The Italian diet

During the meal they relax and socialize, spendingtable a few hours a day. But, despite this, they rarely suffer from obesity. The whole secret is in their Mediterranean cuisine, which is famous for its abundance of fruits, vegetables, fish dishes, and also includes lean meats or chicken, bread from wholemeal bread, olive oil and red wine. Such a diet, according to researchers, allows Italians to remain slim, lowers their risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and prolongs life.



The Italian diet is also called 3-phase, since it consists of 3stages of weight loss. The first phase is preparatory, it is designed for 7 days. During the second phase - 3 days - you lose weight directly. The third phase - recovery and final, lasts 2 days.



1 phase purification of the body of toxins andrestoration of metabolism. Your menu. Breakfast: 500 g of seasonal fruits and 100 g of low-calorie yogurt. Lunch: 200 g of rice cooked in vegetable broth, or mixed with 6-7 st. l. apple or pumpkin puree. Dinner: 500 grams of vegetables - stewed or boiled. During the day, you should drink 2-3 liters of water - mineral is suitable without gas, herbal teas. Alcohol and coffee should be excluded. During the preparatory week, it will also be useful to exercise. In the morning - a 30-minute fast walking, after lunch - a 15-minute walk. Before dinner, do a 45-minute gym.



2 phase Slimming (3 days). Breakfast: blueberry dessert - 100 g of blueberries (you can have ice cream), 200 g of oatmeal, 20 g of crushed almonds fill 125 g of low-calorie yogurt. Lunch: baked spaghetti (100 g of boiled spaghetti, 50 g of chicken meat, 3 small tomatoes cut, 50 g of frozen peas, 1 egg, salt and pepper mixed, sprinkle with grated cheese and bake from top). Dinner: pineapple-cheese salad - 80 grams of lettuce, half of sweet pepper, 85 g of canned pineapple and 25 g of low-fat cheese cut, mix and season with 50 g of low-fat sour cream. Salt - to taste.



3 phase - The final (2 days). Breakfast: blueberry dessert. Lunch: stuffed chicken breast (in 200 g of chicken breast fillet place half of leeks, curl and bake in olive oil). For a side dish - 100 g of boiled potatoes and 20 g of other vegetables (boiled). Dinner: pineapple and cheese salad



You can also try a diet with the help of which the legendary Italian actress grows thin Sophia Loren. True, this diet is much tougher than the previous one, butnutritionists say that it helps not only to lose weight, but also to find beautiful forms. Based on how stunningly Lauren looks in her 75, perhaps her way of losing weight is worth attention. This diet actress adheres to 10 days. So, the menu. Breakfast (early in the morning): a cup of coffee without sugar. After two hours: 100 g of Dutch cheese. After 3 hours: 100 grams of boiled meat. After 3 hours: 100 g of vegetables. At night: a glass of kefir. During the diet from the diet should be excluded from the bread, and go to bed not later than 24.00. And yet: you know how to stop when you're full. Italians do not consider calories because they know how to stop eating at the right time, satisfying hunger.</ p>