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Last reviewed: 07.06.2024
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The creators of the Maggi diet made sure that it was balanced, and getting rid of extra pounds occurred naturally. It is based on citrus fruits as a source of vitamins and eggs as a supplier of protein and other necessary components. Products are selected so as to stimulate the chemical processing of fat, and carbohydrates are supplied in minimal quantities. Those who have tested the system on themselves note weight records: weight loss of 10-20 kg in a month!
Indications
Protein diets, Maggi among others, are designed for weight loss. This is the main aesthetic motivation of a person who has decided to adopt this or that nutrition system. There are also medical indications for appointment, related to the state of health: excess weight has an extremely unfavorable effect on the body, leads to metabolic disorders and all sorts of pathologies - heart, joints, other organs.
The desire to be healthy and slim encourages people to take control of their nutrition to change their lives for the better. The Maggi diet is ready to help everyone realize this decision.
General information of the maggi diets
The Maggi diet food is selected according to the processes occurring in the human body. A low-calorie diet is used, and products are combined so that natural chemical reactions burn their own fats and remove waste in time. This is the essence of the diet, calories per day thanks to this does not need to be calculated at all.
- Food variety helps you not to feel hungry, not to harm your body, not to waste time on constant counting, weighing and searching for exotic foods or recipes.
There are subtleties, the knowledge of which helps the success of the diet period. Here they are:
- Start the diet on Monday.
- Choose a time without holidays and important events.
- For women, start on the last day of their period.
- For those with a sweet tooth, sweeten drinks with natural substitutes.
- Finish meals before 6 p.m.
- Control moods and emotions.
- Record weighing data and other information in a diary.
- Drink plenty of water.
- Do not interrupt the diet, follow the chosen regimen (a week, two or 4) until completion.
- In the future, do not overeat, switch to a fractional diet of healthy food.
- Apply the system no more than once a year.
Maggi Protein Diet
There are legends about the name of the Maggi diet. According to one version, it was developed for Margaret Thatcher; according to another, it is the name of the author, a medical nutritionist well versed in biochemical reactions and processes.
The diet is designed so that the body itself begins to burn fat stores.
There are two variants: classic egg and cottage cheese, in which eggs are completely or partially replaced by cottage cheese. It is used by those who cannot stand eggs or are allergic to them .
- 1 egg corresponds to 100g of curd mass.
The protein diet is combined with activity, hiking, plenty of sleep and rest. After the end of the diet, the stomach becomes smaller, so satiety will come from less food. The advantage is that during this time there is a correction of taste and habits: less desire for sweets and fat.
In order to maintain results, you should quit the system gradually, so as not to overload your body. Eat the same food as before, to which you have developed a habit. Introduce forbidden food little by little. Take as a rule to eat fractional portions, often and in small quantities. This will be the key to health and a trim figure.
Maggi cottage cheese diet
Choosing the Maggi diet, the first thing you want to know is which of the two options is better? The essence of both types is the same: the refusal of carbohydrate-fat diet and the launch, with the help of a maximum of easily digestible proteins, the processes of breaking down their own lipids. First, glycogen is consumed, then fat stores are used up. Eggs or cottage cheese are chosen because both products are rich in protein compounds.
The Maggi curd diet is suitable for those who do not eat eggs because of allergic reactions. Replacement is made in the equivalent: one egg is equal to 100g of cottage cheese. The other products of the diet remain unchanged.
- The main principles of the system - clear adherence to the menu, drinking plenty of water and eating fresh fruit, satiety without overeating.
Several variants of cottage cheese diets have been developed: for 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks, 4 weeks. In any case, you can not eat sweets and fatty foods, cottage cheese included. You can drink your favorite tea and coffee, also without sugar. Under the prohibition of alcohol, broths, canned food, cereals, pasta, from fruits - grapes, bananas, figs, dates.
- If you start with a one-week diet, you need to set yourself up for the fact that success is impossible without following all the conditions. Foods - according to the menu, 6 meals, drinking 2L, physical activity, dinner two to three hours before bed.
- 2-weeks - a shortened version of the classic Maggi. Breakfast consists of a 200-g portion of cottage cheese, and the rest of the meals - according to the menu of a particular day.
- For those who managed to last two weeks and want to maximize the results, the next 14 days are scheduled, with their own peculiarities.
Doubters should know that from the large variety of foods allowed Maggi, prepare a lot of dishes that are not inferior in taste to the usual. It's just that they will contain less than usual, fatty and sweet ingredients, and more protein. Which is the driving force in our case.
The Maggi Egg Diet
28 eggs per week should be eaten by a person who has chosen the classic Maggi diet. Not for nothing it is called egg. This is a low-carbohydrate diet system, the effectiveness of which is explained by the biochemical processes occurring in the human body.
Eggs Maggi diet requires a clear implementation of many recommendations:
- hard-boiled eggs;
- dishes are steamed, cooked in water or stewed;
- vegetables are not dressed with mayonnaise or oil;
- meat, minced meat is used without fat;
- hot drinks are sweetened with stevia;
- Whichever day you start, the menu is for Monday;
- Snack - fresh or cooked vegetables without starch;
- no sweets or fat;
- For vitaminization, add greens to salads, toast, and second dishes;
- water - about 2 liters per day.
The diet works because the body gets a lot of protein and few carbohydrates. This forces it to function differently. The process of breaking down fatty acids is triggered. Although a lot of energy is used to digest eggs, a person feels satiated. And if you add grapefruit or other citrus, the feeling of satiety increases. Egg carotene together with the active components of grapefruit actively stimulates weight loss.
