Potato Diet

There is an opinion that you can not lose weight by eating potatoes, you can only gain weight. But supporters of this opinion, most likely, just used to eat fried potatoes. When frying, the potato loses most of its beneficial properties, and frequent use of fried potatoes onlyhelps to gain weight. But the potato baked and boiled in a uniform is another matter, after all the greatest quantity of nutrients is concentrated in a peel of a potato and right after it. Potatoes contain vitamins (including vitamin C) and microelements. In the baked potato, a lot of potassium, useful for the cardiovascular system.

But that the potato diet was effective, you need to choose the right potatoes. For this diet is best suited young potatoes - it contains many useful substances and little starch. But at the end of winter, the starch content inthe potato is maximal, and the potatoes become more caloric. So potato diet is seasonal, it is best to observe it in summer and early autumn, and in winter and spring there will be no benefit from it.

The potato diet, like any mono-diet, is quite stiff, and one can not sit on it for long, because the body does not receive all the necessary substances. So 10 days of a potato diet is a maximum, and after it you need to give the body a rest for a month or two.

There are many varieties of potato diet. They are united by the fact that the main food is potatoes, and the set of "additional" products for each diet is different. Therefore, one potato diet can be carried more easily, the other is more difficult, the main thing is to choose the one that suits you. But all variants of this diet unite several general principles:

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  potatoes can not be fried, only baked or boiled;
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  it is advisable to consume potatoes without salt - it can be replaced with herbs;
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  a day you need to drink at least two liters of liquid - mineral water without gas, green or herbal tea without sugar.

We offer you several options menu of potato diet.

Potato Diet №1

This is the toughest version of the potato diet, so You can not sit on it longer than five or six days. In addition, during the diet it is worth taking vitamins, because in its diet there are too few natural sources of vitamins.

Meals three times a day: for breakfast - warm milk (1 glass), for lunch- mashed potatoes (300 g), for dinner - a portion of potato salad. To make a salad you need to boil potatoes in a uniform, cut into cubes. Then you need to add to the potatoes finely chopped green onions, season with olive oil and lemon juice, pepper. If the salad seems too "hungry," you can add one steep egg.

Potato Diet №2

This version of the diet is not so hard, besides, the diet includes fresh vegetables. On this diet, you can sit no longer 5-6, but 10 days (but this is the maximum!), You can repeat it in 2-3 months. Every day you need to eat a kilogram of potatoes boiled in a uniform, dividing it into 4-6 identical portions. Potatoes can not be salted. You can also eat salads dressed with lemon juice, and any greens.

Potato Diet №3

In this version of the diet there is no clear list of dishes, there is only a set of products for every day, and what you will cook from them is your business (but it is still desirable to introduce a potato soup into your daily diet). This set includes:

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  potatoes - 1 kg
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  stewed vegetables - 200 g
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  low-fat cheese or cottage cheese - 100 g
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  vegetable oil - 50 g
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  hard boiled eggs - 2 pieces

If desired, you can add another 50 grams of lean meat. Potato diet of this type provides fractional meals in small portions. There are after six in the evening it is impossible.