If a French woman or a Japanese woman can't even imagine what it's like to cook only buckwheat every day, then a resident of our country won't see anything reprehensible or terrible about this idea. The buckwheat weight loss diet has been known for a long time and has even helped many people. It is true that, like all mono-diets, it has many contraindications. . .
what will this diet give
Due to the nutritional value and vitamin composition of buckwheat, this mono-diet (even if not fortified with other components) is not considered as dangerous as a diet based on the use of a single product - rice, banana, kefir.
Weight loss is achieved quickly. It's true that if you don't get off the diet correctly, your work will be lost.
Buckwheat staple diet is based on 100% buckwheat nutrition.Refers to steamed (fried) buckwheat without butter, milk, frying, sauces.
But there are also popular diet options where porridge can be supplemented with vegetables, fermented dairy products (low-fat kefir, unsweetened yogurt), unsweetened juices, honey, and dried fruits.
Desired output:- 10 kg per week. . .
How Buckwheat Works
This cereal containscomplex carbohydrates. . . Once in the gastrointestinal tract, these carbohydrates break down for hours. Hence - the feeling of satiety, which comes quickly and lasts 3-4 hours.
But the caloric content of buckwheat is minimal (110 kcal if cooked in water). For an adult's body, a 50-100 gram serving of porridge will be energetically small, so it will draw energy from reserves, breaking down accumulated fat.
Important: for the first 2-3 days, the result may not be visible (the body will be able to "stop" the carbohydrates contained in buckwheat). But on day 4, the effect will be impressive. Also, the heavier a person is before dieting, the faster they will lose weight.
The main rules for losing weight with buckwheat foods
- Finish your last supper before 6: 00 pm In the evening - no, no (not even buckwheat).
- If steamed cereal comes out hard, mix it with kefir (non-fat).
- It is necessary to leave the diet without any problems, otherwise the "burn" will return within 2-3 weeks.
- Buy a multivitamin. As useful as this porridge is, "everything" is not in it. If you ignore this rule, you can seriously harm your own health.
- Daily meals should be 4 or 5.
- Between courses on these diets, it is necessary to take a break of six months, eating in a complete and balanced way. The body must have time to replenish the supply of substances necessary for vital activity, which it lost with the mono-diet.
- Drink water. Constantly, but not more than one cup at a time. The water must be clean, without gas (mineral water or drinking water from a filter). The daily minimum of water is 1. 5 liters (if you have high growth and impressive volumes, drink more from 2 liters). Coffee and tea are allowed, but no sweets and no fanaticism.
- Eat each serving of buckwheat slowly, chewing spoon by spoon carefully.
Only the cereals will have to be cooked
ideally yes, the diet is based only on steamed buckwheat in boiling water.
But even strong men can rarely support such a diet (much less women, gentle and weak). Therefore, nutritionists can make indulgences in the form of fresh vegetables (lungs - cucumbers, tomatoes), unoiled vegetable marrow and nuts.
Add bran to the buckwheat - this will diversify the flavor of the porridge and help clean the intestines.
It is possible to cook buckwheat for an incorrect diet
yes if you won'tsteamand cook.
Weigh the buckwheat before cooking. Do not sprinkle the cereals "by eye".
Do the following: 1 part buckwheat (say 200 g is an average serving per day), pour in 2. 5 parts boiling water (in this case 500 g water). Cover the bowl with a lid (or other bowl), wrap this "frame" on top with a thick towel.
Cook at night, in the morning the buckwheat will be ready.
Important: do not add salt or sugar! Also banned oil, spices. As soon as a person tries to improve the flavor of buckwheat, even with the help of low-calorie dill, curry, he "opens up" the appetite and wants to eat more.
alternative cooking method
Buckwheat cannot be boiled as it is believed that, due to boiling, cereals lose many useful properties.
You can save even more benefits from buckwheat,pouring not with boiling water but with cold boiled water or milk. . . Containers must be tightly closed and refrigerated for 14-16 hours. After that, the buckwheat will swell, soften and be ready to use.
Why Cereals Should Not Be Salted
Salt has no calories and in no way affects the caloric content of foods. However, salt helps our bodies to store water.
If the "white poison" fails to enter the body, the subcutaneous water reserves will be released. This is an advantage in cellulite treatment and expresses weight loss before the holidays (after all, the body is getting thinner in front of our eyes), but it's dangerous for long-term nutrition because salt is needed. Its constant deficiency threatens dehydration and other dangerous conditions.
