The Six Petals Diet.

Among the various ways of losing weight, the diet of six petals (or flower) stands out with a beautiful and intriguing name. Causes cute associations: with a bee that eats nectar, and leaves flower petals to a woman who wants to lose weight. Unfortunately or fortunately, this is not quite true. Although the imaginary six-petal flower is really present - as a "tear-off calendar".

Is the diet safe?

Most monodiets have undesirable consequences: protein can lead to intoxication, and excess fiber in carbohydrate methods causes flatulence. Is A. Johansson's diet, which consists of several mono-diets, safe?

• Any methodology, including the six petals diet, requires compliance with the rules and order. If they are not violated, a healthy person is not exposed to special risks. If there are contraindications to diets do not resort to at all or agree with the attending physician.

It is quite easy to eat within the Swedish system; hunger does not torment, the body does not suffer from a prolonged deficiency of certain nutrients. Weight is consistently reduced on a daily basis.

• Still, prolonged fad dieting is fraught with negative consequences and diseases.

Because, according to opponents of the methodology, the entire set of nutrients should enter the body daily, and not in the form of individual monorations. (I would argue with this opinion, because there are vegetarians around us, as well as people who observe all church fasts. And they feel great, and sometimes they even get rid of chronic diseases that have been tormenting them for years! And these ways of eating are much longer than the six-day Swedish diet).

This method of weight loss has several synonyms. By the name of the author - Anna Johansson's 6 Petals diet. In fact - monodiet 6 petals. By imaginary picture - diet chamomile. The picture can be made real, depicting on paper in the form of a multicolored flower with petals breaking off one by one. As is clear from the name, it lasts six days, and during this time it is realistic to lose from 3 to 5kg.

• Swedish nutritionist six petals diet is interesting because it allows you to eat everything, but not always.

The food is alternated: each of the six days is allocated only products of a separate category. To tell the truth, many of us eat the same way during certain periods without realizing the dietary nature of such a regimen.

Protein alternates with carbohydrates, so the diet of six petals is considered balanced: the body does not have time for a short time to suffer from a lack of one or another substance. And thanks to the monotony of the daily diet begins to spend their own reserves, concentrated in fat depots.

• It is written as if this is the diet preferred by Hollywood stars, and this may indeed be true.

The information is not surprising, because beautiful legends are inherent in most weight loss methods. This is a moment of psychological influence and motivation: everyone wants to look like our idols. In fact, it is not so important which celebrities eat what: it is important that the system suits us personally.

Indications

The popular diet of six petals is suitable for all people who do not have contraindications - for health, age, physiological indications. The main indication for appointment is to make the figure slimmer.

What should be done:

• to eat smaller portions, just one food item at a time;
• chew it thoroughly;
• drink a lot, between meals;
• choose quality raw materials for dishes;
• take a minimum of salt and spices.

You can't do the following:

• start the six petals diet after an illness, when the body is weakened;
• to prepare food in advance;
• being lazy and not moving enough;
• to eat a day's worth of food at a time;
• to drink with meals;
• to disrupt the sequence of days;
• salt and pepper the food;
• eating sweets and spicy foods;
• to consume any alcohol.

For men

The popularity of the six petals diet is ensured not only by the female audience, usually more concerned about appearance and figure than the stronger half of humanity. For men, whose priorities include these items, this way of optimizing body weight is also suitable.

• Honestly, a man diligently cutting and coloring petals makes me smile.

Therefore, either someone will do it for him, or the man will keep the "picture" in his head. Although psychologists consider the playful nature of the methodology as a pledge of good mood and moral support.

• Men's diets are not too different from women's diets. For them, they only increase the diet - by 30% compared to the female diet.

Let us remind you that the Swedish system is six consecutive mono-diets that promise amazing results. The rule of separate meals is applied to each of them. For competing products act in the opposite way: they provoke the deposition of fat reserves.

• A Swedish nutritionist, and other European experts, claims that eating the same type of food throughout the day actively promotes weight loss.

This is due to the peculiarities of liver functioning, which in such cases uses its own fat deposits for processing. A. Johansson attributes half of the success of the diet to the scheme of alternating carbohydrate and protein rations.

• Each day in this cycle fulfills an allotted role and prepares the body for the next monodiet.

