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Last reviewed: 04.07.2025
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The protein diet allows you to eat almost anything that contains protein.
The protein diet has become very popular and in demand precisely because it practically does not limit you in the consumption of products containing proteins.
Enjoy eating low-fat meat, cottage cheese, eggs of any origin, cottage cheese (with a minimum amount of fat).
Reduce carbohydrate consumption to a minimum, do not eat flour products, do not drink alcohol, etc. Eat fruits only in small quantities. The main thing is that carbohydrate consumption does not come in equal quantities with proteins.
On Progress in Protein Diet
The joy of a protein diet is that if you are madly in love with meat, it is good. Previously, it was thought that a protein diet should be monotonous and very limited, because it did not have enough energy value, was not nutritious enough.
Professor Apfelbaum advised his patients to add egg albumin to their menu. Now this diet is not considered a mono-diet, as it has grown remarkably in its level of development and diversity in the choice of products.
Follow your diet properly
In order to achieve the desired result, it is enough to simply exclude fats and carbohydrates from the diet. Deny yourself flour, sweets, grain products, alcohol, fried potatoes, boiled potatoes and any other, and also exclude butter and pasta products.
If you make an effort for your beauty and confidence, you will lose up to 8 kilograms in two weeks. By the way, carbohydrates feed our body and charge us with energy, because carbohydrates contain glucose. And you can get glucose in two ways: from fat deposits (burning them), and from what you eat every day.
When carbohydrates do not enter the body through food, it means that fat deposits are automatically used, and you lose weight naturally. We specifically start this process in our body - there are too many proteins, too few carbohydrates, and the person loses weight.
Confirmation of the diet's popularity and a few more words
Are you wondering who came up with such an effective diet for rapid weight loss, and on a serious scale? The diet really works, and famous people tried it on themselves, and then recommended it to you.
The author of the diet is the famous in his circles and the general public doctor Robert Atkins. Such popular people as Brad Pitt, Jerry Halliwell and the inimitable Jennifer Aniston have tried the Atkins method on their bodies.
Meat, fish, eggs – goodbye to extra lard
It is all based on the fact that you should not deny yourself meat products and fish. You can eat fruits, but only without fanaticism. Fruits do not contain a proportional amount of proteins with carbohydrates, there are more proteins.
You can easily cook yourself some flavorful meat and eggs for breakfast and not think about the consequences. And don't even try eating sandwiches with oatmeal, then all your efforts will be in vain.
The protein diet can be called a diet for the lazy, since it is not necessary to strictly limit yourself in food. Due to the fact that there is an oversaturation of proteins, the body feels that it is still hungry, carbohydrates do not come in. Then from your carefully accumulated fat reserves, it and the body compensate for our precious carbohydrates.
Weight loss of 3 to 8 kilograms is guaranteed, so say the adherents of this method.
And one more thing…
During the diet, water is actively removed from the body, due to which the figure becomes much slimmer than before the diet, with the usual lifestyle.
Then glucose is synthesized from the proteins that are inside your muscle masses. Due to the large amount of proteins, the protein does not leave the muscles in large quantities, and you develop a wonderful body.
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Retreat before application
The protein diet also has, like all diets without exception, a lot of disadvantages. Therefore, this diet should be used only if everything is really critical, and you are ready to endure hunger, health problems or mood disorders, because meat alone does not have a very good effect on health.