"Sit" on a watermelon diet - it's like going on a water diet, and in the literal sense of the word. Because watermelon pulp is 95% water.
Watermelon diet: what's the point?
The main food in the diet is watermelon, as you might guess, watermelon pulp. Or rather, you need to eat a few slices of watermelon as a dessert after breakfast, lunch and dinner, and also eat 3-4 slices of juicy watermelon around 12 noon (lunch time). However, go no further: in total you can eat up to 2 kg of watermelon per day, but no more.
The watermelon diet is 90% water. Despite being a sugar product, watermelon is considered to have a low calorie content - no more than 40 kcal per 100 g of watermelon pulp. Thanks to this property, watermelon perfectly saturates, relieving the feeling of hunger, and at the same time is almost immediately trapped.
In addition to water, watermelons contain a large amount of fiber, which helps restore the efficient functioning of the digestive system and remove excess fluid from the tissues.
So the watermelon diet is a great remedy for edema. Along with water, harmful substances and toxins are washed away from skin tissues and cells, causing the skin to be cleansed, rejuvenated, and to take on a healthier appearance.
benefits of watermelon diet
In addition to the fact that the watermelon diet quickly helps to give a seductive, slim outline to the figure, it saturates the body with some useful substances. These include: potassium, magnesium, valuable vitamins A, C, B vitamins, as well as vitamin PP.
An unknown fact that gives the watermelon diet its status as a health food: watermelon is high in antioxidant lycopene, famous for its anti-cancer properties. Therefore, the watermelon diet can be practiced not only for weight loss, but also as an effective cancer prevention.
Aspects of the watermelon diet
Only fresh and ripe fruits are suitable for watermelon diet. How to choose the right watermelon? In high quality fruit, the skin is dense, and if it is slightly scratched with nails, it will have no dents, but only the upper thin layer will "spread" slightly.
If you slap a watermelon, as if on a ball, with your palm, the sound should not be deaf, but honestly, a little vibrating.
Another important question is how to properly store watermelon during the watermelon diet. Correct answer: in the refrigerator, wrap the cut fruit into pieces in cling film.
At the time of the watermelon diet, it is necessary to focus on protein foods and vegetables, excluding sweets, fats and alcohol from the menu for a while. The latter is complete and without exception. The fact that watermelon in combination with alcohol often causes severe indigestion.
The duration of the watermelon diet should not exceed 10 days, the next course can be done no earlier than a month later. These ten days are enough to lose 2-6 kilos at the end.