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Diet six petals: menu for every day, recipes

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Last reviewed: 06.04.2022
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The six petal diet consists of six foods of various categories. This is not so little, because the list includes almost everything: fish, meat, fruits, vegetables, cereals, dairy products. A detailed menu for every day, portions are also scheduled, so you don’t have to invent something new.

The fish diet, from which the six-petal diet begins, includes fatty and dietary species, for a change - seafood, if losing weight is not indifferent to them. Special culinary tricks are not required for their preparation. It is only taken into account that the fish cannot be fried and heavily salted.

  • The daily portion of the finished product is 500 grams.

The menu of the second day consists of a variety of vegetables, fresh or stewed, boiled, baked. They can be combined in all sorts of combinations, the main thing is not to fry in oil. Soups and salads are prepared without oil, with a minimum of salt and spices. New in the diet is fresh juices and smoothies, especially from green fruits.

  • The amount of vegetables - up to 1.5 kg.

The next day is based on the use of chicken, that is, protein again. An excellent menu is obtained if the sirloin meat is boiled in the morning, baked in foil in the afternoon, and grilled in the evening. Different taste qualities create the illusion of diversity.

  • The total weight of the food eaten should not exceed half a kilo, plus 200 g of the broth in which the breast was cooked.

The fourth day is called cereal. This does not mean "pecking grains" like a bird; on this day, you should saturate the body with useful carbohydrates, which are no less important than proteins. The cereal diet also includes germinated seeds, special breads, from drinking - kvass, it's good if it's homemade.

  • For cereals use 200g of dry cereals.

The cottage cheese day is hard for those who do not like this product. To improve the taste, it is mixed with yogurt, cinnamon or vanilla is added. On this day, you can drink a cup of milk, at night - kefir.

  • Daily portion of cottage cheese - 500g.

The last day is a paradise for lovers of fruit desserts. On the table there are fresh, baked, defrosted fruits and berries, salads sprinkled with lemon juice. Only too sweet fruits are not recommended - bananas, grapes. Juices of own preparation, pure and assorted, are added to ordinary drinks.

  • In total, 1.5 kg of fruit is eaten during the day.

This is where the petal "mini-marathon" ends. The drinking regimen is the same on all days: clean water, tea, and occasionally black coffee.

Vegetable day menu, vegetable dishes

The second day of the six-petal diet is carbohydrate-vegetable. Its task is to restore vitamin reserves and carbohydrate balance. In the diet of a vegetable day - root vegetables, cabbage, squash, greens, tomatoes, cucumbers. Almost the entire set, standard for the diet of every family.

  • Except potatoes, which do not fit into the vegetable day menu due to their high starch content. Peas and corn are allowed in a minimum amount.

Vegetable dishes are low in calories and have different digestibility. The abundance of fiber gives a feeling of satiety and has a positive effect on peristalsis. Water quenches thirst. Vitamin components affect metabolism, support immunity. The healthiest fresh vegetables are raw, preferably organically grown or in your own backyard. The total amount is 1.5–2 kg.

Thanks to a wide assortment, on this day there is where to roam the culinary fantasies of losing weight. In the first place are salads, lightly salted, but without oil. On the second - stewed, stuffed, stews. But, due to the low calorie content, this day is more difficult to endure than the fish day. Probably, 2 kg of plant food is still less satisfying than a pound of oily fish!

Cereal day

The sequence of the six-petal diet provides that after the "chicken" comes the cereal day. This is the fourth "petal". Its task is to compensate for trace elements and vegetable proteins. The following foods are allowed:

  • loaves;
  • cereals;
  • nuts and seeds (flaxseed, for example);
  • germinated grains;
  • bran.

The norm of a dry product is 200 g (according to other sources - 300). At night, the cereals are soaked in order to cook fresh lean porridge in the morning, without milk, butter, sugar. Unsweetened bread kvass is added to traditional water and teas on the menu.

  • Sprouted seeds are eaten raw. They take organic raw materials (sold in supermarkets), germinate them on their own using one of the methods described in the instructions or feature articles.

Sprouts have enormous beneficial properties. During germination, vitamins, antioxidants, enzymes are formed in them, and proteins and carbohydrates take an easily digestible form. They seem to come to life and at times increase their strength and benefits for the human body.

An excellent vitamin salad is obtained from buckwheat sprouts, kiwi and pear slices with the addition of homemade yogurt and honey with bee bread. A small portion of such a dish provides half the daily requirement of minerals, vitamins, enzymes and other biologically active components. Such a breakfast is useful not only during the period of the petal diet, but also at any other time.