Of the two variants of the diet - for 2 and 4 weeks, both have some advantages. The longer one is more difficult, but it is more effective, and the last week is easier to tolerate because it does not require a rigid regime. For people who are not so persistent, a shorter version is offered, but you should be prepared to reduce weight not so radically.
Maggi Chicken Diet
Egg variant is called the Maggi chicken diet quite reasonably, because the diet includes not only eggs, but also dietary poultry meat. The essence of the system is a maximum of protein and a minimum of carbohydrates. The main requirement - unconditional fulfillment of the diet.
- When starting a diet, familiarize yourself with the daily menu, tables of allowed and forbidden foods. It is recommended to print them out and hang them in a prominent place, so that you don't have to look for the necessary information on the Internet every time.
The diet suggests three meals a day, preferably at the same time. Snacks are allowed - in the form of raw vegetables (salad leaves, carrot, cucumber). Dinner should be eaten no later than three hours before bed. It is important to drink a lot, even up to 3 liters. The method of cooking - stewing, dry skillet, multivarka, oven. Physical activity is mandatory!
The four weeks of the diet are like a kind of stepping stones on which go to the goal.
- The first week is a restructuring of the body; excess fluid is eliminated.
- The second is getting used to "eating the new way."
- The third is "shock therapy"; radical dietary changes.
- The fourth seven days is the evaluation of the result.
Prohibited products include canned foods, sweets, milk, legumes, mushrooms, caloric fruits, all fats, alcohol. Fried, smoked, salted dishes are forbidden.
The Maggi Buckwheat Diet
Buckwheat is a must in the diet of all age groups, from children to the elderly. There are ways to lose weight with buckwheat as the main component, and fans of this porridge can lose weight at their pleasure, combining pleasant and useful.
Unlike mono-diets like the buckwheat diet, the Maggi diet does not include cereal side dishes and porridge. Maggi's priorities are eggs or cottage cheese. The only thing that unites buckwheat with the products of the Maggi diet is the fact that this cereal is also rich in proteins, and carbohydrates take longer to digest than other popular cereals.
The benefits of buckwheat are manifold:
- contains a unique set of amino acids;
- Has a low glycemic index, meaning it lowers sugar levels;
- rich in vitamins and minerals;
- improves digestion;
- strengthens the blood vessels.
Buckwheat is steamed in a special way, and nothing is added to the finished dish: no spices, no sweets, no milk-oil-fats. The only way to improve the flavor is to roast the buckwheat before boiling it. And if you can't stand the monotony, add a little dried fruit.
Buckwheat monodiet is very monotonous, because of this it is difficult to bear for a whole week, and even more so - two. The method promises weight loss of up to 7 kg, but you should not continue: prolonged adherence to such a diet is fraught with harm to the body.
Maggi Rice Diet
Rice porridge has been on our menu since childhood and, despite the abundance of carbohydrates, which many are afraid of, is a useful product. The main thing is to eat it correctly. And then it becomes a source of energy, microelements, even vitamins. And although rice is not included in the set of products of the Maggi diet, but can also cleanse the body of toxins and promote weight loss.
- As to whether such a combination is possible, that is, a variant of the Maggi rice diet, nutritionists are still silent. Rice has its own tasks, and it quite copes with them.
Unloading days, three-day cleanses, seven-day rice and 2-week diets - fans of the product have enough options to lose weight with the help of their favorite product. And although rice monodiets are very bland and monotonous, but the effect is pleasing: and weight loss, and cleansing from stale water and harmful salts. Especially high efficiency has not cleaned grain of brownish color.
In addition to rice, the seven-day menu includes kefir, boiled zucchini, apple or pear, nuts, salad leaves. Not every day, but one thing each time.
- Some followers call such a menu "varied and un-boring," but I would argue with them.
Moreover, to maintain a stable weight and afterwards, it is not recommended to return to tasty but unhealthy food, sweets and large portions of any dishes. Otherwise, the previous efforts will go to waste.
Maggi shortened diet, or Maggi express diet
One of the varieties of the Maggi diet is a two-week diet. From the shortened term, the essence does not change: the system works thanks to a unique combination of products that trigger the natural burning of fat and cleansing the body of toxins. Shortened Maggi diet helps to lose weight faster, but on a smaller mass. This option is suitable if you need to lose weight by some date or holiday.
Maggi Express Diet is a protein diet with an extreme minimum of carbohydrate components. For 14 days you can lose up to 10kg, and the result lasts for a long time. A distinctive feature of the 2-week course is that the menu of the first seven days is repeated for the next 7 days.
- Each morning starts with 2 eggs and a grapefruit.
- For lunch eat eggs, grilled fillets, boiled chicken, salads of fresh vegetables or fruits, fish, spinach stew.
- Dinner consists of steaks, eggs, toast, cottage cheese, grapefruit.
- Portions are self-determined (unless otherwise noted).
- Unsweetened tea, coffee are drunk as desired.
- Water - in unlimited quantities.
Before embarking on such a diet, you should consult a doctor, especially for people taking medication for hypertension. And this is not unnecessary reinsurance, but real prudence, because the dietary menu is not suitable in the treatment of high blood pressure.
Maggi meatless diet for vegetarians
The attractive feature of the Maggi diet is that it allows you to eat almost all foods and practically do not suffer from malnutrition. It is possible to combine the tendency to lose weight with a sense of comfort thanks to a special diet that promotes the burning of lipids and the removal of decomposition products, including toxic ones. It is possible to remove some completely unloved products, but replacing them with imaginary analogs is not allowed.
- A reasonable question arises: is it possible to eliminate meat? Is the Maggi diet available for vegetarians?
The answer will disappoint people who fundamentally do not use products of animal origin. If you give up cottage cheese, eggs, meat products, it will not be the Maggi diet without meat, but a completely different system of nutrition.
