"Sit" on a watermelon diet - it's like going on a water diet, and it's literally. Because watermelon pulp is 95% water.
Watermelon diet: what's the point?
The main food in the watermelon diet is, as you might guess, watermelon pulp. Or rather, you should eat a few slices of watermelon as a dessert after breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as eat 3-4 juicy slices of watermelon around 12 at noon (lunch time). However, do not exceed: in total you can eat up to 2 kg of watermelon a day, but no more.
The watermelon diet is 90% water. Despite the fact that watermelon is a sugar product, its caloric content is estimated as low - no more than 40 kcal per 100 g of watermelon pulp. Thanks to this property, watermelon perfectly saturates, relieves hunger and at the same time is absorbed almost instantly.
In addition to water, watermelons contain a large amount of fiber, which helps to restore the efficient functioning of the digestive system and remove excess fluid from the tissues.
Thus, the watermelon diet is an excellent remedy for edema. Along with water, harmful substances and toxins are washed away from tissues and skin cells, which means that the skin is cleansed, renewed and acquires a healthier appearance.
The benefits of the watermelon diet
In addition to the fact that the watermelon diet helps to quickly give the figure a seductive, slender shape, it also saturates the body with some nutrients. Among them: potassium, magnesium, valuable vitamins A, C, B vitamins and vitamin PP.
A little-known fact that gives the watermelon diet the status of a healthy food: watermelon is high in the antioxidant lycopene, known for its anti-cancer properties. Therefore, the watermelon diet can be practiced not only for weight loss, but also as an effective cancer prevention.
Features of the watermelon diet
Only fresh and ripe fruits are suitable for a watermelon diet. How to choose the right watermelon? In a quality fruit, the peel is thick and if you scrape it lightly with your fingernail, there will be no dents on it, and only the upper thin layer will "peel off" slightly.
If you hit a watermelon, as if on a ball, with your palm, the sound should never be deaf, but sonorous, slightly vibrating.
Another important question is how to properly store watermelon during the watermelon diet. Correct answer: in the refrigerator, wrapping the fruit, cut into pieces, in cling film.
During the watermelon diet it is necessary to emphasize protein foods and vegetables, for some time exclude from the menu pastries, fats and alcohol. The latter is complete and without exception. The fact is that watermelon in combination with alcohol often causes indigestion.
The duration of the watermelon diet should not exceed 10 days, the next course can be held no earlier than a month later. These ten days are enough to lose 2-6 pounds in the end.