Among the many diets, it is so difficult to choose one that does not require large financial costs and at the same time allows the body to maintain a balance of nutrients even in a limited diet. This is why the buckwheat diet is so popular. In terms of usefulness, cereals replace a whole food set, act quickly and are cheap.
The whole secret lies in the correct preparation of the porridge, which, as the main course of the diet, will turn the body into a way to get rid of fat deposits, excess fluid and other ballast.
Benefits of buckwheat for the human body
In terms of its nutritional value, buckwheat is one of the main cereals among cereals. The protein in it is almost like in meat, which it successfully replaces in the vegetarian diet. And carbohydrates, unlike most cereals, are very small, which is important for diabetics and those who are losing weight. At the same time, buckwheat is rich in fiber, which means it can cleanse the liver and the entire digestive tract.
The content of vitamins and trace elements in this cereal is a separate topic. B vitamins are essential for the heart and brain, provide good eyesight and water-salt balance, and vitamin P is good for blood vessels.
Folic acid, phosphorus, potassium, iron, zinc and a whole list of other trace elements and beneficial acids make buckwheat essential for replenishing vitality, cellular metabolism and lipids.
This is why buckwheat porridge is indispensable in the menu of pregnant women, children and all those who take care of their health. And, of course, in the diet of those who monitor their weight. Indeed, with such valuable qualities, buckwheat has a low calorie content and the ability to remove excess cholesterol and other unnecessary substances from the body. Such a successful combination formed the basis of the buckwheat diet.
Possible damage to cereals
Due to its easy tolerance, buckwheat has no contraindications to use. But it is recommended in limited quantities for people with chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, prone to spasms and diarrhea, as well as during inflammatory processes in the digestive system.
Duration of buckwheat diet and possible weight loss
For all the benefits of buckwheat, the maximum allowable duration of a diet based on it without tangible harm to the body is 14 days. Moreover, the most pronounced weight loss occurs in the first week. Therefore, nutritionists have developed options for different durations - for three, five, seven days and for two weeks. After all, not everyone can afford a mono-diet for a long time, in which case you can choose a milder option.
How many pounds will go in a given period of time, it is impossible to say for sure. It all depends on the "initial" weight and the mass of other individual characteristics. On average, in one week it is possible to lose from 1, 5 to 3 kg, and in two - from 3 to 6 kg. The more visible this process is, the more extra pounds in the body. You can repeat the course of buckwheat weight loss no earlier than a month and a half after the previous one.
The right way to cook diet porridge
Buckwheat for weight loss is prepared in a special way: it should be steamed, not boiled. Therefore, it is more convenient to immediately cook the required volume for the day. 500 g of buckwheat cereal in the evening should be poured boiling water in a volume of 1, 5 liters, cover with a lid and place in a warm place or wrapped in a blanket. In the morning, the crushed dietary porridge will be ready to eat.
A faster option is obtained using a thermos. A glass of cereal is thrown into his balloon and poured with two glasses of boiling water and then closed with a lid. A 45-minute infusion is enough for the porridge to be ready.
In this form, cereals retain their value as much as possible. Dietary porridge excludes additives in the form of salt, sugar, oil, spices and sauces.
Buckwheat diet varieties
The variety of buckwheat-based diets is quite wide. The most popular options:
- strict buckwheat;
- saving (healer);
- buckwheat-kefir;
- buckwheat and apples;
- buckwheat and vegetables;
- buckwheat with dried fruits;
- with low-calorie dairy products;
- with vegetables, lean fish and lean meats.
A strict diet involves the use of buckwheat and exclusively steamed water, occasionally a small amount of kefir, but this option is a real test of willpower. The most popular is buckwheat kefir, which allows, in addition to porridge, up to one liter of kefir per day.
A sparing buckwheat diet for weight loss is also used as a therapeutic relief for the body. It allows you to add a little cottage cheese to a buckwheat breakfast, a piece of lean meat for dinner, as well as a snack a day in the form of an apple or a glass of kefir or yogurt without additives.
Including dried fruits (no more than five to six pieces a day) or a teaspoon of honey will help those who do not feel well without sugar in their diet.
In any of the variations, you can drink plain still water or green tea without restrictions, eating four to six times a day and the last is 4-6 hours before bedtime.
Mono diet for 3 days
The three-day version is more likely to be not a diet, but a useful discharge course, or a trial option for those who want to test their strength in the face of a longer dietary restriction. But even in such a short time, many manage to lose about two kilograms and feel pleasant changes in the condition of their skin.
It is optimal to stay on a strict buckwheat or buckwheat-kefir diet (up to 1 liter of kefir per day) for all three days. If it is very hard or a feeling of weakness from lack of sugar appears, it is permissible to eat an apple, orange or any dried fruit.
