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Pumpkin diet

Characteristic of a diet	Final assessment
Prodolzhitelnost:14 days	3,5 of 5 By means of the Pumpkin diet it is possible not only to lose weight, but also to get healthier. The diet includes tasty and useful pumpkin dishes which should learning to be prepared – they can be used also in usual life.
Recommended частота:раз in half a year
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Pumpkin diet – not only effective system of weight loss, but also a good way to fill up organism stocks with useful substances. Bright orange fruits of pumpkin have rich structure - vitamins (And, C, E, K, PP, T, groups B), micro and macrocells (calcium, fluorine, magnesium, potassium, iron, copper), bioflavonoids, etc.

Vitamin T (carnitine) helps to improve a lipometabolism and by that to avoid accumulation of excessive fatty deposits. The pectins which are contained in pumpkin promote removal from an organism of slags. This vegetable contains a lot of cellulose, the promoting stimulation of motility of intestines and regulation of a chair that is prevention of locks and serves digestion normalization. Also the fact that pumpkin – the low-calorie product, in 100 g contains only 26 kcal is important. All these useful properties of pumpkin found application in the Pumpkin diet.

The pumpkin has more saturated color, the more it contains useful substances therefore for a diet it is worth choosing fruits with bright orange pulp.

Rules of the Pumpkin diet:

Caloric content of a daily diet should not exceed 1200 kcal;
To have supper not later than 18:00;
In days it is necessary to drink not less than 1,5 l of pure still water.

During a diet it is necessary to prepare pumpkin dishes according to special recipes:

Porridge from pumpkin
Ingredients:

The pumpkin (200 g) cleared of a thin skin and cut in cubes;
Rice, millet or grits (1 tablespoon).

Pumpkin is stewed in water on small fire within 30 minutes, add grain and extinguished 30 more minutes. It is possible to add some salt to ready porridge slightly.

Pumpkin cream soup
Ingredients:

The pumpkin (200 g) peeled and cut by bars;
The peeled and cut potatoes (200 g);
Milk (1 l);
It is a little croutons.

Vegetables and crackers are cooked in a small amount of water to readiness. Then wipe through a colander and cook in milk of 5 more minutes, add a little salt.

Pumpkin and dried apricots casserole
Ingredients:

The pumpkin (150 g) peeled and cut by bars;
The crushed dried apricots (150 g);
Milk (50 ml);
Flour (5 g);
The crushed rye crackers.

Pumpkin pieces are slightly fried in vegetable oil, and together with dried apricots placed in a deep form, add milk and flour, from above strewed with rye crispbread. Bake in an oven to readiness.

Pancakes from pumpkin
Ingredients:

The pumpkin peeled and cut in small cubes;
Milk;
One egg;
Flour.

Pumpkin is boiled and wiped through a small sieve, add warm milk, egg, flour and slightly salts, kneaded. Fry without oil.

The stuffed pumpkin
Ingredients:

Pumpkin of the small size;
Paprika;
Vegetable marrow;
Tomatoes;
Onions;
Garlic;
Low-fat firm cheese.

Pumpkin is cut on two parts, cleared of seeds and filled with small cut vegetables. From above strew with grated cheese then bake in an oven to readiness.

Soup on chicken broth with pumpkin
Ingredients:

Chicken fillet;
Pumpkin;
1 carrot;
1 potato.

Boil chicken breast, then small cut it and again add to broth. There throw small cut pumpkin, carrots and potatoes. Cook to readiness, then fill with the cut greens and salt a little.

Pumpkin in a pot
Ingredients:

The pumpkin peeled and cut by small pieces;
Vanillin;
Cream.

Pieces of pumpkin strew with vanillin and leave for 15 minutes. After that stack pumpkin in a pot, water with cream and bake in an oven to readiness. Use the baked chilled pumpkin.

Ossetian pumpkin pie (насджин)
Ingredients:

The pumpkin (200 g) peeled and grated on an average grater;
Grated cheese (60 g);
Fresh dough.

Bake pie, using pumpkin mix with cheese as a stuffing. Add a little salt to a stuffing.

The pumpkin diet is expected 14 days, the menu repeats each four days, that is the menu 5, 9, 13 of days corresponds to the menu of 1 day, the menu 6, 10. 14 days – to the menu are 2 days and so on.

Upon termination of a diet it is necessary to leave it smoothly, keeping a part of restrictions, otherwise the lost kilograms will return very quickly.

Тыквенная диета: принципы питания

Advantages

In two weeks of the Pumpkin diet it is possible to get rid of 6-7 kg of excess weight.

The pumpkin diet promotes strengthening of health, saturation of an organism useful substances. Work of digestive tract, a condition of skin, hair and nails improves, vitality increases.

The pumpkin diet differs in a various diet, tasty dishes.

Shortcomings and contraindications

Daily caloric content of a diet is too low therefore the diet is not suitable for the long period, it is not necessary to exceed the recommended 14 days.

The pumpkin diet is strictly contraindicated at pancreas diseases in an aggravation stage, at all other chronic pathologies before a diet consultation of the doctor is required.

What products are resolved?

Pumpkin;
Vegetables: potatoes, carrots, paprika, vegetable marrow, tomatoes, onions, garlic;
Fruit: pears, apples, pineapple;
Dried fruits: dried apricots, prunes;
Nuts;
Chicken fillet;
Eggs;
Milk, low-fat cheese, cream;
Grain: oat, rice or millet;
Croutons, fresh dough;
Salt in a small amount;
Lemon juice;
Spices: vanillin, cinnamon;
Vegetable oil;
Tea, coffee.

What products are prohibited?

All products which were not included into the list resolved, including sugar are prohibited.

First day	Breakfast: 250 g of porridge from pumpkin, 150 g of salad from a pear and pumpkin. Lunch: 300 ml of cream soup from pumpkin. Dinner: 250 g of baked pudding from pumpkin and dried apricots.
Second day	Breakfast: 4 pancakes from pumpkin. Lunch: 300 g of the stuffed pumpkin. Dinner: 250 g of pumpkin, apples, pineapples baked with prunes.
Third day	Breakfast: 250 g of salad from pumpkin and apples with addition of ground nuts and the lemon filled with juice. Lunch: 300 ml of soup on chicken broth with pumpkin. Dinner: 250 g of pumpkin in a pot.
Fourth day	Breakfast: 250 g of pumpkin porridge. Lunch: 250 g of a nasdzhin. Dinner: 250 g of salad from pumpkin and apples with addition of cinnamon and lemon juice.

Useful tips

Council 1: The pumpkin has more saturated color, the more it contains useful substances therefore for a diet it is worth choosing fruits with bright orange pulp.

Council 2: Having a snack is undesirable, but if strong hunger torments, it is possible to eat several slices of crude pumpkin, either any crude vegetable or unsweetened fruit.

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