Advantages of Buckwheat Diet
- The diet doesn't deplete the body as much as other mono diets. Buckwheat contains more protein than other cereals. And porridge also contains fiber, iron (as well as magnesium, iodine, phosphorus, potassium), amino acids and B vitamins.
- Savings - for 2 weeks losing weight, women save a good amount (only for new clothes, because after visible weight loss, many can't wait to buy a smaller dress anyway).
- The diet will attract busy women - they don't need to cook on it.
- The diet is indicated for people with gluten intolerance, as this substance is not found in buckwheat.
Disadvantages, contraindications
This is still a mono power supply - with all that that implies. 100% contraindicated dietpregnant and nursing women, after a complex illness and even during the spring period beriberiwhen the body is weakened and needs maximum vitamins and minerals.
Also, the diet is not suitable for athletes and manual workers - they are not strong enough for their normal way of life on this diet.
As for medical contraindications, it is impossible to sit on buckwheat when:
- chronic diseases;
- hypertension;
- young age (up to 12 years old);
- diabetes mellitus (both types 1 and 2);
- kidney disease;
- heart disease;
- low hemoglobin, anemia (fainting, dizziness will tell about them - diet further reduces the amount of hemoglobin in the blood);
- intestinal problems (constant buckwheat will make them worse with swelling, pain, congestion);
- disturbed sleep, irritability, inability to concentrate (lack of glucose will make these conditions worse).
Lack of minerals and vitamins can "backfire" on appearanceproblems with hair, nails, dermis appearance(including sagging skin, stretch marks).
Due to lack of protein, they may startmelted musclesSo if you worked at the gym for your own relief, the buckwheat diet is not for you.
A strict diet is also prohibited in case of stress, depression - a bad diet will aggravate this situation. . . Of course, if stress has not caused you to be overweight - in this case, daily weight loss, on the contrary, will delight and inspire.
Finally, doctors warn that it is contraindicated to lose weight in this way,preparing for a complex surgery. . . Don't take useful nutrients from the body - the body will need them during the recovery period.
express weight loss
A three-day buckwheat discharge diet is rare. It is believed to be suitable for slimming your belly before holidays, for which you want to wear "that" tight dress.
- Breakfast: 50 g steamed buckwheat (dry weight) + a cup of hot green tea without sugar and honey.
- Lunch: 50 g of buckwheat + a glass of water (clean, not carbonated).
- Dinner: 100 g of buckwheat + a cup of unsweetened tea.
- Dinner: 50 g of steamed cereal + an "empty" cup of tea.
Important: 2-3 weeks before unloading, it is worth preparing, gradually reducing the diet. Do the same for 3-4 after the diet. You can't lean on pork buns and a frying pan, then "commune" with dried buckwheat for three days, then go back to buns. Without competent input and output, the diet will bring nothing but extra pounds (after all, the body "scared" of a drastically cut diet will decide that the hunger strike will happen again, and will rush to store all the calories that enter the body in fat).
menu of the week
Preparing for a diet
Three weeks before the planned start of the buckwheat diet, gradually reduce the servings. . . . Cook foods that require heat treatment and give up on fried foods completely.
A week before starting the diet, try not to salt your meals (or at least add a little salt). Also cut the sugar.
In order for the body to get used to future nutrition and not become stressed by it, eat a meal of the buckwheat kefir food.
we sit on buckwheat
Traditionally, the diet is not written for 3, 7 days (menu for every day) - this is a duration of "experience" of the buckwheat diet. This food can be repeated for another week, extending the buckwheat days by 14 days. But not anymore!
Daily cereal intake is from 150 to 250 g(weigh the dried, not ready-made buckwheat). You can cook fried (brown) and green buckwheat.
To last for 2 weeks, add 100 g of dried fruit (daily intake) to buckwheat, a portion of green vegetables, 2-3 unsweetened fruits, a teaspoon of honey, juice, low-fat kefir. For lunch you can cook 100 g of cooked meat.
Important: for milk to be beneficial, buy kefir and yogurt not with 0% fat, but 1%. Nutritionists have already proven that calcium is not absorbed from "empty" sour milk.
Here's how to build a daily diet. . .
- Breakfast: One 50g serving of steamed buckwheat + one cup of unsweetened black coffee.
- Lunch: a handful of dried fruit (may be different each day, but if you prefer variety, use mixtures). Or: a cup of unsweetened fat-free yogurt, kefir.