Vegetarianism, however, has several forms. For example, lacto-ovo-vegetarians eat dairy and egg foods, so both diet options are suitable for them.
- Many world celebrities prefer vegetarian food and, despite certain disadvantages of this way of eating, feel and look great.
A practically vegetarian menu is the third week of the classic Maggi, with vegetable days and fruit monodiets. For many it is the most difficult, but probably not for people who prefer this kind of food in their daily diet. Fruits, except for very sweet, are eaten fresh, vegetables are cooked in water or steamed. In this case, the maximum of useful components is preserved.
Portion in the Maggi diet
One of the items that make compliance easier is portioning in the Maggi diet. In the sense that its size is almost never limited. This means that the thinning person can eat to his heart's content, but only with the allowed food.
- When the amount of food is outlined, then you should stick to it and remember that you can't change portions, as well as foods.
The standard weight of the main product of second dishes in catering establishments ranges from 100-200 g. In the Maggi egg diet, the daily 2 eggs can be considered as a portion.
If specific vegetables are listed on the menu, they are eaten together as a salad or individually. The word "fruit" means one kind per meal. Fruits are mixed only when "fruit salad" is indicated. These and other dishes are easy to prepare and do not require standing at the stove for long periods of time or searching for overseas ingredients.
- Fluid portions are not regulated either. It is recommended to drink more, up to 3 liters per day - quality water without gas, traditional drinks without sugar, herbal teas.
A separate line in the conditions warns against drinking alcohol, even in minimal portions, as well as smoking. Those who are unable to give up bad habits should look for another way to lose weight.
Detailed menu for each day
As already mentioned, the Maggi diet offers two versions - on eggs and on cottage cheese. In the first case, the main product is chicken eggs, in the second - sour-milk soft cheese. Otherwise, the detailed menu for each day has no differences.
Both varieties are protein, low-carbohydrate and can last from a week to 4. Both promise weight loss of 10kg in just 14 days and twice that in a month.
- The offers are tempting and, importantly, quite real. In any case, reviews confirm figures of this order.
The technique is based on the fact that it causes reactions that break down fatty deposits and eliminate the toxins released. The method is designed to induce reactions that break down fatty deposits and eliminate the toxins released.
- Strangely, some authors consider Maggi's menu to be meager and limited.
Whereas in it daily there are chicken and other lean meats, fat-free cottage cheese, fish, various vegetables, citrus and other not too sweet fruits! The lunch and evening menu of the first week consists of them, limited only to breakfast, during which you eat an egg or two, as well as half a citrus.
The second and third weeks are a little stricter, and the last week is again more varied. Although for the sake of truth it should be noted that the recommended portions are quite small and the diet is completely free of particularly harmful fried dishes, which, alas, almost everyone likes.
The right menu for the week
It's a bit funny to read that Maggi's diet has something to do with the notorious bouillon cubes. Which in shape are not always cubes, but parallelepipedes. It is hard to imagine what dietary properties artificial flavor enhancers containing "chicken powder", regulators and flavorings can have.
- Of the useful in the advertised to obscene products, without which it would seem and soup can not be boiled, - except dry parsley.
Diet menus are created and scheduled by day, so those who want to lose weight do not need to invent a wheel; it is enough to print out a ready-made correct menu for a week (in the table) and hang it in a visible place. For example, attach a magnet to the refrigerator, as some families do with notes and recipes.
- Modern versions of the classic diet, based solely on eggs and grapefruit, have significantly expanded the list of allowed products. A cottage cheese version has appeared.
Therefore, it is impossible to call one or another menu the only correct one. Obviously, it is the one that gave the desired result to a particular person. Depending on individual characteristics, this result is 7-10 and up to 20 kg.
Maggi diet by the hour
It is known that the effectiveness of the Maggi diet depends on the strict observance of its rules. In particular, eat at the same time every day, cook properly, drink a lot, do not be lazy to be physically active. In short, make the diet a way of life, in which the hours of eating play an important role.
- If you schedule the Maggi diet by hours, then the meals in the morning and at lunch will be at standard hours.
The slimmer chooses when to eat breakfast and does it at the same time every day. You cannot, for example, eat breakfast at seven o'clock on weekdays and at ten o'clock on weekends on the grounds that you want to sleep in.
Dinner is more precisely labeled: until 6 pm. A later time is allowed, but not later than three hours before going to bed. Thus the body gets used to eating at certain hours, which promotes digestion. The main thing is not to change the chosen time, and do not rearrange the dishes.
You cannot change not only the hours, but also the days of the week, following the designated diet plan. If for some reason the regimen is broken and the diet fails, you cannot continue: you must start all over again.
- You should drink plenty of water to maintain kidney function. It is optimal to drink a glass of water every hour. Coffee, tea can be drunk at any time.
This method of weight loss does not require you to spend whole hours and days in gyms and swimming pools. But moderate exercise is not only welcome, but mandatory. Walks, exercise, light workouts - these are the factors that contribute to the diet.
Maggi diet in pregnancy
Although the Maggi diet is called egg diet, but it has enough other useful products. Lean meat, fruits-berries, vegetable group - everything is available for a person who wants to lose weight within a month guaranteed, but without experiencing excruciating hunger.
- Most diets are not good for pregnant women, and it is clear why. Maggi diet in pregnancy is not forbidden, especially if the future mother has gained extra pounds more than necessary.
Dietary nutrition plus light exercise can help to lose weight and keep in shape in the future. But the first commandment of a pregnant woman is to consult her gynecologist in everything.
