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The 3 most popular types of kefir diet
Last reviewed: 04.07.2025
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The kefir diet is not a boring diet. To make the diet more varied, nutritionists have come up with the idea of alternating kefir intake with other food. We will tell you about the types of kefir diet in this publication.
Kefir – joy for the stomach
Whatever the kefir diet, it is a real gift to the body. Kefir has many advantages over many products, namely:
- Low in calories
- Low in carbohydrates
- Very little fat
- Kefir is easily digestible
- Kefir helps remove toxins and excess fluid from the body
- With the help of kefir you can quickly normalize the microflora of the stomach and intestines
- Kefir helps to improve the functioning of the nervous system, which is why it is recommended to drink it at night.
Diet No. 1 Kefir diet, developed by the Institute of Nutrition
The gist: eat only low-calorie foods and arrange purely kefir fasting days for yourself. Meals should be on schedule, starting from 08:00 and until 21:00 (no later), in 6 meals every 2 hours.
Duration: 21 days
Result: up to 12 kg minus
Prohibited products of the kefir diet
- Bread of any kind
- Sugar
- Potatoes in any form
- Spicy and fried
- Vegetable fats in the menu - no less than half of the daily diet
Recommended and permitted products
- Lean fish and meat
- Salt is allowed, but its consumption should be limited to 5 grams per day.
- Milk and fermented milk products with zero or low fat content (maximum up to 2.5%)
- Vegetables and fruits without starch in the composition - without restrictions
- As for drinks, you can drink up to 1.5 liters per day, including purified water. Most of these 1.5 liters should be kefir - 1 liter per day. If you get tired of kefir, you can replace it with vegetable juice.
You will start to lose weight very quickly, and the best thing is that your weight after the kefir diet will remain at the achieved level for a long time.
[ Diet #2. Kefir diet in winter
The essence: a diet with maximum consumption of kefir and exclusion of fried and spicy foods can be repeated every month
Duration: 3 days
Result: minus 4 to 5 kg
Menu for kefir diet
Breakfast
Coffee (with milk) – 1 cup. Coffee can be replaced with tea without sugar
Omelette
Sauerkraut (salad)
Black bread, thinly spread with butter
Semolina porridge on water
Afternoon snack
Kefir – 250 g
An alternative to kefir is a thin slice of hard cheese and 1 green apple
Dinner
Chicken Soup
Carrots stewed in water
Bread - 1 slice
An alternative to this lunch menu:
Mushroom soup
Lean meat stewed in water with cabbage
Afternoon snack
1 cup low-fat kefir
Baked apple
Dinner
Tea or coffee without sugar
A piece of lean boiled fish
Baked potatoes (up to 3 pieces)
Carrots baked with cottage cheese and prunes
3 hours before bedtime
Low-fat or zero-fat kefir – 250 g
An alternative to kefir is skim milk or fermented baked milk
Lose weight easily on this diet and enjoy the fact that your figure is slim and attractive.
Diet #3. Kefir-fruit diet
It is very good during the fruit season, that is, in summer and early autumn. Such a diet saturates the body with essential vitamins and microelements and helps to effectively reduce weight.
The gist: you eat low-fat kefir, alternating it with fruits. Meals should be regular, about 6 times a day with intervals of 2 hours.
What are the benefits of the kefir-fruit diet?
With its help you will achieve amazing results. Fruits and kefir in combination act on the gastrointestinal tract in such a way that the body receives the maximum of useful substances, which are absorbed several times weaker if you consume these products separately.
In addition, the beneficial lactobacilli in kefir have the ability to improve the functioning of the digestive system.
Duration of the diet: 7 days
Result of the diet
Up to 10 kg minus
Menu for kefir diet
1st, 2nd and 3rd day of the diet – only kefir with fat content from 0% to 2.5%.
Day 3 of the diet – vegetables throughout the day (raw or baked)
Day 4 of the diet – up to 1.5 liters of kefir
Day 5 of the diet – fruits throughout the day, except grapes and bananas (they are too high in calories)
Day 6 of the diet – only kefir
Day 7 of the diet – fruits or vegetables of your choice
Lose weight with pleasure on the kefir diet and be happy!