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Lemon diet

Characteristic of a diet	Final assessment
Prodolzhitelnost:1-2 month	3 of 5 Diet pluses – the minimum number of restrictions and gradual formation of healthy eating habits. But the constant use of lemons and lemon juice will suit not all.
Recommended частота:раз in half a year
Speed of loss of weight:
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"The lemon diet" was developed by the American nutritionist Theresa Chung and gained popularity thanks to efficiency and simplicity.

Theresa Chung considers that excess weight – result of bad digestion. Because the stomach and intestines function not at full capacity, the organism does not receive necessary substances for maintenance of high speed of metabolism owing to what fat is laid. In such situation in a diet lemons are necessary.

Lemons are useful to digestive processes: they stimulate allocation of a gastric juice, and their dried peel contains pectin which, getting into a stomach, inflates, creating feeling of saturation, and positively influences intestines, improving a peristaltics and promoting removal of slags. Besides, they contain a large amount of vitamins, including vitamin C which activates a lipometabolism.

Basic provisions of "A lemon diet":

every morning to drink on an empty stomach a glass of warm water with the freshly squeezed juice of a lemon divorced in it. It is necessary to begin with several drops of juice, then gradually increasing its contents;
in total within a day to drink not less than 2 l of pure still water, it is obligatory with addition of lemon juice;
during the day it is necessary to add a lemon, its juice and a dried peel to all dishes. It can be first courses, salads, drinks. Besides, it is recommended to eat periodically lemon pieces with a dried peel;
food has to be fractional, at least 5 times a day, surely at regular intervals and are desirable every day at the same time;
the diet is supplemented with the bathtubs promoting removal of slags from an organism. Bathtubs with use of soda, turpentine, natural essential oils are most effective (lemon, grapefruit, orange).

During "A lemon diet" it is recommended to lead active lifestyle. It is possible to do physical exercises, to swim in the pool, to visit a bath, a sauna, to complete a massage course.

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Advantages

The plumb on "A lemon diet" makes 1-2 kg a week that is considered the optimum speed of weight loss. During a diet the organism gets used to healthy food, exchange processes improve.

Lemon water is recommended to be drunk through a straw to prevent damage of an adamantine substance of tooth by citric acid.

The vitamins which are contained in lemons and observance of the drinking mode promote immunity strengthening, emergence of cheerfulness and ease, improvement of a condition of skin.

Shortcomings and contraindications

Lack of accurate recommendations is relative the menu and daily caloric content can lead to the termination of a diet, is sometimes imperceptible for the growing most thin.

The diet is contraindicated to people with an allergy to a citrus and with a stomach hyperoxemia, and also to people with oncological diseases.

What products are resolved?

All products, useful to health, are resolved. It is better to give preference to fast meat and fish, porridges on water, to vegetables, fruit, grain, fermented milk products, and to replace sugar with honey.

Gross weight of fruit and vegetables in the daily menu has to be not less than 1 kg, at least a half of them should be used in the raw.

What products are prohibited?

Greasy, fried food, confectionery and flour products (rare exceptions are admissible), fast food is completely excluded from a diet.

Useful tips

Council 1: lemon water is recommended to be drunk through a straw to prevent damage of an adamantine substance of tooth by citric acid.

Council 2: to avoid failure, it is occasionally possible to indulge himself with small piece of cake, but only in combination with a lemon or its juice.

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First breakfast	Porridge on water with addition of a dried peel of a lemon, a raisin handful, green tea with a lemon.
Second breakfast	Yogurt with dried fruits and a dried peel of a lemon.
Lunch	The low-fat fish baked in a foil and sprinkled by lemon juice, vegetable stew.
Afternoon snack	Baked apples.
Dinner	Buckwheat cereal, green tea with a lemon.