The basis of the diet is eggs, cottage cheese, meat without fat. Vegetables almost all except potatoes, fruits - kiwi, pineapple, watermelon, plum, apples, melons, grapefruit, apricots, tangerines, peaches. Drink plenty of water without limiting yourself, tea and coffee (without cream, milk, sugar) are allowed. Chicken is cleaned from the skin, boiled or steamed. Portions of any food are not limited.
Each weekly menu has some differences. For the first half of the term, breakfast is eggs with citrus (grapefruit or orange). During the third week, vegetables-fruits prevail. In the last week, a minimum of eggs is consumed.
It can be hard for a pregnant woman to adhere to a strict diet schedule. But it should be remembered that with any failure will have to stop the diet and then, if persistent desire, start again in a new way. To avoid stress, it is worth considering whether it is better to postpone the course for later.
Maggi diet for men
Why is there a separate Maggi diet for men? Because the menu takes into account the hormonal and physiological features of the body, which are different in males and females. The dietary regimen is designed for four weeks. This is enough to get rid of excess and normalize metabolism.
The Maggi diet in the male version involves three standard meals.
- In the morning, the body should be satiated and energized. For this purpose, the menu includes various porridges as a fiber-rich product.
- Traditional first and second courses are prepared for lunch. Light vegetable and fish soups, stewed or boiled meat, preferably dietary, or fish with side dishes are just what you need.
- Dinner is also light - low-fat fermented milk products, fruits, berries. Portions should be small so as not to overload the stomach.
The diet is strict, but there is good news: Maggi does not make you go half-starved, look longingly into the refrigerator and scrupulously count calories. And this is very much to the liking of people who do not like to severely limit their desires.
Men resort to diets for the same purpose as women: to lose excess weight. The amount of weight lost directly depends on the initial weight: the more "there is something to lose", the more will be lost. The result is accelerated if you flatly refuse unhealthy habits, move more, and after the end of the diet continue to eat moderately, properly prepared dishes.
Recipes
Photos of the foods recommended in the Maggi diet are pleasing to the eye and whet your appetite. Colorful vegetables, meat rolls, salads, cheese, fish, soups, stews, chicken breasts - a full range of foods and dishes are used. Recipes for preparing dietary meals are also offered. You can not forget about drinks, because the diet requires a lot of liquid: 2-3 liters per day. Water, tea, coffee, soups, smoothies - sources of intake of such a necessary component for the body.
Here are some interesting recipes:
- Chicken muffins: mix sliced breast with onion and protein, salt, put into molds, bake for 20 minutes in the oven.
- Casserole: 2 whites beaten with cinnamon, diced orange, pour all together with egg and bake until ready.
- Maggi rolls: baste chicken pieces, sprinkle with spices, garlic, roll up, place a slice of red tomato and pepper inside. Bake for about 20 minutes.
- Egg with orange: cut the boiled eggs, remove the yolks and mix them with the orange pulp (use a blender). Stuff the egg white halves with this mixture.
- Trout kebab: slice fillets, splash with lemon juice, thread onto skewers. Bake in the oven on a rack. Pour water on the tray so that the fat drips into the water and does not burn on the bottom of the oven.
Benefits
The main benefit of the Maggi diet is weight loss. There is a direct correlation: the more a person weighs, the higher the chances of losing more kilograms. Average indicators of Maggi diet are as follows: minus 3-5 kg per week, minus 8-12 kg - for the whole period.
The system is also important because it helps a person to realize the importance of healthy eating, without excesses and abuse of tasty, but useless for the body food. And perhaps take some recommendations as a basis for daily nutrition after the end of the diet course.
Pros of the Maggi Diet
Balance is one of the main pluses of the Maggi diet. But not the only one. In support of the idea that it is important not to starve, but to eat right, the authors of the Maggi diet emphasize its pluses and advantages, namely:
- nourishment;
- Efficiency;
- budgeting;
- a familiar menu, no exotic ingredients;
- Suitable for both sexes of all ages;
- doesn't bother with calorie counting;
- allows many foods, healthy beverages;
- doesn't force you to take multivitamins;
- permanently corrects eating habits in a healthier direction;
- the results are durable, as long as the conditions are met.
Active breakdown of fat components is promoted by a diet with a large amount of lipids and a minimum of carbohydrates. This removes poisons, toxins, excess fluid. The system rearranges chemical reactions so that the weight goes away without malnutrition and excruciating feelings of hunger. For many people it is important that the diet does not prohibit tea and coffee, salt and spices.
How does the weight go away?
Specialists clearly explain how weight loss with different diets. Usually everything is simple: consume less, spend more. Then the body turns on its reserves and uses energy from fat depots.
The Maggi diet works a little differently, according to its second name - chemical diet. Products are combined in such a way as to activate natural chemical processes. Everything is thought out, so the components can not be substituted for each other. If the dish is not to your taste, then skip it, but do not look for dubious "analogs".
For the weight to really go away, the rules are strictly followed. You can't:
- to overeat;
- swap out the food, lunch and dinner entrees;
- don't eat sugar, flavor enhancers, artificial flavors;
- do not add butter or other fats;
- Do not continue the diet if a breakdown occurs.
From what we can, we will emphasize the following:
- drink plenty of unsweetened tea and coffee;
- use sugar substitutes;
- plenty of water, including diet sodas;
- Weigh yourself periodically, after your morning hygiene routine;
- use natural seasonings, onions, garlic;
- cook with water, not broth;
- if the product is not dosed, it can be eaten without restriction;
- dull hunger with vegetables, two hours after a meal.
According to observations, those who moderately exercise and lead an active lifestyle, but do not overdo it, lose weight faster. To keep everything on track, easy exercise.
What can and what can not?