Fish day recipes. What can replace the fish?

A good start is half the battle, says the proverb. This beginning in the diet of six petals is a fish day.

Sea fish is well absorbed, supplies the body with useful acids, proteins, microelements. Just as appropriate in this diet are shrimp and other seafood.

  • The amount of fish that should be eaten by a losing weight is 500g. The daily portion is divided into several parts.

Diet recipes for fish recommend taking fresh or more affordable ice cream raw materials, boil, stew or bake, but in no case fry. It is also unacceptable to use smoked, salted, dried products containing a lot of salt and spicy additives. During cooking, add a little salt, herbs, but not hot spices.

  • On the table there may be pollock, salmon, mackerel, herring, pink salmon, blue whiting, trout, hake, tuna, cod, pike.

Popular seafood: mussels, shrimp, octopus, squid - this is what replaces fish, if it is categorically not perceived as losing weight. Or causes an allergy (sometimes such).

A good substitute for fish is considered dietary meat - chicken, rabbit, turkey. For enrichment with iodine, phosphorus, add seaweed to the menu. You should not experiment with a product such as crab sticks. This is not a dietary or protein product at all, and the first day of the diet is precisely protein. After it should be followed by carbohydrate. Etc.

Chicken day recipes

Diet chicken day fully lives up to its name. The diet includes only chicken fillet (or turkey as an exception). And only as a last resort, with intolerance to these varieties of poultry meat, veal or beef is allowed. It will no longer be a chicken day, but the point is not in the name, but in the fact that protein foods are used.

  • The norm of finished meat on the third day of the diet is six petals - 0.5 kg. Raw - almost twice as much.

Such a portion is able to supply enough proteins and B vitamins to the body, because the fillet is almost entirely composed of proteins. It is essential for normal muscle activity. On this day, you should drink plenty of water, but do not abuse coffee and teas, so as not to overload the kidneys.

  • It will seem to someone that half a kilo of meat is much better than 2 kg of vegetables, albeit different ones. That it is hearty and tasty, and if you also drink the broth in which the fillet was cooked, then we have both the first and second courses.

In fact, any mono-diets repel their monotony. To make the day more fun and varied, experienced people advise not to eat the same boiled dish three times a day, but to use different chicken recipes each time. For example, bake in foil, with seasonings, lightly salted, or on the grill, or stewed in a slow cooker. With such a menu, the day will seem less boring, and the body will be better prepared for a cereal diet.

Fruit day

For dessert, as with any menu, there is a fruit day. It would seem that there are never too many fruits, everyone loves them, so the sixth day of the six-petal diet should please everyone who wants to lose weight, and the body is enriched with vitamins, organic acids, fiber, and antioxidant components. And the effectiveness is due to the fact that due to the low calorie content of the fruit, the metabolism is actively accelerated.

During the day, they eat several types of fruits, with a total weight of up to 1.5 kg. To do this, prepare in advance a kilogram and a half of fresh and dry fruits and berries. Apples, pomegranates, kiwis, citruses, pears, watermelons, all types of berries growing in our area are suitable. It is better if it is seasonal products.

  • The abundance of juice in plant foods does not exempt from the need to drink. Herbal infusions, green tea without sugar are the best that we can offer our body.

Fruits are eaten not only raw: apples and pears are recommended to be baked in foil or grilled. It is tasty and good for digestion. And if you remove the core and fill it with raisins, you get a real gourmet dessert.

Green apples can also be grated and mashed. For snacks, it is good to prepare smoothies, half with water. Fresh compotes are also needed. Cinnamon, vanillin are the best spices for fruit dishes and drinks.

With all the attractiveness of the diet, not everyone finds this day easy. It happens that a breakdown is close as never before. If willpower prevails, then the very next day you can take stock and carefully exit the diet.

Cottage cheese day

The fifth, cottage cheese day is the last of the protein mono-diets. In addition to amino acids and trace elements, lactic acid products supply the body with microorganisms necessary for the smooth functioning of the digestive system. The daily norm of low-fat cottage cheese, other lactic acid products in the diet is six petals - 500g.

  • Yogurt, tofu, egg, cheeses like feta - all these products are acceptable on a cottage cheese day. Milk is allowed if the body perceives it

They diversify the menu and prevent cottage cheese from sticking. When adding these products, it is necessary to recalculate and proportionally reduce the volume of homemade cheese.

