Buckwheat is considered an ideal dietary product to promote weight loss and an indispensable product on the vegetarian menu. Its consumption is the basis of many types of buckwheat diets. The chemical composition of buckwheat is so diverse and saturated with substances necessary for the body, which makes it a useful product. It is not suitable for genetic modification. The lumps contain group B vitamins, PP, A and E and microelements that are not found in any other cereal, are strontium, vanadium, titanium, selenium. Buckwheat is rich in amino acids, polyunsaturated fats and fiber. 100 grams of cereal contains 329 calories. Buckwheat contains proteins that outperform animal proteins in their properties and are easily absorbed by the body. Buckwheat carbohydrates are absorbed more slowly, creating a feeling of satiety.
The benefits of buckwheat also differ depending on its type, whole grains husked from the husk are called grains and are a storehouse of nutrients, and crushed or prodel contains less nutrients and fewer calories.
Pros and cons
The advantages of the buckwheat mono-diet are its simplicity in preparation and its availability. The cereal maintains its properties even after cooling. It does not deteriorate when stored for a long time.
The nutrients contained in cereals cleanse the blood and improve blood circulation, prevent anemia, improve the functioning of the digestive tract due to the fiber content, which improves intestinal motility, which is the prevention of constipation.
The buckwheat diet improves the appearance of the skin, nails, eliminates traces of cellulite and makes the body slimmer and better cared for. Due to its properties, buckwheat can substitute products such as potatoes, bakery products and many cereals.
Buckwheat has a chemical composition that prevents it from becoming rancid and moldy during long-term storage. Buckwheat removes excess fluid and helps to eliminate obvious and latent edema.
The disadvantages of the buckwheat diet are the monotony of the menu, which can contribute to the breakdown and rejection of buckwheat.
The diet involves avoiding salt and sugar, but avoiding salt can lower your blood pressure and make you feel worse. Avoiding sugar can lead to a decrease in mental performance, which must be taken into account and switched to a diet during periods of calm and not very serious projects. It is best not to add sugar to the diet as this will increase the caloric content of the porridge and salt can be added in minimal amounts.
The caloric content of a Greek mono-diet is 400-450 per day, this is very little for vigorous activities, but the feeling of satiety will not allow you to feel hungry.
Another disadvantage of the diet is the contraindications. This includes pregnancy and breastfeeding. Diseases of the digestive system, such as colitis and gastritis, it is not advisable to use buckwheat kefir, as it can cause its exacerbation. Steamed buckwheat is contraindicated for varicose veins, blood disorders and a tendency to thrombus formation. One should abstain from a mono-diet during the period of exacerbation of chronic diseases and after surgery.
Taking multivitamin preparations contributes to the enrichment of the body with a complex of substances for good nutrition, it is very useful for mono-diets.
The diet should be gradual, if neglected, the extra pounds will return soon.
Diet for 14 days
The mono diet is a great way to lose 2, 5 pounds or more. After completing the diet, you must adhere to good nutrition so that the result is preserved for a long time.
Principles
Buckwheat contains water, but when consumed in quantities of about 500 grams per day, an additional amount of liquid is required.
Boiling buckwheat will decrease nutrients, so it should be boiled with boiling water. The method of brewing beer has its own characteristics and for that you must put a cup of buckwheat in a pot and pour boiling water over it. The water level should be 2-3 cm above the level of buckwheat.
Buckwheat is washed with cold debris and steamed with boiling water, left overnight or for a few hours in a warm place or wrapped in a pan with a towel. The salt should be, in the end it will reduce the amount of salt ingested during the day.
When making menus and choosing products for them, the side dishes should be made in a room less than the weight of the porridge. This amount of trim contributes to the quality result of the diet.
Everyday menu
A buckwheat diet can cause depression and sadness, but with an optimistic attitude and product combination and focus on results, it will bring changes in appearance and reduce weight in a short period of time. All dishes should be eaten fresh, prepared immediately before meals.
1 day
Breakfast and dinner consist of buckwheat porridge, for dinner you can add cooked vegetables or mushrooms with onion as an accompaniment. Vegetable tomato soup is on the lunch menu. You can drink tea with a spoon of honey for breakfast and green tea for dinner with a slice of lemon.
2 days
Breakfast and dinner consist of buckwheat porridge, while you can prepare a vegetable salad for breakfast and just herbs and a boiled egg for dinner. For lunch, there should always be soup or chicken broth with herbs or milk soup with buckwheat.
3-5 days
On these days, you should eat steamed buckwheat while observing the fluid intake regime. You can diversify the menu with a handful of dried fruits, but not more than once a day and decoction of rosehip.
6 days
Breakfast and dinner consist of buckwheat. For breakfast, buckwheat with milk, for dinner - with cauliflower in the dough and a boiled egg. Lunch - low-calorie vegetable soup without potatoes.
7 days
Breakfast and dinner consist of steamed buckwheat garnished with vegetables for breakfast and a boiled egg and seaweed salad for dinner. Lunch - okroshka or mushroom soup with herbs.
8 days
Breakfast and dinner the menu should include buckwheat with low fat cottage cheese for breakfast and fresh or cooked vegetables as an accompaniment for dinner. Lunch - cooked turkey or veal with coleslaw.
9 - 11 days
Buckwheat porridge and drinking water make up the current diet. It should be remembered that no more than 0. 5 kg per day should be consumed. This amount does not overload the body and helps maintain a feeling of satiety throughout the day.