It is not possible to follow such a system for teenagers and young men, in which the body is just forming and needs all the nutritional components. But men should remember that any diets give a short-term effect, and to achieve weight stability it is necessary to change not only the diet, but also the way of life.

After 50 years.

Some sources say that all diets are contraindicated after the age of 50. As a rule, by this time there are already chronic diseases, and significantly wilted skin during weight loss can form unsightly folds on the body, face and neck. Strict diets provoke the aggravation of diseases and skin problems, which are not easier to fight with than with excess weight.

• Diet six petals is not very strict, but still at this age it is better to turn not to dietary techniques, but to change the general concept of nutrition: to make healthy eating a rule of life.

Given that the metabolism becomes less intensive with age, it should be stimulated. A few recommendations will help you accomplish your goals:

1. Reduce or eliminate fatty foods and all sweets, from candy to baked goods.
2. Enrich the diet with seafood, fruit and vegetable products, porridge, fermented milk products, whole-grain bread.
3. Do not overuse animal proteins.
4. Do not overeat: eat frequent, smaller meals.
5. Pay attention to physical exercise (morning exercises, brisk walking).
6. Do not get addicted to spicy and spicy foods, smoked products and fast food.
7. Drink enough water, herbal drinks.
8. /If necessary, use vitamin and mineral preparations.

These activities will help you optimize your weight without harming your health and mental balance. And preserve the natural beauty inherent in every age.

6 petals diet when breastfeeding

A breastfeeding mother is responsible for the health and harmonious development of her baby. A good mother does not abuse anything and eats not what she likes, but what is good for the baby. This is the mission of motherhood - to deny herself pleasures, sleep and rest for the sake of her beloved child, in the care and communication with which her life is encapsulated. This period is not the time for food experiments and various diets, including 6 petals.

• None of the artificial products can replace mother's milk. It contains all the components necessary for the full growth and development of the child.

Natural feeding minimizes the likelihood of colic and other GI problems. It provides the closest contact between the newborn and the mother, psychologically supports him, gives a sense of safety and security. It is impossible to overestimate the importance of this process, so to justify the mother refusing to breastfeed, can only be extremely valid reasons.

• And certainly not the desire to go on the 6 petals diet while breastfeeding!

Of course, the high quality of milk is provided, among other things, by a balanced diet of the mom. Fresh food, cooked in the right way - this is the diet of a nursing mom, rather than increased attention to the figure and care about yourself, beloved. Experienced women assure that with a healthy way of eating and living over time and weight is reduced to normal, and the figure returns to optimal parameters. If they, of course, were before the beginning of pregnancy.

General information of the Six-Petal Diet.

Each of the days can be considered a mono-diet: one day - one diet: fish, vegetable, chicken, cereal, cottage cheese, fruit. The essence of the diet is in the alternate combination of protein and carbohydrate rations. After passing the day, we tear off the next petal of the daisy-six-flower (by analogy with the tear-off calendar). If you start on Monday, by Sunday you can "reap the benefits": minus 3-5 kg is guaranteed!

• In addition to the quality of the foods, in the six petals diet, the quantity and the way they are cooked are important. Another rule is not to change foods between each other.

Thus, fish is eaten boiled or baked, only half a kilogram per day. Single portions are formed at their own discretion.

Of the vegetables, white and green shades are preferred, totaling one and a half pounds. Choose one favorite or different vegetables.

The third petal, i.e. The day, is again protein. You should eat chicken fillet, the daily portion is 500 g.

The fourth day is spent on cereals. You can alternate cereals or choose one. It is best to take buckwheat, millet or uncooked rice, 200 g.

The curd day dictates its own rules: you should consume 0.5 kg of low or medium fat product.

"For dessert", as it should be - fruit. The recommended amount is 1.5 kg of not too sweet, starch-free fruits.

Drinking is not limited: during all six days you should drink water, fresh juices, teas. On some days - kvass, kefir, milk.

How long are on the 6 petals diet?

The clear framework of the six petal diet is limited to the number of one-day mono-diet "petals". This is one circle, which often ends everything. Having achieved the desired weight loss, a woman stops following this scheme and returns to the usual menu.