In any method of dieting, the first question that should be clarified is what can and cannot be eaten? The list of products on these points will immediately help to determine whether this diet is suitable for us. After all, I can not believe that you can lose up to 10 or more pounds in a month, almost without starving and not suffering from the monotony of monodiets. The Maggi diet is exactly the right option.
- Following this diet, you should drink a lot - water, coffee, tea without additives. Dairy products, fruit and vegetable group (except for prohibited types), lean fish, meat are allowed.
To lose weight, it is necessary to completely give up sugar, fats, salt, sweet fruits, corn and other cereals, canned food, lamb. Especially harmful are sweet sodas and alcoholic products. About cakes and caloric pastries should be forgotten, sugary fruits for a while to replace the allowed. It is important never to overeat.
Really wishing to lose weight should psychologically adjust to a clear adherence to the regime and all the conditions of nutrition. Indulgences, even small, fraught with failure, which is very undesirable. Because the second time to start again can be more difficult than the first. Punctuality is the key to success.
Vegetables
The weight loss system known as the Maggi diet includes a variety of foods. This is not a mono-diet or constant malnutrition. It is a complete diet, including all food groups, including vegetables. Vegetables are consumed fresh in salads, boiled, steamed and grilled. Only sour, salted and canned products are not allowed.
- Some reviews criticize it as if Maggi doesn't have enough vegetables, especially leafy vegetables.
Looking at the menu table of the first week, we see that vegetables in it make up a minimum of 7 positions. The same is observed in the second seven-day period. The third week is all fruit and vegetables. For example, on Tuesday all three meals consist of fresh or boiled vegetables. In the last week cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, carrots, cabbage are present every day and not only for lunch.
- Exception - potatoes, as a high-starch, i.e. Carbohydrate product that does not fit into the dietary diet. Corn and legumes are also undesirable.
Carrying out the diet is facilitated by the fact that from vegetable and other ingredients there is no need to prepare some intricate dishes that take a lot of time and effort. Natural seasonings, salt, garlic give taste and flavor, induce appetite and improve digestion. The main thing is to take vegetable food strictly at the specified time.
Fruit
Many people are surprised by the dietary restriction of vegetables or fruits. It seems as if there is no such thing as too much fruit, because they are all delicious, healthy and low-calorie. It's hard to argue against this if we're talking about a healthy person and a normal diet. In fact, not everything is so simple, and dietary systems of nutrition take into account many nuances, primarily - the content of sweet components.
- Maggi diet, as a low-carbohydrate diet, divides fruits into allowed and forbidden. Banana, avocado, figs, mango, date, grapes are forbidden.
Even such an exceptionally healthy product as dried fruit is also on this list. This is explained by the fact that drying reduces the volume of the fruit and the amount of juice, but the calories and sugar remain unchanged. Even a piece of dried fruit can equal a whole fresh fruit, but will not be able to satiate in any way. The exception is prunes, which can be added at the end of the second week (in order to facilitate defecation).
- The most important fruits are grapefruit and orange. The diet includes apples, apricots, peach, tangerine, pears.
If it is said that in any quantity, it must be one kind of the listed fruits. Thus, the third Monday, Saturday and Sunday it is recommended to eat only fruit, without limiting the quantity.
Why the preference for citrus? Not only because of the low calorie content. The fact that grapefruit suppresses appetite: if you eat half a fruit before a meal, you need less food for satiety. And if you eat a whole one, you can wait until the next meal. Fresh citrus at bedtime satiates and relaxes, promotes rest. Grapefruits also ferment fats and cleanse the intestines.
What to replace the eggs with?
Not everyone can stand to eat eggs every day, and so many days in a row. Therefore, the question of whether and what to replace eggs, probably arose immediately when the Maggi diet gained popularity. The answer was found quickly: since the active ingredient of this method is protein, nutritionists offered a very popular product containing this nutrient in large quantities - cottage cheese.
- A lot has been written about the benefits of cottage cheese today, but even before that, our housewives have been giving and giving him credit for centuries. Vareniki and cheese pies, souffles and cheesecakes, casseroles and desserts are all about it.
Maggi, too, offers not only cheese in its purest form, but also delicious cheese dishes that deserve the word "delicacy." This is by far the only adjustment allowed by the strict rules of the system.
But, for all its usefulness, the product is ambiguous. Yes, it provides the body with calcium and protein, gives satiety, promotes weight loss. But there is a "but", which confirms that the pluses are always balanced by the minuses.
- Curd contains the sugar lactose, which is not tolerated by a portion of people.
Dairy products in such patients leads to digestive disorders, diarrhea, swelling. And then the praised cottage cheese becomes an undesirable product, and the person who wants to lose weight has to either stop at eggs, or look for alternative diets.
What to snack on?
The excess weight is unlikely to go away in the desired amount, if during the Maggi diet we snack every now and then - when we want and with anything. Many publications say that snacking is not allowed at all. No less authors mention snacks, but briefly, naming only foods suitable for this diet: cucumber, green salad, carrots.
- The question of snacking does not arise by chance. It happens that long breaks between meals cause great discomfort.
Many people feel hungry when they are not used to dieting and limiting too much nourishing food. If hunger is felt very acutely, it is allowed to have a snack. Otherwise, there is a real threat of failure of the diet. Therefore, snacking can be called the lesser evil, which is often chosen by people in various situations.
- Clarify when and what to snack on? Maggi recommends something light and very healthy.
One carrot or fresh cucumber, 150g of cabbage leaves - choose according to taste and desire. Products should be fresh, not canned or pickled, containing excess salt. The only condition is that you can snack not earlier than two hours after the main meal.
