The diet with the beautiful name "6 petals" is an express weight loss method developed by the Swiss nutritionist Anna Johansson and included in the list of the officially recognized European Association of Nutritionists. The special feature of the 6-petalled diet is that, according to its developers, it enables fast results in a relatively short time. Let’s figure out what this "6-petal diet" is, is it really that effective and what can you do to lose extra pounds?
Weight loss in six days: a diet with six petals
The popular six-petalled diet was developed by Anna Johansson, a Swedish nutritionist. It was created on the basis of the principle of a separate diet and consists of six mono-diets, ie each day the menu should contain only one type of food. The diet is designed in such a way that the so-called protein days alternate with carbohydrate days, which, according to nutritionists, helps to get rid of unnecessary pounds as soon as possible. The main condition is that this method of weight loss can not change the menu for each day, as well as the order of mono-diet.
Why a 6-petalled diet? Everything is very simple: before starting to observe it, the author proposes to draw 6 petals, marking each stage of the diet, and make a flower out of them, and then tear them off every day as we go towards the desired goal. According to the author, this will help boost the motivation of a person who is losing weight: by getting rid of the next petal every day, he clearly sees what part of the journey he has already gone through and how much is still ahead of him.
Basic rules of petal nutrition
Every weight loss technique has its own rules. A six-petalled diet is no exception:
- meals cannot be shorter than four, breaks between which cannot be longer than four hours. The best options are two breakfasts (after a certain time), lunch, afternoon tea and dinner (preferably no later than six o'clock in the evening);
- food in the process of consumption must be chewed thoroughly. This will help enrich it with enzymes and improve the digestive process;
- follow a drinking regimen. You can drink plain water (at least one and a half liters a day) and unsweetened green tea. It is forbidden to drink while eating, it is better to do it half an hour before or after a meal;
- one day of the menu, the amount of salt consumed should not exceed 5 g, that is about two thirds of a teaspoon. You can use fresh or dried herbs as spices.
In the process of respecting the diet, six petals will have to be abandoned:
- all kinds of bakery products, except for a few slices of wholemeal bread a day;
- all kinds of confectionery, the list of which includes shops and home-made confectionery, cans and jams, chocolate and all other products containing large amounts of sugar;
- butter and vegetable oils;
- canned food, smoked as well as fried food, finished semi-finished products, fast food products;
- coffee of all kinds, sweet carbonated drinks, compotes, jellies, juices in packaging. On the last day of the diet (fruit) you can spoil yourself with a little freshly squeezed juice.
And the last rule: every day of weight loss the menu can not contain products that are not included in the specified group.
For and against weight loss by the method of separate diet
The advantage of a baby with petals is that:
- helps you lose a few pounds in just a week;
- a mono-diet change is easier to tolerate than, for example, one that must be followed for a few days;
- frequent meals help a person who is losing weight not to feel hungry.
This technique is not without its drawbacks, as follows:
- such a rigid diet, like any other mono diet, is stressful for the whole organism. Some products are received in excess, while others are clearly not enough, in other words - the balance of nutrients is disturbed;
- disrespect for personal taste preferences. For example, some people don’t like fish and have to eat it all day. This is a kind of psychological stress;
- the efficacy of separate feeding has not been fully proven. It’s like a placebo effect: when a person believes that their diet will help them become leaner, it can work. He doesn't believe it - he risks joining the ranks of participants in the experiments, who didn't help him lose weight separately. By the way, scientists from the Israeli Weizmann Institute conducted a study, which found that different people's organisms can react differently to different foods. Accordingly, the child’s outcome may be different;
Researchers from the University of Colorado in 2016 also conducted research on the direct effects of dietary components on the human body.
but the main disadvantage of fast food is that such a technique is not able to change a person's attitude towards food. It can help you lose weight, but it will not eliminate the cause of their appearance.
Daily menu with 6 petals
If you start the weight loss process on Monday, it can be like this:
- Monday: fish menu
On the first day, the diet should be exclusively fish. Seafood can be cooked, baked in the oven or steamed. To improve the taste, it is allowed to add a small amount of herbs or natural spices. Pleasant moment - the use of oily fish is allowed.
The menu of any child’s day should consist of first and second breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner (below we will label them with numbers).
So Monday:
- boiled fish;
- fish cooked in the oven;
- fish soup without vegetables with a little greenery;
- steamed fish;
- cooked crabs or seafood (squid, shrimp).
- Tuesday: vegetables
Like fish, vegetables can be cooked in the oven and steamed as well as cooked. You do all this without butter, cream and other products that make the dish tastier.
Menu:
- Boiled potatoes, as well as chopped white cabbage.
- Broccoli or cauliflower from a double boiler (you can combine both types of cabbage in one dish). Vegetable stew cooked without oil. You can put greens.
- Roasted pumpkin slices or mashed celery root. You can add fresh vegetables - carrots, cucumbers, sweet peppers.
- Roasted vegetables. You can diversify your dish with fresh vegetables like cabbage or carrots.
- Wednesday: chicken
The middle of a diet is often the most difficult, physically and mentally. Protein will help prevent apathy from disrupting a person's weight loss plans.
Sample menu for this day:
- Cooked breast fillet.
- Skinless drumstick baked in the oven.
- Chicken soup (drain the first soup) without adding vegetables with meat and herbs.
- Steamed chicken thigh without skin.
- Boiled breast to bones (remove skin).
- Thursday: cereals
On this day, all types of oil-free cereals, cooked in water, are allowed.
Menu for the fourth day:
- Steamed buckwheat, pre-cooked in the evening.
- Rice porridge.
- Millet porridge.
- Oatmeal.
- Buckwheat porridge.
- Friday: curd
Today’s diet should contain only cottage cheese and one glass of low-fat milk.
Recommended menu:
- Low-fat cottage cheese without all kinds of additives.
- Salty cottage cheese.
- Cream cheese and half a glass of low-fat milk.
- Pure cottage cheese.
- Cottage cheese and milk residues.
- Saturday: fruit day
On this day, only fruit is allowed, ideally raw.
Menu:
- One banana (large).
- Apple and citrus.
- Bananas or kiwis.
- Any fruit (preferably seasonal and in reasonable quantities).
- Grapefruit.
On this day, in addition to water and unsweetened green tea, you can be pampered with fresh fruit juice.