But if it's about losing more weight and developing healthy eating habits, one lap is unlikely to do the trick. How long you stay on the 6 petals diet in such cases depends on several factors:

• original weight and build;
• the ultimate goal;
• dietary discipline;
• health and well-being after each lap;
• of age;
• lifestyle.

People with weight parameters close to normal can not expect to lose a lot of weight. Those who have a significant excess of mass and sit on the diet for the first time, will be satisfied with the results obtained, even after the first six days.

• A few laps can bring your figure closer to the ideal. However, it is not safe to repeat the petal method more than four times in a row.

Should you rest between laps? There is no consensus on this issue. They say that one or two days off are desirable. This will help to distract from boring monodiets and reduce the likelihood of a breakdown.

• When taking a vacation, do not pounce on the food you missed during the week of dieting. Practice your usual balanced diet, without getting too fattening, fatty and sweet foods.

If the weight is reduced according to the plan and there is no discomfort, then the weekend can be abandoned and continue in the same spirit the next six-day period.

How many pounds can you lose?

Starting any diet, each of us is first of all interested in how many kilograms can be dropped and for what period. A normal indicator is considered one and a half to two kilograms for the first six days. It happens and so that the weight as if returns, but this is a deceptive picture: just in some days (grain) of the diet six petals in the body there is a fluid retention. And when the protein day comes, the liquid is eliminated and it becomes clear that the body weight is still reduced.

• According to observations, weight is more likely to go away in people who are fairly overweight. They say about 4 kg in a week, and the record is 8 kg.

At close to normal values, the weight is reduced less intensively. Such rates of weight loss are characteristic of many diets, not only the Swedish diet developed by A. Johansson.

Daily weight loss varies from 500 to 900 g. For 2-3 weeks of such a diet, you can reduce the mass up to 15kg. In the reviews there are also more tangible gains, up to a kilogram a day, and even fantastic minus 7kg for six days!

• If after the first cycle you are satisfied with the result, smoothly switch to a traditional diet of healthy food. If the weight loss is not enough, continue the petal method in the next cycle.

How often can it be repeated?

Few people stop at one round of the diet six petals. During this time, most manage to scorregiruyut weight, and before that not too much exceeding the norm. For more tangible results, it is desirable to continue the diet system, having previously found out for yourself how often you can repeat "petal monodays".

• History is silent as to how exactly the author of the method recommends "spinning on petals". As if two cycles with a week's break. If the excess weight is 15 or more kilograms, the body will need a rest of 3-4 days.

The authors of articles and reviews on this topic tend to think that there is a lot of individuality in all this: and who drops how much in a day or a circle, and how the diet is tolerated, and how long can withstand repeated days and circles. If we summarize the information, the following options emerge:

• two rounds, 3-4 days apart;
• a one-day break;
• one lap once a month all the time.

Some people repeat five cycles, with short breaks, although experts recommend a maximum of four. According to observations, frequent repetitions are not as effective as single six-day cycles every month. Because the body gets used to the diet and stops responding by shedding mass. In addition, continuous circles cause fatigue and binge eating monotonous foods. There may be a plateau effect, when the weight is kept in place, and the thinning loses all motivation for further adherence to the diet.

• A succession of mono-diets, regardless of the number of cycles, is not recommended more than once a year.

Due to the fact that weight loss is gradual, no defects such as sagging of the skin are formed. This is a big plus because it saves the slimmer from cosmetic problems.

How many laps can you do?

Those who have achieved any result always ask how many laps can be done. Specialists answer that everything depends on health, and also on whether you are satisfied with the outcome of the first cycle. Someone is more than enough for one six days, and someone is ready for several repetitions of the Swedish diet six petals.

• It's up to you to choose, but without overdoing it, remembering the saying, "What's overpriced is not healthy."

Nutritionists strongly advise limiting yourself to four circles of the petal diet. When starting the second round, take a one-day break to rest from the strict regime. On this day, eat normal food, except for flour and sweets.

• There are other recommendations: take a break for a full two weeks.

Regardless of the number of laps, remember that health and figure are maintained not so much by short-term dieting, but by everyday nutrition. Having reached the optimal weight, apply a healthy, developed by leading experts, and the effect of weight loss will last as long as possible, and maybe become permanent. And in the future there will be no need for either grueling diets or severe food restrictions.