Diet for 5 days
A longer dietary course enables a greater variety of low-calorie boiled milk dietary supplements.
| BREAKFAST | dinner | dinner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| day 1 | Buckwheat porridge, a glass of low-fat kefir, an apple | 200 g porridge, 200 g vegetable salad with olive oil | Buckwheat moistened with kefir, tea without sugar |
| day 2 | Buckwheat moistened with kefir, apples, tea | Buckwheat moistened with kefir, 200 g of fresh vegetables | Buckwheat moistened with kefir, tea without sugar |
| day 3 | During the day, eat five servings of buckwheat moistened with kefir, drink more water | ||
| day 4 | Buckwheat porridge, 100 g low-fat cottage cheese, 0, 5 cups of kefir | Buckwheat porridge, a piece of boiled lean meat, boiled vegetables | 100 g of buckwheat porridge, a glass of kefir |
| day 5 | Alternate buckwheat with kefir every two hours + plenty of water and green tea |
Diet for 7 days
For a tangible weight loss, it is recommended to keep a kefir-buckwheat diet throughout the week or be guided by the following scheme.
| BREAKFAST | dinner | dinner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| day 1 | Porridge, half a glass of kefir | Steamed buckwheat cutlets without oil | Buckwheat porridge or casserole, a glass of kefir |
| day 2 | Buckwheat pancakes, a glass of kefir | Porridge, dried fruit | A glass of kefir |
| day 3 | Porridge, dried fruit | Porridge, green salad | Porridge, a glass of kefir |
| day 4 | Buckwheat bread, buckwheat pancakes | porridge | Porridge, apples |
| day 5 | Porridge, a glass of kefir | Cabbage salad, steamed buckwheat kitten | A glass of kefir, oranges or apples |
| day 6 | A glass of kefir | Steamed buckwheat cutlets | Porridge or casserole, a glass of kefir |
| day 7 | Buckwheat pancakes, a glass of kefir | Porridge, dried fruit | A glass of kefir |
Diet for 14 days
| BREAKFAST | dinner | dinner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| day 1 | Porridge, coffee without sugar | Vegetable soup | Buckwheat with roasted vegetables |
| day 2 | Vegetable porridge, tea without sugar | Buckwheat soup with sugar-free milk | Buckwheat, boiled eggs, greens |
| day 3 | During the day - buckwheat porridge, more water | ||
| day 4 | |||
| day 5 | During the day - buckwheat with dried fruit, pink decoction | ||
| day 6 | Buckwheat, tea | Chicken soup with herbs | Buckwheat with cauliflower in the dough |
| day 7 | Porridge with vegetables | Okroshka with eggs | Buckwheat, eggs |
| day 8 | Porridge, cottage cheese, tea | 200 g of low-fat boiled beef | Porridge with vegetables |
| day 9 | Within three days - buckwheat in water, kefir, tea without sugar | ||
| dita e 10 | |||
| 11th day | |||
| dita e 12 | Porridge, tea | Light vegetable soup | Buckwheat, a handful of nuts |
| 13th day | Porridge with dried fruits | Light lentil soup | Porridge with vegetables and mushrooms |
| day 14 | Porridge, low-fat cottage cheese | Egg soup | Steamed chicken breast porridge |
The diet can be delicious
Below are the recipes you can use to diversify your buckwheat diet and get the most out of it.
Buckwheat soup
For three liters of water we take a glass of buckwheat, and also:
- onions;
- carrots;
- pepper zile;
- 2 tomatoes;
- a few pieces of cauliflower;
- little greenery.
Finely chop the onions, carrots and tomatoes and cook with a minimal amount of vegetable oil. Put them in boiling water together with buckwheat and other vegetables and cook for about 15 minutes. At the end of cooking, add the herb and a little salt.
A less strict version allows the addition of potatoes and a little ghee or beaten egg.
Porridge with vegetables
For a glass of buckwheat you will need a medium-sized zucchini, 1 bell pepper, 2 celery stalks, a fresh tomato (or a teaspoon of dried tomatoes), fresh herbs or dried herbs to taste, 40 ml of vegetable oil.
Discard the cereal with two cups of boiling water and set aside. Meanwhile peel and chop the vegetables into cubes, peppers into strips and fry in hot oil. Previously, the oil could be calcined with minced cumin or other favorite spices, as well as with dried tomatoes.
Combine the prepared vegetables with the buckwheat, add half a glass of water, pepper and salt, place the whole mass to simmer under the lid and then simmer on low heat for another 15 minutes. After that, remove from the stove, add the chopped herbs and serve.
