Recently, many different diets have been invented. Some represent the most realistic mockery of the body. It is quite possible to use others. You need to understand the nature of the problem in order to find what you really need.
Features of watermelon
Watermelon pulp contains easily digestible carbohydrates, vitamins C, PP, B1, B3, proteins, folic acid, magnesium, potassium, manganese, iron, phosphorus, potassium, nickel, alkalis and about 90% water, which are useful for digestion.
100 g of watermelon pulp contains about 30 kcal. Due to this feature, watermelon is recommended to be included in the diet for overweight people. The fiber in watermelon helps the intestines, improves digestion and helps lower cholesterol. Watermelon has diuretic properties, as well as removes toxins, poisons, sand and small stones from the body.
Another feature of watermelon is its ability to alkalize. Increased oxidation of the body has a negative effect on metabolism and resistance to disease.
What is a watermelon diet
The diet is as follows: for 5 days you should eat 5-6 kg of the total volume, 1 kg of cellulose per 10 kg of body weight per day, only watermelon. If such a diet is intolerable, it is allowed to add 1-2 slices of black bread at each reception.
After 5 days, you should switch to a watermelon diet: for lunch and breakfast - delicious cereals on the water (the best choice is oatmeal), fish or lean meat, vegetable salads without fat dressing and a small amount of cheese. But for dinner - enough watermelon. Such a diet lasts up to 10 days, during which time you can lose 7-8 kg.
Benefits of watermelon diet
Watermelon diet is generally well tolerated and helps to lose weight by reducing fluid retention in the body and body fat, cleansing the body and reducing the burden on the kidneys.
Patients can also use this diet. Watermelon is recommended for hypertension, gout, liver, kidney and biliary tract diseases.
Disadvantages of watermelon diet
This diet is primarily dangerous, because watermelon pulp has a pronounced diuretic effect. Potassium and sodium salts are eliminated from the body along with the fluid. The truth is that potassium salts are essential for the proper functioning of the heart, and a deficiency in the body will affect people, especially those suffering from diseases of the cardiovascular system.
Sometimes diet can cause weight gain and abdominal pain, flatulence. This is because the use of watermelon pulp is a carbohydrate-based diet that releases gases when broken down.
Contraindications to the watermelon diet
It is not advisable to use watermelon diet for kidney stones, because increased urinary excretion may contribute to the release of the stone from the renal pelvis and the violation of the bladder.
Another contraindication is diabetes, because watermelon contains easily digestible carbohydrates.
Watermelon diet should be used with extreme caution for people suffering from diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, severe reflux and pyelonephritis with prostate adenoma.
In general, watermelon diet is very good for getting rid of excess fluid and toxins from the body, and in the short term. It is also possible to lose a few pounds of accumulated fat. But remember that after the diet you need to follow a healthy diet and an active lifestyle, otherwise all your efforts will be in vain.