• The effectiveness of the A. Johansson system is based on separate consumption, which allows the body to take only useful components from the incoming food. The system is designed in such a way that the person losing weight does not feel hunger or stress.

For clarity, an imaginary flower can be cut out of paper and brightly colored. By tearing off one petal at a time, you will summarize the results of each day and visually see that you are getting closer to the goal for which you started the procedure.

Benefits

The author of the method believes that starving, even with the noble goal of weight loss, is inappropriate. Hunger, especially in women, leads to depression, stress, hormonal imbalance. Developed by her diet diet six petals not only gets rid of this unpleasant feeling, but also allows you not to slag the body, as well as to engage its energy reserves to ensure vital activity. Due to this and there is a real weight loss, that is, a decrease in fat reserves.

• Tearing the petals from the paper flower symbolizes small daily victories and steps toward success.

The benefits of dieting can turn into harm, if it is prolonged without end, without paying attention to the advice of nutritionists and the well-being of the body. When following the rules, a person gets:

• significant weight loss;
• well-being;
• saturation with a variety of nutrients;
• cleansing of harmful metabolic products.

What can and what can not?

When familiarizing yourself with dietary methods, the decisive factor is often the answer to the reasonable question, what can I eat? Hardly anyone wants to give up most foods, even for the sake of weight loss.

Diet six petals in this regard is very loyal. During the dietary period, the thinning person takes turns eating all categories of products: from meat to fruit. The principle of the system is not to violate the order of carbohydrate and protein "petals" and properly prepare food.

During the six-day period, we eat the following:

• fish;
• vegetables;
• fillet chicken;
• cereals;
• cottage cheese;
• fruit.

Fish is a protein and omega 3 fatty acids. The product is stewed, boiled, baked or steamed. All varieties of marine and freshwater species are suitable: hake, pollock, tuna, carp, pink salmon, herring, eel and so on. Seafood is also suitable.

The fruits of fields and vegetable gardens are prepared in the same way. For variety, different types of vegetables are combined. They are suppliers of vitamins, microelements, organic acids.

Chicken breast fillets supply pure protein. It is allowed 200 g portion of broth in which chicken is cooked. Steamed cutlets, baked and stewed fillets allow you to diversify the diet.

The fourth day is designed to saturate the body with complex carbohydrates. It is allowed porridge, bread, bran, buckwheat pancakes, sprouted seeds, even seeds.

The curd day speaks for itself. But this does not mean that the menu contains exclusively pure cheese. Yogurt and milk are also suitable.

The fruit day gives a lot of room for imagination. Freshies, smoothies, assorted salads, baked apples and pears with raisins, fresh and defrosted berries will appeal to any gourmet. On this day it is recommended to rest and not to abuse physical activity.

During the six petals diet, the daily amount of food is divided into five or six portions and chewed well before swallowing. Eat slowly, without drinking water. A cup of water can be drunk before meals, and then - in between meals, and without limitation.

For convenience, write out the diet for each day in advance. It will not include, of course, what you can not eat? Namely:

• sugary foods, baked goods, chocolate;
• Smoked meats, pickled and salted foods;
• fried and fatty foods;
• fast food;
• colored sodas, sugary industrial juices.

Allowed products should be cooked according to dietary rules: boil, stew, bake, use steam and multicooker. Take low-fat cottage cheese, fillets, do not abuse seasonings, especially salt. Cook before cooking.

Drink water, green tea, a little unsweetened coffee. Do not use poor-quality or expired products, stale dishes. All alcoholic beverages are forbidden, even with a low degree.

Is it possible:

True weight loss is if the weight is reduced due to decreased fat stores, not due to fluid elimination or bowel cleansing. Subsequent drinking will still make up for fluid loss and solid food will fill the intestines.

The Six Petals Diet takes these subtleties into account and promises weight loss by burning your own fat. By consuming the indicated products, the person on the diet can lose 500 to 800 g daily.

It remains to clarify the role and importance of other products that are not specified in the diet of monodiets. Favorite coffee, sweet honey, mushrooms and eggs - allowed or forbidden? Let's try to answer.

• Can I have honey?