Buckwheat cutlets
For 200 g of cereal, take 1 egg and 1 onion. In addition, you will need bread crumbs, fresh herbs and salt, as well as vegetable oil for frying.
However, diet cutlets are best cooked in steam or in the oven.
Boil the buckwheat in salted water until softened and cooled. Cut the onion into cubes and add to the buckwheat along with the raw egg. Use a meat grinder to turn the mixture into minced buckwheat. To the minced meat we add the bread crumbs in such an amount that it thickens until the cotyledons are formed.
We carve them with wet hands, fry them or send them in a double boiler or oven.
Buckwheat pancakes
Diet pancakes are baked in the oven. According to this recipe, they are lush and soft. 300 gr of buckwheat and a packet of cottage cheese should be passed in a meat grinder, gradually add 4 tablespoons of flour, a tablespoon of sugar and 0, 5 teaspoons of salt and in the process of further cooking add 1 cup of low fat. sour cream.
Pour the spoonful mixture into a pan to form pancakes and bake until golden brown.
Buckwheat rolls
You need to remove the upper leaves from the cabbage fork, then lower the cabbage head into boiling water, cook until half cooked, cool slightly and disassemble into leaves. The thickening places of the leaves should be beaten slightly.
Minced meat is better to cook in advance. To do this, about 300 g of boiled buckwheat should be mixed with fried onions and an egg. Wrap the minced meat in leaves, forming envelopes or cylinders and place in a greased pan.
Bake for about 10 minutes, then fill with sour cream with the addition of salt and pepper and send it in the oven for another half hour. Instead of yogurt sauce, you can use sour cream with the addition of a small amount of fried flour in butter and vegetable juice. Serve the cabbage rolls sprinkled with chopped herbs.
Prohibited foods during the diet
A real diet with buckwheat completely excludes the use of salt and sugar, oil, mayonnaise, ketchup and any other sauce, spices and seasonings. Meat and fish, if included in the diet during this period, should be lean. Dairy products are also required to have a low fat content and to exclude the presence of aromas and aromatic additives.
Of course, under a complete ban all sweet, spicy and salty flour and vegetables, starches like potatoes and super sweet fruits like bananas or dates.
Getting off the diet
This is a very scrupulous moment, on which depends the certainty of the result achieved with the help of a diet, as well as the minimization of stress on the organs and systems when you return to a normal diet.
In order for the lost pounds not to return in a short time, you need to get out of the restriction mode without any problems. For the first week, it is advised not to forget about flour, sweet and fatty foods.
Little by little, you can introduce high quality butter and every day or two add two or three new products - different varieties, with moderate fat of meat and fish, offal, cheeses, nuts. Drink enough plain water and green tea, and most importantly, do not overdo it.
However, many who have passed the discharge course do not feel the need for previous unhealthy eating habits and consciously adhere to a balanced diet, minimizing or completely eliminating industrial sweets, sauces with trans fats and amounts ofhigh in salt, fatty and fried foods.
Contraindications
Any diet is a powerful stress for the body, even if it is based on a product as beneficial as buckwheat. During this period, weakness, fatigue and headaches are possible, so it is better not to plan this event at the moment of strong physical or psycho-emotional overload - exams, an emergency at work, etc.
In any case, even a person who considers himself perfectly healthy should consult a doctor before starting a long discharge.
Strict contraindications are:
- pregnancy and breastfeeding;
- any form of diabetes;
- hypertension;
- high physical activity;
- stressful periods;
- nerve diseases;
- diseases of the gastrointestinal tract in the acute phase;
- heart or kidney failure;
- have undergone surgery on abdominal organs;
- recovery period after any surgery, serious injury or infection.
Nutritionists' thoughts on the effectiveness of buckwheat diets
Practical experience of weight loss allows nutritionists to claim that buckwheat-based diets are effective in terms of weight loss and consistency of the result, provided that the limitations are correctly overcome. The body gets enough protein and fiber, vitamins and minerals, so damage is minimized.
However, the monotony of taste can be tolerated quite hard, especially by people who are no longer passionate about buckwheat porridge. To understand how acceptable this option is for a particular organism, experts advise you to initially spend one day of buckwheat discharge per week.
Conclusion
Even if the result of the diet seems insufficient, it is highly undesirable to exceed the set threshold of 14 days - this can lead to vitamin deficiency and exacerbation of chronic diseases. It is allowed to repeat the weight loss in buckwheat no earlier than after a month and a half.
If during the diet period you do not feel well or feel symptoms of exacerbation of existing diseases, as well as unpleasant sensations previously unknown, you should gently get out of the restrictions and consult a doctor. Listen and love your body, and it will definitely support your well-being activities with its inner reserves.