Buckwheat is considered an ideal dietetic product to promote weight loss and an indispensable product in the vegetarian menu. Its consumption is the basis of many types of buckwheat-based diets. The chemical composition of buckwheat is so diverse and saturated with substances necessary for the body, which makes it a useful product. It does not lend itself to genetic modification. Oatmeal contains vitamins of groups B, PP, A and E and trace elements that are not found in any other cereal, these 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 which surpass animal proteins in their properties and are easily absorbed by the body. Buckwheat carbohydrates are absorbed more slowly, creating a feeling of fullness.
The benefits of buckwheat also differ depending on its type, the whole grains peeled from the shell are called a kernel and it is a storehouse of useful substances, and the ground or prodel contains fewer nutrients and fewer calories.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantages of the buckwheat mono-diet are its simplicity of cooking and its availability. The cereal retains its properties even after cooling. Does not deteriorate when stored for a long time.
The nutrients 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.
Buckwheat diet improves the appearance of skin, nails, eliminates traces of cellulite and makes the figure slimmer and more well-groomed. By its properties, buckwheat can replace products such as potatoes, baked goods and many grains.
Buckwheat has a chemical composition that prevents it from becoming rancid and moldy during long-term storage. Buckwheat removes excess fluid and helps remove visible and latent edemas.
The disadvantages of the buckwheat diet are its monotony in the menu, which can contribute to the degradation and rejection of buckwheat.
The diet is about avoiding salt and sugar, but avoiding salt can lower blood pressure and make you feel worse. Avoiding sugar can lead to a decrease in mental performance, which should be taken into account and switched to a diet during times of calm and less serious plans. It is better not to add sugar to the diet, this will lead to an increase in the calorie content of the porridge, and salt can be added in minimum amounts.
The calorie content of a Greek mono diet is 400-450 per day, which is very little for vigorous activity, but the feeling of fullness will not make you hungry.
Another disadvantage of the diet is the contraindication. These include pregnancy and the breastfeeding period. Diseases of the digestive system, such as colitis and gastritis, it is not advisable to use kefir-buckwheat, it can provoke their exacerbation. Steamed buckwheat is contraindicated for varicose veins, blood diseases and a tendency to form thrombi. Mono-diet should be refrained from during the period of exacerbation of chronic diseases and after surgery.
Taking multivitamin preparations contributes to the enrichment of the organism with a complex of substances for good nutrition, it is very useful for mono-diets.
The exit from the diet should be gradual, if it is neglected, the extra pounds will come back very soon.
Diet for 14 days
Mono Diet is a great way to lose 5 pounds or more. After completing the diet, you need to adhere to good nutrition so that the result is preserved for a long time.
Principles
Buckwheat contains water, but when consumed in amounts of around 500 grams per day, additional liquid is needed.
Boiling buckwheat will cause nutrients to decrease, so it should be boiled with boiling water. The method of brewing has its own characteristics and for this you need to pour a glass of buckwheat into a saucepan and pour boiling water over it. The water level should be 2 to 3 cm above the level of the buckwheat.
Buckwheat is washed with cold water from the debris and steamed with boiling water, left overnight or a few hours in a warm place or wrapped in a saucepan with a towel. Salt should be, at the end, this will reduce the amount of salt consumed during the day.
When preparing menus and choosing their products, side dishes should be prepared by a quarter less than the amount of porridge by weight. This amount of garnish contributes to the quality result of the diet.
Daily menu
Buckwheat diet can cause depression and blues, but with an optimistic attitude and a combination of products and a focus on results, it will bring about changes in appearance and reduce weight in no time. All dishes should be eaten fresh, prepared just before meals.
1 day
Breakfast and dinner consist of buckwheat porridge, for dinner you can add cooked vegetables or mushrooms with onions on the side. Tomato soup with vegetables is on the menu for lunch. You can drink tea with a spoonful 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 make 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 according to the eating regimen. You can diversify the menu with a handful of dried fruits, but not more than once a day and a decoction of rosehips.
6 days
Both breakfast and dinner consist of buckwheat. For breakfast, buckwheat in milk, for dinner - with cauliflower in the batter and a boiled egg. Lunch - low-calorie vegetable soup without potatoes.
7 days
Breakfast and dinner consists of steamed buckwheat topped 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 a side dish for dinner. Lunch - boiled turkey or veal with coleslaw.
9 to 11 days
Buckwheat porridge and drinking water are the diet these days. It should be remembered that it should not be consumed more than 0, 5 kg per day. This amount doesn't put a lot of stress on the body and helps maintain a feeling of fullness throughout the day.
