Recently, a huge number of different diets have been invented. Some of them represent the most real mockery of the body. Others are quite possible in use. To find what you really need, you need to fully understand the essence of the problem.
Properties of watermelon
Watermelon pulp contains digestible carbohydrates, useful for digestion carbohydrates, vitamins C, PP, B1, B3, proteins, folic acid, magnesium, potassium, manganese, iron, phosphorus, potassium, nickel, about 90% alkaline substances.
100 g of watermelon pulp contain about 30 kcal. Due to this property, watermelon is recommended to be included in the diet for overweight people. The fiber contained in watermelon helps the intestines, improves digestion and helps lower cholesterol. It has watermelon and diuretic properties, while at the same time it removes toxins, poisons, sand and small stones from the body.
Another property of watermelon is its ability to alkalize. Because the increased oxidation of the body negatively affects the metabolism and resistance to disease.
What is the watermelon diet
The diet is as follows: for 5 days, you should eat only watermelon, per 10 kg of body weight 1 kg of pulp per day, dividing the entire volume into 5-6 doses. If such a diet proves unbearable, then you are allowed to add 1-2 slices of brown bread to each reception.
After 5 days, you should switch to a maintenance watermelon diet: for lunch and breakfast - savory cereals in water (the best choice is oatmeal), fish or lean meat, vegetable salads without fat sauce and a small amount of cheese. But for dinner - a sufficient amount of watermelon. Such a diet lasts up to 10 days, during which you can lose weight up to 7-8 kg.
Benefits of watermelon nutrition
The watermelon diet is usually well tolerated and contributes to weight loss by reducing fluid retention in the body and body fat, cleansing the body and reducing the load on the kidneys.
Sick people can also use this diet. Watermelon is recommended for diseases of hypertension, gout, liver, kidney and bile.
Dangers of the watermelon diet
This diet is dangerous, first of all, because watermelon pulp has a strong diuretic effect. Along with the fluid, potassium and sodium salts are secreted by the body. The fact is that the potassium salts are vital for the proper functioning of the heart and their deficiency in the body will particularly affect people suffering from diseases of the cardiovascular system.
Sometimes diet can cause heaviness and abdominal pain, flatulence. This is because using watermelon pulp is a carbohydrate-based diet that produces gases when dissolved.
Contraindications to the watermelon diet
It is not worth using a watermelon diet for kidney stones, because increased urination can help release the stone from the renal pelvis and break it into the ureter.
Another contraindication is diabetes, as watermelon contains digestible carbohydrates.
The watermelon diet should be used with extreme caution in people suffering from diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, pyelonephritis with severe reflux and prostate adenoma.
In general, the watermelon diet is ideal to get rid of excess fluids and toxic substances in the body and in a short time. It is also possible to lose a few pounds of stored fat. But do not forget that after a diet, you should follow a healthy diet and an active lifestyle, otherwise all the effort will simply be lost.