Slimmers should remember that even minor deviations from the recommendations negate previous efforts. The weight may stop or decrease to a minimum, for the sake of which it was not worth starting the procedures.
Nutritionists also emphasize the inadmissibility of alcohol, even light white wine. They explain such strictness by the fact that under dietary restrictions, a small amount of alcohol can cause great harm.
What vitamins should I take on the Maggi diet?
The principle of most diets is to reduce the number of calories from food. For the body, accustomed to plenty of food, it is a stress, and it begins to use up its own resources, until now stored in reserve. But there is a downside: along with the reduction in the amount and caloric content of food can come vitamin deficiency. And then you should ask your doctor about what vitamins to drink on the Maggi diet?
The Maggi balanced diet is not a threat in this sense. It includes a sufficient variety of plant products containing whole sets of vitamins.
- The importance of these components for the vital activity of the body is shown by the name "vit-amine", the key component of which translates as "life".
Citrus is saturated with vitamin C, B4, carrots, apricots - A, cabbage - D, tomatoes - E, garlic - K, apples - B group. It should be remembered that vitamin C is destroyed by heat treatment, so the best supplier of vitamins is fresh produce.
- Fish, meat, cottage cheese are also enriched with vitamins and minerals.
Therefore, a deficiency of individual vitamins should not be feared. Provided that before the start of the diet, the person received enough of these substances. Biflavonoids, antioxidants, fat-soluble vitamins - all these unique substances enter the body with food, including dietary. If there is still a shortage of them, any multivitamins from the pharmacy will help.
Contraindications
The main contraindication is associated with the possibility of allergies to eggs, citrus or other products, as well as with their intolerance to the body. Other reasons to refuse the Maggi diet are pregnancy, breastfeeding, hypertension, kidney and liver failure, acute GI pathologies. It is hardly worth applying the method to people of advanced age.
Possible risks
Although the Maggi diet is considered to be quite balanced, but the "skew" towards proteins is obvious. For this reason, there is an overload of the liver, kidneys and dehydration of the body. Because of this, there are risks associated with the diet.
In order to avoid dehydration and constipation, the body should receive plenty of fluids, even in the absence of thirst. Pure water and green tea are recommended - up to 3 liters in total.
Minuses, harms of the Maggi diet
Speaking about the minuses, harm of the Maggi diet, the first thing that comes to mind is the need for punctual fulfillment of the diet. This is very inconvenient for people who do not have the opportunity to fully engage in themselves, at home or other comfortable conditions. Such people are, of course, few, because most are forced to combine the Maggi diet with the daily extraction of daily bread.
Some people are alarmed whether it is not harmful to eat so many eggs, because nutritionists have convinced us that this product should always be limited. It turns out that if you do not abuse fats, then eggs in large quantities are not harmful. Another thing is that they get bored, and then abundant consumption becomes problematic.
- The minus can be called the fact that both eggs and citrus fruits are fraught with allergic manifestations. And if a person has such a tendency, this diet is not suitable for him.
Sometimes a person "sitting" on a diet feels hungry, walks without mood, gets irritated for any reason. Duration is also a disadvantage of the diet. Hardly anyone likes the fact that in case of a breakdown it is necessary to start all over again.
Maggi, like other diets, is not allowed for pregnant women, as well as patients with various pathologies of internal organs.
Complications
Exacerbation of chronic pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract, kidney malfunctions - the most serious of the possible complications. Lack of carbohydrates in the Maggi diet can provoke lethargy, drowsiness, irritability, headache.
Prolonged adherence to diets raises cholesterol, makes the blood vessels brittle, badly affects the skin. There are difficulties with defecation, which is fraught with the development of hemorrhoids.
- It is important to drink as much as is recommended, even though you may not be thirsty. Otherwise, dehydration is a risk. This is often forgotten by people for whom appearance comes first and health seems to be of secondary importance.
"Sitting down" on any diet, it is necessary to be examined beforehand. You can lose weight if you are healthy, but if you have problems of internal organs, there is a high risk of aggravating the problems and getting a hospital bed instead of a beautiful figure.
What to do if the weight has become a weight?
Adopting the Maggi diet, everyone expects quick and irreversible results. Reducing weight motivates and lifts your mood. Both variants of the diet, egg and cottage cheese, eventually give the same results, but the weight loss varies by week.
- The first seven days usually pleases: every day a person becomes slimmer by one or two kilograms. On average, a week gives 5 kg.
This leaves excess fluid, fats remain in their depots for the time being. Outwardly, the process is manifested by the fact that it forces the slimmer to look for the toilet more often.
From the 5th day fat begins to leave, but the weight decreases not as intensively as in the first days: up to 300g. Minimal gains are observed on the third seven days, when the external improvements are already noticeable: skin tightening, reducing the size. But the stabilization of weight does not please, panic begins: what to do if the weight has become?
- When the phase called plateau comes, experts advise not to panic.
The weight may even increase slightly, but this is no reason to panic or get upset. After passing the plateau, the weight will again begin to decrease. There is a kind of adaptation of the body to the new weight, and then the shedding of excess continues.
For optimal passage, it is recommended to start any diet in the first phase of the cycle, that is, after the next menstruation: the result will be visible almost immediately. Other phases are not so favorable. In addition, other factors affect the weight: biorhythms, intestinal function, tendency to fullness and so on.
Maggi diet crash
The system requires almost fanatical punctuality in everything from foods, to methods of preparation, to times of consumption.
- During the Maggi diet, you may crave sweets.
The sweet includes not only candies and cakes, but also dried fruits and bananas. Nutritionists explain the craving by a long low-carbohydrate diet, which leads to certain changes in metabolism. Such a violation of the regimen is called a breakdown.