You can buy cottage cheese, or you can cook it yourself. A traditional dish with homemade sour cream, dried fruits, sugar or jam cannot be called dietary, so we will postpone it until better times. The dietary use of cottage cheese involves the addition of spicy ingredients - herbs, garlic, pepper. If you want a dessert, then the cottage cheese is mixed with fresh berries: raspberries, blueberries, strawberries.

In the presence of a yogurt maker, it is very easy to prepare homemade yogurt, without preservatives, flavors, sweet additives. A homemade product is many times more useful, it is guaranteed to be fresh and of high quality. For cooking, special starter cultures are used, and your favorite berries can be added to the finished yogurt.

Snacks in the diet 6 petals

If you can do without, then snacking in a diet of 6 petals is not required. However, many people who lose weight cannot live without snacks and supplements, especially on low-calorie days. In this case, recommendations for various diet days are ready.

So, the cottage cheese day of the six-petal diet can be varied with kefir snacks, in general, up to one and a half servings. A glass of milk is fine too. On a vegetable day, a little vegetable oil is added to salads, and fresh juice or smoothies are chosen for a snack. The same is prepared from fruits and berries on the last day of the diet. The volume of drinks is up to 400 ml.

  • Other healthy drinks are also considered snacks. In addition to water, green tea is recommended, up to 4 cups per day, and no more than one serving of coffee. All drinks are sugar and flavor free.

If you divide daily portions into 6-7 parts, then snacks are food prepared according to the recipes of the main dishes for breakfast, lunch, dinner. It’s just the way of cooking that changes: instead of boiling, it’s stewing or baking, grilling or steaming. Hunger in this mode is almost not felt.

Dish recipes

Healthy cooking methods are the basis of all weight loss techniques, especially the six petal diet. It excludes such culinary techniques beloved by many as frying, smoking, salting, pickling, canning.

  • Recipes for dishes recommended by the diet do not require special culinary talents, since cooking in a saucepan or slow cooker is quite simple.

On the first day, any fish, preferably marine, is at the table. It contains special healthy fats that are not found in freshwater fish species. For the whole day you need half a kilogram of the finished product. The fish is boiled or baked, with the addition of a small dose of salt and natural spices. The ear is also suitable, but without potatoes.

The second day is on vegetables. Salads are prepared from salads, in various combinations, with a minimum of oil. Stew beets, cabbage, peppers, eggplants. Beets are boiled, rubbed and seasoned with oil. Possible additions of garlic, stewed onions. Many people like grilled vegetables.

Chicken Day offers to eat 0.5 kg of ready-made fillet - boiled, baked in foil or grilled. Salt and natural spices are used to improve the taste.

The next day's cereal menu is more varied than the previous day's. Various cereals, bran, bread, nuts should enrich the body with complex carbohydrates.

  • To "brew porridge" for the whole day, take 200 g of dry cereals, washed and soaked, boiled until tender, depending on the type of cereal.

The cottage cheese diet is varied, but of the same type. Milk, cottage cheese, yogurt kefirs and even an egg are better if it is homemade or guaranteed quality products. Daily portion of the enemy - 500g.

The fruit diet is as diverse as possible: everything that is not prohibited is allowed (grapes, banana, persimmon, dates are considered too sweet for dietary use). All kinds of berries are appropriate, their share is about a fifth of the total mass of fruits 1.5 kg. Recipes are also simple: salads, desserts, fresh juices, smoothies, mashed potatoes without sweetening, cream or sour cream.

The vinaigrette

On the vegetable day of the diet, six petals, in addition to salads, prepare stews, boiled, baked dishes. Because fresh salads are not very satiating and it becomes hard to get through the day, especially if you have to work. Vegetable vinaigrette is a relatively satisfying dish. It contains a maximum of useful ingredients, each of which is rich in a variety of substances necessary for the full functioning of the body.

  • There is even a separate vinaigrette diet.

Vegetables contain slow carbohydrates, which require energy costs for digestion. Energy is taken from its own reserves - problem areas where adipose tissue is concentrated. Using its own energy, the body loses weight. And the abundance of fiber stimulates gastrointestinal motility.

Vinaigrette is prepared as follows. Boiled (but not overcooked) carrots, potatoes, beets cut into cubes. Add boiled (or canned) beans, ready-made sauerkraut, cut sour cucumbers and onions. Mix everything together, lightly sprinkle with sunflower oil for better absorption of nutrients (slightly because we remember: dietary vinaigrette!).

It tastes better if the vegetables are finely chopped. Those who love a colored dish can immediately add beets to other products. If you like vinaigrette, in which all the ingredients retain their natural color, then the beets are poured with oil separately and mixed at the last moment. Then the red vegetable will not immediately give its color to the “colleagues”.

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