12 days
Breakfast and dinner consist of buckwheat porridge with butter or olive oil for breakfast and an accompaniment of mushrooms or vegetables for dinner. In addition, you can drink green tea and coffee without sugar. Lunch - vegetable soup with herbs.
13 days
Breakfast and dinner consist of buckwheat, but you can add cottage cheese for breakfast and cooked mushrooms or vegetables for dinner. Lunch can be varied with vegetable soup, tomato or with the addition of lentils.
14 days
- Breakfast.You can diversify the menu on the last day by making buckwheat meatballs with vegetables as an accompaniment. Alternatively, you can use low-fat cottage cheese and buckwheat porridge, green tea with a spoonful of honey.
- Lunch.Beef broth with boiled egg and herbs.
- Dinner.Buckwheat porridge with turkey breast steamed with fresh herbs.
Throughout the diet between lunch and dinner, you can eat fruit, drink rosehip broth and just green tea. It is necessary to remember about the drinking regime when losing weight.
Diet for 7 days
The 7-day diet involves cooking buckwheat in the amount of 6-8 tablespoons of cereal per day. The cooking principles remain the same as in the two-week diet.
Monday
The whole day's diet consists of buckwheat and is represented by buckwheat porridge for breakfast, buckwheat chops with vegetable garnish or salad for lunch and dinner with buckwheat meatballs. For breakfast, kefir, tea without fat and without sugar are suitable for dinner.
Tuesday
The morning menu consists of buckwheat and buckwheat bread for breakfast and steamed buckwheat pancakes for lunch. Dinner is light and it is best to eat grapefruit, which is very useful for losing weight.
Wednesday
The entire day's menu consists of steamed buckwheat and a porridge breakfast, buckwheat soup lunch and a porridge dinner with added butter. Complement breakfast and dinner with a glass of mineral water and unsweetened tea for lunch.
Thursday
Breakfast, lunch consists of buckwheat. For breakfast, you can use bread, steamed buckwheat pancakes and for lunch - buckwheat porridge. Dinner should be light and you can make a fruit or vegetable salad with butter or yogurt.
Friday
Buckwheat is the diet of the day and is served steamed for breakfast and dinner, and in buckwheat soup for lunch. It will be useful to drink kefir for breakfast, mineral water with lemon for lunch.
Saturday
Breakfast and dinner consist of buckwheat, while for breakfast prepare steamed buckwheat, for dinner buckwheat meatballs. Lunch consists of apple and grated onion with cucumber.
Sunday
Breakfast and lunch, dinner consists of buckwheat. Breakfast - buckwheat porridge, porridge with apple for lunch, steamed buckwheat pancakes for dinner. Breakfast can be complemented with mineral water with lemon, lunch - with kefir, dinner - with mineral water.
Diet for 3 days
The 3-day diet is like fasting days. The main dish in these three days is buckwheat, which will allow you to lose about three pounds in weight. Drinking alcohol is not recommended, it is harmful to the body and very high in calories. You need to get enough sleep and walk more, drink at least two liters of liquid. During the period of the diet, the stomach will decrease in size and in the subsequent period, the food intake will also be reduced in volume. Eat half a grapefruit every day.
Menu
1st day
Breakfast, lunch and dinner consist of buckwheat, only for dinner you must add vegetable salad.
2nd day
The ration for the second day consists of steamed buckwheat and complemented with an apple or half a grapefruit, a white cabbage salad and green tea with rosehips.
3rd day
Buckwheat is a menu for the whole day and can be complemented with salad and fruit. Buckwheat is used only in the form of porridge.
Kefir-buckwheat diet
The main ingredients are kefir, which should be drunk during the day, one liter, and buckwheat in the amount of 400 to 500 grams. This diet is a modification of the 7 or 14 day diet. The menu is a set of the same products, but you must respect its two components: buckwheat and kefir.
The diet enriches the body with the necessary proteins and carbohydrates, buckwheat cleans toxins and toxins, gives lightness and harmony to the body.
Buckwheat vegetable diet
The basis of this diet is buckwheat. It must be fermented with boiled water, not boiled. The diet can be enriched with vegetables such as cabbage, celery, cucumber, peppers. In this diet, it is necessary to exclude the potato, which contributes to the development of constipation, since the diet is monotonous. Drink a liquid in the volume of two liters and drink tea with decoctions of rose hips, herbal teas are optional and are not included in this volume.
Milk and buckwheat diet
The combination of milk and buckwheat mono-diets gives results when using skim milk. Buckwheat is steamed overnight with water and in the morning, milk is added to the porridge or drunk separately. The diet can be used for a period of 3 days, 10 days, and if you feel and want to continue eating, extend it to 14 days.
This mono-diet has 2 options:
- Steamed buckwheat and milk should be used alternately on a day of wheat and another day of milk. This diet is used for 3 days and allows you to lose 3 kg.
- Eat buckwheat and milk alternately throughout the day. Breakfast - buckwheat porridge, lunch - a glass of milk and in that order. The buckwheat dishes can be varied, they can be steamed pancakes, chops or meatballs.
Reviews
Numerous forums for those who want to lose weight and share experiences, and the results of these diets, say that a diet with buckwheat not only helps you lose weight, but also, with an adequate diet, helps you not get fat. The monotony of this diet is by no means a reason to abandon it.
Results
The diet allows you to get rid of not only excess weight, but also toxins from the body. Its use improves the appearance, the condition of the skin and normalizes the metabolism. Psychological mood changes, mood improves, resistance to stress increases.
The diet should not be abrupt, you should gradually get out of it. The diet can be repeated only after 30–45 days.