- Maggi diet breakdown also happens on fatty foods.
This is a critical condition, regardless of the period for which the leaner broke the regimen. There is nothing to fix the breakdown: the interrupted method can not be continued "from this place", you need to be patient and start all over again.
Frequent urination on the Maggi diet
Slimmers should be warned about frequent urination on the Maggi diet. At this time, it is better to be at home or in another comfortable place, so as not to panic in search of a public toilet. The reason is banal: during the Maggi diet, the first thing to do is to remove excess fluid.
Since the fluid comes out through the kidneys, the process is accompanied by active weight loss. In this case, the person does not feel pain. Such a short-term increase in frequency should not be taken as a cause for alarm, but as a variant of the norm.
- Then the mass begins to decrease due to the breakdown of fats, and urination normalizes. There are also physiological causes: associated with excessive drinking, eating watermelon, consumption of other diuretic products.
However, frequent urination can also signal health problems. This is called overactive bladder, when the urges are accompanied by incontinence.
If symptoms persist and they are not related to diet, it is necessary to be examined for possible pathologies of the genitourinary system. The family doctor will order tests and, if deemed necessary, send you to a urologist, gynecologist, endocrinologist or other specialist.
Exiting the Maggi Diet
The impact of the Maggi diet on the body has an individual character, and weight loss is also not the same in everyone. In any case, it is necessary to come out of the diet gradually, so as not to subject the body to additional stress. Fixing and proper exit from the Maggi diet will help to achieve the following:
- To fix the mass and not allow the dropped pounds to return after the diet is over.
- Continue to lose weight for a while.
Regardless of individual characteristics, universal principles have been developed that can help in achieving success. During the exit, the diet should contain the same dietary products as before: cottage cheese, eggs, oranges, grapefruits. It is recommended not to eat at night and not to consume carbohydrate dishes after 12 hours.
Although restrictions are lifted after dieting, it is advisable to develop healthy habits:
- Not to increase portions to the point of overeating;
- don't overindulge in sweets;
- to drink water like you did before;
- less fatty broths, less fatty dressings;
- practicing an early dinner;
- exclude pickles, fried foods;
- Eat seasonal fruits daily;
- Continue jogging, walking, gymnastic exercises.
Food should be steamed or boiled, and for a more comfortable exit, it is recommended to replace ingredients with less harmful ones. For example, among the abundance of chocolate products, choose black varieties, less caloric and with a high cocoa content. Also, instead of sugar, use honey, and replace confectionery with dried fruit, marshmallows, marshmallows.
Repetition, particularly of the first and last diet weeks, helps to finally consolidate the result.
Week 5, firming up on the Maggi diet
To be sure of the result, the 4-week Maggi diet should be firmly fixed. Therefore, talk about the fifth seven days, no less important than the previous ones. The menu of the last week does not differ from the others and consists of citrus fruits, eggs, meat, vegetables, fish, fruits, cottage cheese. Sweets, cereals, bakery products are excluded. Egg and cottage cheese versions include the same ingredients and require all conditions to be met.
5 week fixing Maggi diet repeats the first or second week. Its task is to consolidate the result and prepare the body for the gradual transition to a normal diet. By the way, it is recommended and preparatory week, unloading, so that the body more quickly adapted to dietary changes.
- The daily breakfast of week five consists of 2 eggs, half a grapefruit, and a serving of natural coffee.
For lunch it is suggested to eat some of the same fruits, boiled meat, vegetable salad and hard cheese, fruits of the same kind, eggs, fish or meat with vegetables. Cook in a multicooker or cook on the stove.
Day 5 dinner is lean meat, eggs, salads, chicken fillet, fish, vegetables from the multicooker. Half a grapefruit complements the lunch ration on Tuesday and Sunday, as well as Friday dinner.
The motivating start for the strict guidelines of the methodology is the record weight loss, which reaches 20 kg for the entire course.
How to eat after the Maggi diet?
People who have successfully overcome dietary restrictions, invariably clash with the question of how to eat after the Maggi diet. Even during the preparation for the beginning of the Maggi diet, the thinning person learns that at the end it is necessary to consolidate and correctly get out of it. During this period, the same food should be included in the diet as before, and the dietary regimen should be the same.
- Don't eat at night, don't overindulge in carbohydrates, and don't forget to drink.
For 28 days of dietary nutrition, the digestion adapts to the food, which enriches with nutritional components, cleans the intestines, restores useful microflora. In order not to create a sudden load on the digestive system, the caloric content of food should be increased gradually. Overeating is inadmissible, even one-time.
- Particular care should be taken by those who have lost 15 kg or more. Balanced, non-caloric, easily digestible - these are the three pillars of the post-diet diet.
Otherwise, the mass returns faster than at other times. Condiments, colored sodas, animal fats, fried and salty food, alcoholic products - all these harmful products are undesirable not only in the first weeks, but also in all subsequent life.
It is best to use a separate menu for the fifth week from the beginning of the diet. Have a daily breakfast with citrus and two eggs, eat omelettes or eggs of different preparation at lunch, on the last day - chicken with vegetables, have dinner with fish, chicken, rabbit fillet with vegetable side dishes.
Feedback and results
Protein diet Maggi promises to get rid of an average of 8-12 kg, and with a clear fulfillment of all conditions - and more. Losing weight is accompanied by an improvement in well-being and mood, lightness in the body, vigor, recovery of metabolism. But individual differences are always triggered, so reviews and results are ambiguous. And not always strong weight loss is safe.
The disagreement of information concerns many points, starting with the name. For example, experts doubt that the nutrition system is associated with the name of the British Prime Minister, they are also unaware of a nutritionist with such a name.
