The summer squash diet is very common. Zucchini is a vegetable that belongs to low-calorie foods; 100 g of the product contains no more than 22 kcal. Zucchini are rich in pectin and are distinguished by their mild flavor. Zucchini dishes are used in different dietary systems. The special zucchini diet exists in different variations, consider the most popular.
Zucchini diet: option 1
You can sit on this diet for an unlimited amount of time.
The diet is simple: you can eat whatever you want, but you must include 500 g of zucchini in the diet every day. Vegetables will help reduce the calorie content of familiar dishes; they can replace some of the high-calorie side dishes. Zucchini can be put in soup instead of potatoes or simply stewed.
This diet option is suitable for those who know how to control their diet.
Here is a menu with zucchini:
For breakfast, 2 servings of porridge made from any cereals, 1 serving of a protein dish (egg whites, cottage cheese, lean meat). As a snack, fermented milk product and fruit. For lunch, stewed zucchini without oil, half a portion of the usual side dish (with the exception of fried potatoes), a portion of fish. As a snack, vegetable salad and 30 g of nuts or seeds. For dinner, alternate vegetable stew with fish or meat, vegetable salad and cottage cheese. You can just drink a glass of kefir before bed.
Portions should be no more than 150 g by weight, season vegetable salads with cold-pressed oil, discard mayonnaise.
Zucchini diet: option 2
This diet lasts 3 days. It belongs to fasting days. You will have to give up your usual food. Dishes can only be prepared from zucchini and other vegetables. Before going to bed, you can drink kefir, otherwise - 1.5 kg of vegetable dish "for weight loss" and 1 toast.
Zucchini stew for weight loss: Put the ingredients of the dish in water: 1 kg of zucchini, onion, 200 g of cauliflower, 100 g of mushrooms. Eat a stew with lemon juice or garlic salt.
Zucchini soup for weight loss: pour water over 1 kg of chopped zucchini, 200 g of carrots, onion, bell pepper and tomato. Boil, grind with a blender. Eat unsalted soup with lemon juice.
Zucchini salad: cut 1 kg of zucchini, 200 g of cherry tomatoes, add black pepper, season with red wine vinegar.
Zucchini diet: advantages and disadvantages
Zucchini contains minerals and vitamins. The vegetable is prized for its high fiber content and high water content, which allows it to withstand almost any dietary restriction. You can cook different dishes from zucchini.
The first diet option is suitable for those who cannot do with cold salads alone. The second option should be used with caution - use no more than 1 time in 3 months. Then switch to a balanced diet.
Like any other diet, this one requires prior consultation with a doctor. And not everyone can stand to eat zucchini dishes every day, unless, of course, this is your favorite vegetable.