- Dinner: a 100 g serving of buckwheat + a cup of tea.
- second snack: light but not starchy vegetables (cucumber, tomato, pepper). It can be replaced by a glass of tomato juice (homemade, unsalted) or a low-calorie fruit: apple, plum, pear, grapefruit, orange.
- Dinner: 50 g steamed buckwheat, seasoned with skim kefir (kefir - optional).
Important: if in 5 days of diet (without interruptions from prohibited foods) you have not noticed any changes, this diet does not suit you due to the characteristics of your body and you need to try another weight loss. However, this happens very rarely.
Tips for Living a Two Week Buckwheat Diet
First, not everyone agrees to eat unsalted buckwheat, so they add salt when steaming. Don't do this, it's better to cook the cereals as described above, andadd salt before serving. . . Therefore, buckwheat "takes" much less "white poison" - at the tip of a knife. In fact, it's better to use sea salt, it's healthier.
An alternative to salt is soy sauce. But it's important to buy a natural soybean fermentation product, not the "ode to the periodic table" that most stores offer.
Second, if a 100% buckwheat diet isn't an option for you, you can try these options:
- fresh tomato + feta cheese (or fetax) + sprig of coriander + 3-4 drops of live oil in buckwheat;
- half cooked chicken breast + a small fresh cucumber + a sprig of dill;
- mushrooms, cooked with onion (no oil) + a sprig of parsley;
- grated young carrots, seasoned with drops of lemon juice;
- fresh chili + feta cheese.
In this case, steamed buckwheat is used as an accompaniment and the additives described above are used as a main dish.
Yes, on this diet you won't lose 10 kg, but you will definitely lose weight and eat healthier than 100% buckwheat. Also, don't hate this cereal or yourself. And a nice bonus: the weight lost with this nutrition won't come back so quickly.
going off the diet
This is also a complete science.
It's too early for you to look at the cakes and the baked ham.
For the first 4-5 days, leave one of the meals 100% buckwheat. . . In other methods, add diet meat (boiled or steamed is best - an organism that has become accustomed to fats may not like fried food), lean fish. Also buy vegetables and fruits (more), dairy products, cook eggs.
Consume diet soups. You've probably stopped loving buckwheat. Replace with other grains (rice, corn, oats).
And drink plenty of fluids, especially plain water!
real women opinions
The buckwheat diet is shared on forums, review sites and on social media. This diet is believed to be effective, but this is a last resort because mononutrition is often dangerous.
Joy and bragging rights
The diet works (yet, with such and such poor diet). And this is confirmed not only by the sparse and extensive laudatory "odes", but also by the "before and after" photos. But not everyone can bear it.
Satisfied women (and men too) observed the following results:
- rapid weight loss, return to prenatal fitness, before the holiday - people actually lose 10 kg to buckwheat;
- in addition to losing weight, one also notices the removal of cellulite;
- there is experience of girls who adhere to a diet (+ raw vegetables) and successfully attend strength training;
- diet helps with biliary dyskinesia (with exacerbation);
- no need to calculate calories, rack your brains, inventing new diet meals every day (especially if you don't have funds for non-seasonal products like celery or asparagus).
And here's a video analysis of a satisfied woman who quickly lost 20 kg with traditional fried buckwheat:
Reviews and Unsuccessful Weight Loss
The main downside to this diet is that you can hate buckwheat for years and refuse to touch it in any way.
In addition, the comments complain that:
- if you lose weight quickly with a weight of up to 70 kg, you may face a dangerous complication - kidney prolapse (which sometimes leads to pyelonephritis);
- not everyone on this diet loses weight by 10-20 kg, some can barely lose 5 kg (and that's with a two-week-old buckwheat with no additional products);
- suffer from constipation, which lasts 2 weeks on the diet (kefir more or less spared from them, but not 100%);
- for many women, weight quickly returned after weight loss.
By the way: it is believed that a woman is more likely to have a meltdown if you go on a buckwheat diet just before the start of the critical days, when her whole body is already aching with "you want something sweet". Weight loss should be planned so that the red calendar days are "at sea" once you get off the diet (when sweet fruits, dried fruits and honey are allowed).
And what's wrong with this product (and, in particular, why the buckwheat diet is prohibited in case of anemia, because the cereal appears to contain iron)? A popular medical TV show says:
Diet buckwheat and kefir or an ideal number according to the simplest technique.