- It is claimed as if the English-speaking segment of the Internet is silent about this diet altogether.
They also write that the maximum result is from 5 to 9 kg, not the promised 15-20. However, most thinners are quite satisfied with this result.
In addition to laudatory posts, the Internet writes that Maggi, like other protein diets, is an outdated system that is not recommended for modern people because of its danger. And also because the weight returns immediately when the previous diet is resumed.
Results by week
The articles give different figures of weight loss in those who have passed all stages of the Maggi diet. The maximum is 20 kg (they even write about 28 kg!). High personal records are observed in very obese people, and minimal - in those who only need to adjust their weight a little to make their figure close to the ideal.
Using shortened versions, you can get for a week minus 3, for two - up to 5 kg. But everything is very individual, and the figures can differ significantly from the average.
- The results by weeks also differ, which is explained by the peculiarities of biochemical processes at each stage. They are conditionally called stages of weight loss.
Recall that the food offered stimulates the biochemical reactions that occur in the body and promote the burning of excess fat. Weight loss is associated with their intensity, especially high in the first week. During these days there is a restructuring of organs and systems, excess fluid leaves, due to which weight loss is observed.
During the second seven days, the rate of weight reduction slows down. The body begins to get used to it, there are especially many eggs in the diet. At the third stage, the diet is tightened. The slimmer is offered to independently compose a diet from a list of products, in which vegetables and fruits prevail. At the end of the fourth week summarize the results, and to consolidate the obtained result, the following days also resemble dietary.
What can be substituted for the Maggi diet?
Thoughts, what to replace the Maggi diet, may arise in people who are hard to tolerate any restrictions and monotonous food, in this case - cottage cheese or eggs, which have to be consumed daily, a total of dozens. Although they are not limited by the Maggi diet: the diet includes meat, vegetables and fish groups of products, and desserts in the form of fruit. Just eat not all consecutive varieties of meat, fish, fruit, but selectively; the method of preparation is extremely important.
- More often it is a question of replacing certain products that are mandatory for the Maggi diet: meat for chicken, grapefruit for orange, chicken eggs for quail eggs. Or replace an unappealing ingredient, or swap the lunch and evening menu.
Deciding to do this, you should realize that the dietary ration is created not just for fun, according to the author's taste, but taking into account the interaction of components and the joint effect on the body. All products are scheduled by days and, practically, by hours, and any deviations from the plan are not welcome.
- The only authorized substitution is eggs for cottage cheese, hence the two diet options.
By and large, Maggi offers an optimal substitute: an unhealthy diet - for a moderate, balanced, orderly diet, combined with active leisure time and healthy sleep. Alternatives to Maggi include the paleodiet and the Dukan diet.
Effectiveness of the diet
Some people consider the Maggi diet to be very strict, others insist on its advantages compared to other systems. But both say that the diet is effective, depending, however, on individual data.
If we evaluate the effectiveness by kilograms lost, the promised and real figures differ many times: from 5-6 to 20 kg. The authors explain the difference by individual characteristics and punctuality (or lack thereof) in fulfilling the conditions.
- The system works on the principle of breaking down fat stores. The ingredients are selected to stimulate and accelerate this process.
The advantage is that the thinning person is not too limited in food, because he has at his disposal a full set of traditional food products. And so, without denying himself almost anything, a person actively sheds excess weight.
- Effectiveness increases if the dietary regimen is combined with moderate physical activity, adequate drinking, sleep and rest.
The bad news is that even the most effective regimens produce temporary results. If you then go back to the same old, not very proper diet, the pounds easily appear in the same places as before. To maintain the results and figure, you have to either repeat the diet periodically or stick to a healthy diet all the time.
2 repeated rounds of the Maggi diet
The Internet shows a yellowed leaf with English text, as if it were an archival original from 1979 from MAYO CLINIC. It briefly describes a dietary system created as if by order of Margaret Thatcher, later called the Maggi diet.
- The original methodology was originally designed for a two-week period, and only over time have variations - both longer and shorter - emerged.
The secret of weight loss is that it is the combination of citrus fruits with proteins that triggers reactions that burn fat, remove poisons, and cleanse the entire body. And this is confirmed by people who have experienced the system on themselves.
- But that's half the battle. The question is how long the result lasts and whether it is worth the effort.
Is it necessary and is it possible to conduct 2 repeated rounds of the Maggi diet? Some authors are of the opinion that repeats are not required, because the result lasts long enough.
If you repeat, there is a choice - in a shortened version: the first and last weeks, or all 4 weeks, or according to the scheme 1-1-4-4. Repeats are made after a break, necessary for the body to rest from dietary stress. In general, the method is used no more than once a year.
How do you sustain the Maggi diet?
The question of how to endure the Maggi diet arises for a reason. Who really wants to achieve results, must eat according to strict rules, and this is not possible for everyone. The main rules of the Maggi diet:
- Don't change the menu, don't substitute some foods for others.
- Drink 2 to 3 liters of water daily.
- Make snacks when hunger strikes.
- If you interrupt the Maggi diet, you'll have to start over.
- Eat vegetables without fats or meat broths.
- Plenty of sleep and rest.
- Pamper yourself with your favorite pastimes, diverting your attention from obsessive thoughts about unhealthy food.
- Make time for moderate physical activity or walking.
People like legends and legendary personalities that they want to inherit. The Maggi diet is associated with the name of a British woman whose name has gone down in history and impresses not with mythical, but with real results. Lose weight without starving - that's the essence of the "Maggi" system. But a beautiful legend about the diet is not a hindrance: it can be tried by everyone who aspires to a beautiful figure and has no health contraindications.