuce salad, orange | |
| Cucumber salad, but boiled meat without salt | |||
| Boiled vegetables, 2 eggs, cottage cheese | 2 eggs | ||
| five | Two tomatoes, any lean meat | ||
| Two tomatoes, any lean meat | Fresh fruit salad | ||
| Boiled chicken meat, orange | Boiled chicken, vegetables, orange |
Third week:
| Products | |
| Any fruit other than those on the prohibited list | |
| Any vegetables other than those that are prohibited | |
| Any vegetables and fruits other than those on the prohibited list | |
| Grilled fish, cabbage | |
| five | Boiled meat and boiled vegetables |
| Any fruit | |
| Any fruit |
The products that are presented in the third week menu can be eaten in unlimited quantities and at any time.
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Fourth week:
The fourth week aims to help the body adapt and exit the diet. Products can also be consumed at any time and in any quantity. Every day you need to include tomatoes, grapefruit, cucumbers in the menu. Each meal should be complemented with a slice of bread or cereal toast.
| Products | |
| Four pieces of beef, 75 g each (can be replaced with chicken), canned tuna without oil, 4 cucumbers, 3 tomatoes | |
| 200 g of any meat, 3 tomatoes, 4 cucumbers, pear | |
| 0.3 kg of any boiled vegetables, 2 tbsp. l. grained curd | |
| 1/2 boiled chicken carcass, 1 cucumber, 3 tomatoes | |
| five | 2 eggs, 3 tomatoes, 10 lettuce leaves |
| 2 boiled chicken breasts, 2 tomatoes and 2 cucumbers, 120 g of cottage cheese, kefir | |
| A can of canned tuna, 200 g of boiled vegetables, 2 tbsp. l. grained curd |
Interesting recipes for the Maggi egg diet
Pangasius with leek
To prepare the dish, you will need the following products:
- 2 carcasses of pangasius;
- One lemon;
- 2 leeks;
- Black and pink peppers, salt to taste.
Leeks are cut into 2 halves, scalded with boiling water so that the leaves become soft, the field of which is dipped in ice water for a few seconds. The leaves are dried. Sprinkle the pangasius fillet with lemon zest, salt, sprinkle with a lemon teat and wrap in leek leaves. Put the fish in a heat-resistant form, add a little water to its bottom and bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
Chicken soup with carrots and curry
To prepare the dish, you will need the following products:
- 1 tomato;
- 100 g chicken fillet;
- 30 g leeks;
- 0.3 kg of carrots;
- Curry;
- Greens;
- Escalot bow;
- A clove of garlic;
- The third part of the lemon.
The chicken is cut into small pieces, fried in a dry frying pan (a few pieces of chicken are set aside). Add chopped leeks to the remaining chicken, then chopped carrots and tomatoes. The mixture is stewed under the lid for 15 minutes, after which it is poured with water (0.35 l) and boiled until vegetables are fully cooked. At the end of cooking, add curry, chopped garlic, lemon, scapes, dill, pass the soup through a blender. Put whole pieces of fried chicken on a plate before serving.
Baked carrots with cheese and egg
To prepare the dish, you will need the following products:
- One onion;
- 150 g carrots;
- 100 g of homemade cheese;
- One boiled and one raw egg;
- Seasoning;
- Greens.
Carrots are brought in a saucepan until half cooked, then chopped and fried in a dry frying pan. Add some water and seasoning. Add one raw egg and one boiled egg to frying (finely chop). Put the dish in the oven for 5 minutes, then take it out, sprinkle with herbs, decorate with cheese and serve.
Vegetable stew
To prepare it, you will need the following products:
- Zucchini;
- Carrots and onions;
- A clove of garlic;
- Eggplant;
- A tomato;
- Seasoning.
Grate the carrots, put them in a pan, add chopped garlic, peeled zucchini, sliced eggplants and tomatoes. Salt the vegetable mixture, pour in a little water and stew under a closed lid until tender. At the end of cooking, add herbs.
Pros and cons
The benefits of Maggi's egg diet are as follows:
- Weight goes away very quickly.
- The diet is easily tolerated as it is not hungry.
- Eggs saturate the body well.
- The products that make up the menu are affordable.
- The body receives a sufficient amount of vitamins and minerals, as the diet includes a lot of fruits and vegetables.
Cons of the Maggi diet:
- The calorie content of the diet does not exceed 1000 kcal, which is very small.
- Excessive egg consumption can lead to high blood cholesterol levels.
- After switching to the usual diet, weight can return.
- While dieting, it is possible to increase gas formation, bloating, and constipation is not excluded.
- As the weight goes away very quickly, weakness and dizziness may occur.
Contraindications
Contraindications to the Maggi diet are:
- Allergy to eggs.
- Diseases of the heart and blood vessels.
- Kidney disease.
- High blood cholesterol.
- Diseases of the digestive system.
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).