Strict protein days, of which there are many in the six-leaf diet, cause a drop in blood sugar. This is manifested by feeling unwell, headache, up to fainting. In such cases, honey becomes a cure. Just a spoonful of sweet will equalize the sugar level and bring the thinning person to his senses.

• Can I have coffee?

During the 6 petals diet it is recommended to drink water and green tea. This, so to speak, is a classic, which coffee drinkers are not satisfied with and they "beg" for themselves at least a morning portion - "to wake up". In order to meet such people, nutritionists allowed this portion, but with a strict reservation: coffee only black, without sugar-milk-cream!

• Can I have mushrooms?

Sometimes dieters ask strange questions: can I do this, can I do that? The petal diet, like no other diet, clearly lists all the foods and names the days according to them. Since there is no mushroom day, the question about mushrooms is inappropriate. Despite the fact that mushrooms are also a protein. What kind of diet is it if you don't deny yourself anything?

• Can I have eggs?

The white part of the egg is a source of natural protein and many people think they are quite appropriate on a protein day. Nutritionists, however, explain it in their own way. On the first laps, egg white is forbidden. Exception applies to dishes that require the technology of adding eggs (casseroles of cottage cheese, steamed chicken cutlets). Egg instead of cottage cheese is allowed no earlier than on the 5th cycle of the diet, when proper nutrition is already becoming a habit.

Contraindications

The food system called the six petals diet is shown to all categories of people who do not have health problems. Contraindications are chronic diseases of digestive organs, diabetes, kidney and heart pathologies.

Women in pregnancy and lactation and other patients prescribed special dietary conditions or therapeutic diets should not experiment with diets. To avoid misunderstandings, a family or primary care physician should be consulted before starting any diet.

Possible risks

Healthy people usually easily tolerate the six petals diet. It does not cause severe hunger, supplies all the necessary components one by one, so it does not exhaust the body.

• Still, there are risks associated with dieting.

They are associated with metabolic processes, in particular, with the fact that with frequent repetitions, lipids are burned along with fat. This can lead to a critical reduction in muscle mass.

Headache on a diet

With many diets in thinners have a headache, and there is an explanation for this. During the diet six petals, due to active metabolic processes, intermediate metabolites of a toxic nature are formed. It is they that adversely affect the brain and body cells.

The function of the liver is to neutralize these toxins, and this process is accompanied by unpleasant sensations: headache, nausea, even vomiting.

• There is little written about it in the articles and it does not say at all whether these pains can be prevented. But there are a lot of complaints in the reviews.

Pain begins on the third or fourth day. Drowsiness, loss of strength, severe malaise forces some thinners to stop the diet. But those who have endured all the accompanying inconveniences of the diet and achieved the result, are not always ready to repeat such a feat in the future.

However, not everyone has a headache: there are enough people who regularly use this method and are satisfied with the results. This is due to individual differences between organisms and different psychological motivation of those who go on a diet.

Complications

During the six petal diet, you may experience bad breath. This is due to the digestion of a large amount of protein.

• It is important not to reduce the caloric content to a critical level - 500 kcal: this adversely affects the functions of the thyroid gland. Lack of fats leads to deterioration of hair and skin, immunity disorders.

Possible complications depend on the state of health and peculiarities of the organism. It even happens that after a few half-starved days, a person finds that his weight has not only not decreased, but even increased! And if it has decreased, it is much less than expected. And this badly affects the psychological state of the person deceived in the best expectations, and dismotivates for further attempts.

Coming off the six petal diet

As with other diet systems, the proper exit from the six petal diet is important. What does that mean? Let's break it down point by point.

1. The first days after the six petals diet, the same foods should prevail in the diet. New, more caloric foods are included little by little and gradually.
2. Continue to limit fat, flour, sweets and other unhealthy elements of the daily menu. The body, accustomed to the diet, will be eternally grateful to you.
3. Cook with a multi or steamer, bake food in the oven or on the grill.
4. Let light exercise and a healthy lifestyle become a lifelong habit.
5. And about your favorite drinks: a cup of coffee a day has never hurt anyone. And green tea and herbs not only quench thirst, but also help you lose weight.

Promised 800g per day, or the maximum 5 kg in a week, are realistic if the specified conditions and rules are observed. The correct output provides a long-lasting result of the implementation of the dietary system. Do not be disappointed if the maximum did not work out: there is always a correction in one or another direction, associated with individual characteristics of the body.

