Sit on a watermelon diet - it's like dieting in water, and in the literal sense of the word. Because watermelon pulp is 95% water.
Watermelon diet: what does it mean?
The main food in the watermelon diet is, as you can guess, watermelon pulp. Or rather, you should eat a few slices of watermelon as a dessert after breakfast, lunch and dinner, and also eat 3-4 juicy slices of watermelon around 12 noon (lunch time). However, do not overdo it: in total, you can eat up to 2 kg of watermelon a day, but no more.
The watermelon diet consists of 90% water. Although watermelon is a sugar product, its calorie content is estimated to be low - no more than 40 kcal per 100 g of watermelon pulp. Thanks to this property, watermelon is perfectly saturated, relieving the feeling of hunger and at the same time is absorbed almost immediately.
In addition to water, watermelons contain a large amount of fiber, which helps to restore the efficient functioning of the digestive system and remove excess fluid from the tissues.
Thus, the watermelon diet is an excellent treatment for edema. Along with water, harmful substances and toxins are flushed out of the tissues and cells of the skin, which means that the skin is cleansed, renewed and acquires a healthier appearance.
The benefits of a watermelon diet
Apart from the fact that the watermelon diet helps to quickly give the figure a seductive, slim contour, it also saturates the body with some useful substances. Among them: potassium, magnesium, valuable vitamins A, C, B vitamins, as well as vitamin PP.
A little known fact that gives the watermelon diet its quality as a healthy food: watermelon is rich in antioxidant lycopene, famous for its anti-cancer properties. Therefore, the watermelon diet can be applied not only for weight loss, but also as an effective cancer prevention.
Characteristics of the watermelon diet
Only fresh and ripe fruits are suitable for watermelon diet. How to choose the right watermelon? In a quality fruit, the peel is dense and if lightly scratched with a fingernail, there will be no dents on it, but only the top thin layer will "peel off" slightly.
If you hit a watermelon, like a ball, with your palm, the sound should by no means be deaf, but audible, slightly vibrating.
Another important question is how to properly store watermelon during the watermelon diet. Correct answer: in the fridge, wrapping the cut fruit in foil.
At the time of the watermelon diet, it is necessary to focus on protein foods and vegetables, excluding for a while from the menu sweets, fats and alcohol. The latter is complete and without exception. The fact is that watermelon in combination with alcohol often causes severe indigestion.
The duration of the watermelon diet should not exceed 10 days, the next lesson can be completed no earlier than one month later. These ten days are enough to lose 2-6 kg in the end.