How to eat in summer to lose weight
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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Summer is still considered the best time to lose those extra pounds that have managed to be deposited in unnecessary places for a long winter. The abundance of fresh and low-calorie fruits and vegetables will allow you to easily create a rich and varied menu for every day.
Due to excessive heat in the human body, there may be problems that are associated with the work of the digestive system. That is why it is necessary to take a responsible approach to the question of personal diets. So what should you eat in the summer to lose hateful pounds and look amazing and tempting on the beach?
Morning, perhaps, is the best time for consuming fresh fruit. If you eat fruit after eating or before going to bed, they can provoke a fermentation process in your intestines and stomach, which is absolutely undesirable. Oranges, grapes, plums, apricots, melons, peaches, pears and other fruits, thanks to the rich content of vitamins and the ease of their assimilation by the body, are the main components of the summer diet. Do not forget about such useful berries as gooseberries, raspberries and currants.
Limit the consumption of coffee and black tea, sweet juices and carbonated drinks are not assistants in quenching thirst. Therefore it is recommended to drink in the heat of ordinary purified water or green tea with a minimum amount of sugar. Prepare tea from mint or oregano, they will fill your body with the main sources of vitamins and perfectly quench your thirst. Use fresh mint as a seasoning for some side dishes. Ginger tea with the addition of mint leaves perfectly tones and refreshes during the hot season.
Be sure to include in the summer menu fresh vegetables, they do not support the fermentation process. Cucumbers, zucchini, radish, turnips and rutabaga combined with fruit abundance are able to satisfy a person's need for one hundred percent in vitamins. Do not ignore the fresh herbs, thanks to it, you can enrich the taste of many cooked dishes and saturate your own organism with trace elements and salts that are taken out with sweat. Very useful dishes of spinach, beet tops and greens of mustard.
In the hot season, it is extremely important to organize your own meals, so you should exclude from your diet high-fat meals and heavy meals. Fatty fish and meat are recommended to replace more lean - rabbit, white chicken meat, boiled veal, pollock. Reduce the consumption of legumes, baked goods, sausage products, remove from the menu a variety of sandwiches and a range of fast food.