A breakdown on the 6 petals diet

If there is a breakdown on the diet six petals, you should rest and start losing weight again from the first monoday. It is ineffective to continue as if nothing had happened.

• Practical nutritionists reveal the concept of disruption and recommend the use of self-hypnosis to avoid it.

Breakdown of the diet six petals occurs when uncontrollably want to eat something forbidden. To prevent this from happening, do not emphasize the word "can not". Think about what you can eat today, and carry the forbidden to the seventh day, when the series of monodiets will be over.

Tell yourself that this chocolate bar, or kebab, or sushi I will eat on Sunday (if you started on Monday). And today I will eat healthy cottage cheese, or vinaigrette, or sea fish with pleasure.

• Specialists assure that psychologically it is easier to perceive the phrase "today I do not eat this, but I'll carry it over for later" than the words "I can't have it".

It may turn out that on the seventh day a whole list of something tasty but useless will be made, and in fact, at that time you will already be over-hungry for most of these products.

Testimonials from slimmers

Elena, 45 years old, writes that the diet six petals helped her not only to lose 5kg, but also to enjoy a varied and tasty diet. Satisfied and those who lost at least 3kg in a short time. In the reviews of those who lost weight, they even write about the effect of rejuvenation, manifested as a consequence of the diet.

• Not thrilled for those who were deceived in their expectations or who were living a half-starved existence.

And also to whom the weight returned after a very short time. Many people cannot stand the headaches and weakness, problems with defecation by the evening of the third day or every day.

Those who are accustomed not to overeat on ordinary days, do not consider the diet "hungry" and do not understand those who already on the third day walks in a semi-fainting state and claims "psychological exhaustion". On the contrary, such people note during this period an increase in performance and improved sleep. This once again emphasizes that there are individual features of perception and the result obtained as a result of the diet.

Doctor's reviews

Positive about the diet of six petals are written by nutritionists who profess the principle of separate nutrition. In reviews, doctors who prescribe this method, emphasize the importance of the fact that the body, in general, receives a complete diet and does not suffer from a prolonged lack of certain components. All agree that the petal variant does not cause the body much harm.

It is also reported that the Association of Dietitians (without specifying which country) observed the volunteers and, based on the results of the tests, officially recognized the technique as a dietary method of weight loss.

Results and effectiveness

The first cycle of the diet six petals usually pleases: the body weight is reduced by three to five kilograms. If this is enough, dieting can be stopped. Much depends on the initial mass. If you take the minimum-maximum, then the daily figures vary from 0.3 to 1.0 kg.

• If results and effectiveness are insufficient, a second six-day session can be conducted.

And so four times, but no more, - recommend nutritionists. There is a disagreement between nutritionists and gastroenterologists: if the former consider more effective immediate repetition of the cycle, the latter recommend to wait and go on a diet again not earlier than two weeks. During this time, the body will rest and will be ready for another shedding of kilograms.

• Obviously, you should listen to how you feel and make a decision based on how you feel.

An added bonus is cleansing the body, and getting used to a healthier way of eating. For many, it becomes a permanent habit.

A person who has lost weight feels light and alert. But it should be remembered that constantly practiced diets are unfavorable for health.

Diet "favorite" or "6 petals", which is better

Those who have tried various methods of weight loss in the end ask themselves: diet favorite or 6 petals, what is better in my case? Because the results are different and always depend on the individual susceptibility of the body to one or another feature of the methods. The six petals diet is not an exception.

If you like the petal regimen, and the results are pleasing, then the answer is clear, and you can apply this scheme periodically, when you need to urgently scorregiruet its already not too spoiled figure. In other cases, you will have to try other methods. In order not to torture yourself in a long search, contact a nutritionist, who is qualified to choose a variant, based on specific parameters and health indicators. In this way, you will reduce possible risks and procrastination.

The sacramental question "what to eat to lose weight" is solved by the six petals diet. It does not prohibit any group of products, only regulates their quantity, cooking and consumption. The method is based on the fact that monotonous food stimulates weight loss. This is an ideal methodology for those who do not like severe restrictions, but are ready to eat fractionally, reduced portions.