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Kefir diet: lose weight in just 3 days
Last reviewed: 04.07.2025
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Kefir is a great way not only to lose weight, but also to improve your health. The kefir diet is one of the healthiest and fastest weight loss systems. Details about the kefir diet are on our website.
Why the kefir diet?
Kefir is amazing – it has the ability to calm nerves, improve blood flow and hematopoiesis, saturate the body with calcium and minerals. Thanks to the calcium in kefir, our hair, nails and skin become healthier and look better.
Kefir activates the work of internal organs and systems. With the help of kefir you can get rid of toxins.
And, of course, the main advantage of the kefir diet is that it helps you lose weight quickly and easily.
The essence of the kefir diet
You drink 1-1.5 liters of kefir during the day, without adding anything to it. Divide the kefir into 6 portions per day. This will be 6 doses with intervals of approximately 2 hours.
Duration of the kefir diet is 3 days
Kefir diet menu for 3 days
- Day 1 of the diet – only kefir (as much as you want)
- Day 2 of the diet – fresh fruits – as much as you want, excluding bananas and grapes
- Day 3 of the diet – only kefir (as much as you like)
How to choose the right kefir?
It should be fresh, without lumps and flakes. If you find that the kefir is not uniform, it means that it was stored incorrectly. If you come across such a drink, use it for other purposes, not for drinking. For cosmetic masks, for example. Or baking.
When choosing kefir, be sure to pay attention to its expiration date. Remember: for effective weight loss you only need a fresh, high-quality drink. Read the expiration date of kefir on the label.
Weight Loss: What's Important to Know About the Fat Content of Kefir
Consult your doctor: what fat content diet is recommended for you? If a person has diabetes and associated diseases, then he can drink kefir with zero fat or one percent fat. The fact is that the lower the fat content of kefir, the more calcium it contains, which is useful for bone tissue.
Keep this in mind when purchasing fermented milk products in the future.
In addition, kefir with the lowest fat content has the beneficial property of normalizing blood pressure.
If a person is healthy and does not suffer from obesity, he can buy kefir with a slightly higher percentage of fat on the kefir diet. But not more than 3.2%. Such kefir helps to increase immunity, and its lactobacilli help the gastrointestinal tract to work efficiently and actively.
Please note that the kefir diet with any percentage of kefir fat is an excellent prevention of such a dangerous disease as dysbacteriosis.
Kefir Diet: How Kefir Affects the Stomach
Who would have thought that kefir of different strengths affects the body in completely different ways. But it really is. Kefir can be weak, medium and strong (this is how nutritionists classify it by the degree of maturity)
Weak kefir ferments over the course of a day and accumulates carbon dioxide. When you drink it, the digestive system is activated, and food is digested faster.
Average kefir ferments for 2 days and accumulates more carbon dioxide. It is digested at a normal rate and normalizes the digestive system.
Strong kefir is fermented for 3 days. It is not recommended for people who suffer from constipation, because such kefir also causes constipation due to the swelling of protein substances in its composition, which swell more the longer the kefir is infused.
Drink kefir, lose weight on the kefir diet and be healthy!