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Buckwheat diet: easy and delicious recipes
Last reviewed: 04.07.2025
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Buckwheat mono-diet is a great way to saturate the body with useful substances, remove excess fluid from it and, of course, lose weight. But, since not everyone enjoys eating only buckwheat for a whole week, we have selected for you light and tasty options for buckwheat mono-diet for weight loss.
Buckwheat mono-diet: buckwheat plus dried fruits
The essence of the diet
We do not just cook buckwheat, but add dried fruits to it. This option is especially good in late autumn when there is a lack of natural vitamins and sun.
How to cook buckwheat?
- Dried apricots – 4 fruits
- Dried prunes – 4 pieces
- Figs (dried) – 2 pieces
Cut all the fruits into squares and divide in half. Pour a glass of boiling water over the first half and leave until completely cool. This will be our healthy decoction with vitamins, which we will wash down the tasteless buckwheat with during the day.
The second half is intended for making buckwheat porridge. We can simply add these fruits to buckwheat groats, previously soaked in boiling water overnight. And now it will be a very tasty buckwheat mono-diet for weight loss!
Duration of the buckwheat diet
7-12 days
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Result
From 2 to 5 kg per week
Buckwheat mono-diet: buckwheat plus kefir
The essence of the diet
Make the weight loss torture more delicious by adding tasty and healthy kefir to buckwheat. And another benefit of buckwheat in combination with kefir is that the lactic acid bacteria contained in this drink will help to better absorb the useful substances in the buckwheat. In addition, such a mixture will perfectly support your immunity and help restore the intestinal microflora.
How to cook buckwheat?
Heat a frying pan without any signs of oil on the bottom. Throw in the washed, dried buckwheat and add 0.5 liters of water, into which you have previously thrown a small pinch of salt.
The fire should be small. Cover the buckwheat with a lid and let it simmer in the heat for 20-25 minutes. No need to stir the buckwheat.
When the cereal swells and cools down, divide this portion into 3 equal parts. Eat one with confidence and wash it down with low-fat kefir. Or if you want, you can add kefir directly to the porridge. It will be much tastier.
You have 2 more parts of buckwheat left. So, you can do the same with them throughout the day. You can drink up to 1 liter of kefir per day for weight loss and to maintain the buckwheat diet. Just be sure to ensure that its fat content does not exceed 1.5%.
Duration of the buckwheat diet
10-14 days
Result
From 3 to 5 kg per week
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