12 days
Breakfast and dinner consist of buckwheat porridge with butter or olive oil for breakfast and a side of mushrooms or vegetables for dinner. In addition to this, you can drink green tea and unsweetened coffee. Lunch - vegetable soup with herbs.
13 days
Both breakfast and dinner consist of buckwheat, but you can add cottage cheese for breakfast and mushrooms or boiled vegetables for dinner. Lunch can be varied with vegetable soup, tomatoes or with the addition of lentils.
14 days
- Breakfast.You can diversify the menu on the last day by making buckwheat balls with vegetables on the side. Alternatively, you can use low-fat cottage cheese and buckwheat porridge, green tea with a spoonful of honey.
- Lunch.Meat broth with boiled egg and herbs.
- Dinner.Buckwheat porridge with steamed turkey breast with fresh herbs.
During the entire period of the diet between lunch and dinner, you can eat fruit, drink rosehip broth and just green tea. It is necessary to remember the diet while losing weight.
Diet for 7 days
A 7-day diet consists of cooking buckwheat at the rate of 6 to 8 tablespoons of cereal per day. The cooking principles remain the same as for the two week diet.
Monday
The diet of the day consists of buckwheat and is represented by buckwheat porridge for breakfast, buckwheat cutlets with a vegetable garnish or a salad for lunch and dinner with buckwheat balls. For breakfast, kefir, fat-free and unsweetened tea 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 grapefruit is better to eat, which is very useful for weight loss.
Wednesday
The all day menu includes steamed buckwheat and a porridge breakfast, buckwheat soup lunch and a porridge dinner with the addition of butter. Complete 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 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 steamed buckwheat, for dinner buckwheat balls. Lunch consists of apple and grated onion and cucumber.
Sunday
Breakfast and lunch, dinner consists of buckwheat. Breakfast - buckwheat porridge, apple porridge for lunch, steamed buckwheat pancakes for dinner. Breakfast can be supplemented with mineral water with lemon, lunch - with kefir, dinner - with mineral water.
Diet for 3 days
The three-day diet is like fasting days. The main course during these three days is buckwheat, which will allow you to lose around three kilograms of weight. Drinking alcohol is not recommended, it is harmful to the body and high in calories. You need to get enough sleep and walk more, drink at least two liters of fluid. During the period of the diet, the size of the stomach will decrease, and in the next period, food intake will also be reduced in volume. Eat half a grapefruit every day.
Menu
1st day
Breakfast, lunch and dinner are buckwheat, only vegetable salad should be added for dinner.
2nd day
The ration for the second day consists of steamed buckwheat and supplemented with an apple or half a grapefruit, a white cabbage salad and green tea with rose hips.
3rd day
Buckwheat is an all-day menu and can be served with salad and fruit. Buckwheat is only used in the form of porridge.
Kefir-buckwheat diet
The main ingredients are kefir, which should be drunk per liter per day, and buckwheat in an amount of 400-500 grams. This diet is a 7 or 14 day modification of the diet. The menu is a set of the same products, but you must adhere to its two components - buckwheat and kefir.
The diet enriches the body with the necessary proteins and carbohydrates, buckwheat cleanses toxins and toxins, gives lightness and harmony to the figure.
Plant-based buckwheat diet
The basis of this diet is buckwheat. It should be brewed with boiled, not boiled water. The diet can be enriched with vegetables such as cabbage, celery, cucumbers, peppers. In this diet it is necessary to exclude potatoes, which contributes to the development of constipation, since the diet is monotonous. Drink a liquid in a volume of two liters and take tea with decoctions of rosehips, herbal teas are optional and are not included in this volume.
Milk-buckwheat diet
The combination of mono-diets milk and buckwheat gives results when using skimmed milk. Buckwheat is steamed overnight with water, and in the morning milk is added to 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-regime has 2 options:
- Steamed buckwheat and milk should be used alternately one day of buckwheat, 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. Buckwheat dishes can be varied, it can be steamed pancakes, chops or meatballs.
Notice
Many forums of people wishing to lose weight and sharing their experiences, as well as the results of these diets, say that a buckwheat diet not only helps in losing weight, but also, with proper nutrition, it helps not to take it. The monotony of this regime does not in any way become a reason to abandon it.
Results
Diet not only helps you get rid of excess weight, but also gets rid of toxins in the body. Its use improves the appearance, condition of the skin and normalizes metabolism. Psychological mood changes, mood improves, and resistance to stress increases.
Exiting the regime should not be sudden, you should quit it gradually. The diet can only be repeated after 30-45 days.