Macaroni Diet

The macaroni diet for weight loss came to us from sunny Italy. The main argument for her is the beautiful figure of the famous Italian film actresses, above all the inimitable Sophia Loren.

Like any other, the macaroni method of weight loss involves limiting or completely rejecting certain products at the expense of others, in this case, due to pasta.

Can I lose weight on pasta ^

Pasta( noodles, horns, seashells, spaghetti and others) are valuable in that they contain protein, carbohydrates, a lot of fiber, B vitamins, vitamin E, trace elements, iron, phosphorus and magnesium.

This composition allows a person not to experience hunger, not to suffer from depression and insomnia, as with other strict diets and ensures good performance and mood throughout the day.

However, nutritionists recommend that when shopping, first of all, carefully study the product label. The listed properties are possessed only by products from wheat of firm grades. It is necessary to know that the signs of high quality are:

• matte, rough surface without whitish flour coating,
• small black dots, like traces of grains.

Many customers do not even know that now very useful kinds of pasta from hard wheat with additions of sea kale, bran, Jerusalem artichoke, rye and buckwheat are produced. On the shelves we see mainly pasta from "soft" and "medium hard" varieties, in which there is a lot of starch and little fiber. When cooking, they quickly boil and are well absorbed in the intestines. But, unfortunately, they are tasty, but not useful.

Whether it is possible to lose weight on pasta - this question is set to yourself by many mistrustful women. Why do some of the macaroni get better, while others lose weight?

It is known that the abundance of carbohydrates provides the body with energy due to the cleavage and participation of glucose in the processes of obtaining calories. Surpluses of sugars are transformed into adipose tissue. In the diet for weight loss is important to prevent this process and use the energy in the right channel. Therefore, use this diet can only people who are in parallel engaged in physical exercises.

If you do not have enough willpower to force yourself not just to do exercises, but to attend weight training in a fitness club, it's better not to try. In this case, the weight will only increase. This diet is contraindicated in patients with diabetes mellitus and hormone-dependent obesity.

As it turned out, the main attention should be given to the combination of pasta with other products. If you cook and eat pasta with sugar, other sweets, with meat dishes, the weight is only added. A special feature of the nutrition of Italians is the use of vegetables in the preparation of flour dishes.

Basic rules for a pasta diet:

• can be used: vegetables( excluding potatoes), fruits, cereals, fish, seafood and vegetable oil, 200 grams of red dry wine( if you want), green and herbal teas, black coffee, fresh juices,2 liters of water, bread only rye;
• to refuse: from sugar, sweets and other sweets, fatty meat, canned products( sauces, marinades and salinity), from baking;
• is better to take pasta for food in breakfast or at lunch.

We will also disclose the secret of cooking pasta in Italian, since it is this type of cooking that preserves all the useful properties of the product, reduces the absorption of complex carbohydrates and activates the process of digesting food:

• use a lot of water( 1 liter for every 100 g of pasta)
• salt the boiling water until the pasta is lowered,
• cook with stirring for no longer than 5 minutes.

Macaroni diet: a menu for 7 days ^

Macaroni diet is not strict at all and allows different combinations of products provided that the main rules are met. It is not necessary to eat pasta the whole day, the authors recommend to include them only in one meal. The rest of the time it's useful to stick to separate food.

The famous pasta diet of Sophia Loren, as the actress admits, takes her and only 3 days every month. Once a day, she necessarily eats 110 g of pasta( as in Italy called all pasta) of high quality. And she does it not for the purpose of losing weight, but for preserving beauty and health, using the useful properties of the product. And notice, in the other 27 days she does not eat them.

Sample menu for 7 days:

1 day

• Breakfast: green tea with fruit.
• Lunch: pasta with boiled vegetables( pepper, carrots).
• Snack: freshly squeezed juice
• Dinner: lean chicken with boiled vegetables.

Day 2

• Breakfast: broth of dogrose, boiled egg.
• Lunch: steamed fish with vegetables.
• Snack: freshly squeezed juice.
• Dinner: rice porridge.

Day 3

• Breakfast: black coffee and fruit.
• Lunch: spaghetti with boiled vegetables( carrots, eggplant).
• Snack: freshly squeezed juice.
• Dinner: 100 gr.cheese and boiled vegetables.

Day 4

• Breakfast: herbal tea, toast with jam.
• Lunch: seashells with baked vegetables.
• Snack: freshly squeezed juice.
• Dinner: buckwheat porridge without oil. Breakfast: green tea and cottage cheese.
• Lunch: soup with noodles and raw vegetables.
• Snack: freshly squeezed juice.
• Dinner: steamed fish and vegetables.

Day 6

• Breakfast: broth of dogrose, toast with cheese.
• Lunch: pasta with baked or boiled vegetables.
• Snack: freshly squeezed juice.
• Dinner: boiled chicken and vegetables.

Day 7

• Breakfast: black coffee, boiled egg. Dinner: macaroni with vegetable halophyte.
• Snack: freshly squeezed juice.
• Dinner: oatmeal with raisins.

Reviews, results and useful tips for losing weight on pasta ^

Apply this diet program can be from one week to a month, and there are tips in general to switch to this type of food for several years. It's no secret that with the long use of any method of weight loss, it becomes familiar, well tolerated and we quietly refuse other products. There are no features of the entrance and exit.

The results of the macaroni diet are very positive and have a good effect on improving overall well-being:

• normalizes blood pressure in hypertensive patients;
• the correct process of digestion is restored, therefore pains along the bowel and in the right hypochondrium stop;
• increases the speed of metabolic processes;
• calories burned faster;
• in combination with increased physical activity the weight is reduced to 1.5 kg per month;
• skin acquires a smooth appearance with a good turgor, puffiness disappears;
• activates its own immune system;
• person notices that he has ceased to suffer from acute respiratory viral infections;
• almost doubles the risk of cardiovascular disease and malignant tumors.

Reviews about the pasta diet are quite contradictory. There are ardent admirers and there are "victims" who either do not recommend such a diet at all, or do not consider it a special diet, and weight loss is attributed to the prolonged rejection of other high-calorie foods in combination with physical activity.
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