The diet of Arthur Agatston, better known by the romantic name "diet of the southern beach," is a system that involves the rejection of harmful products in favor of those that carry the body vitamins and trace elements. Using a diet allows not only to lose weight, but also to improve health.
Diet of the southern beach: features
Do not forget to follow an important rule, which is often ignored by all people: drink 1.5 liters of water a day! This approach will allow you to achieve results much faster, improve metabolism and not feel a false hunger, which often masked thirst. You need to drink half an hour before meals, or 1.5 hours after eating.
It is unacceptable to get rid of the diet, and if you fail, you should start again.
Diet of Dr. Agathston: three phases
This system is designed for an indefinite time - until you reach the results. In the first two weeks, the system allows you to get rid of 6-8 kilograms of excess weight. During this time, it is necessary to go through three phases of the diet of the southern beach:
The first phase
This is the most difficult period in which you need to completely exclude a number of products:
- fruit;
- bread, rice, potatoes, pasta;
- sugar, sweets, pastries;
- alcohol.
Emphasis in nutrition should be made on meat, poultry, fish, seafood, and fresh vegetables as a side dish, as well as use in eating eggs, cheese and nuts.
The diet of Agatston forces us to give up simple carbohydrates, which gives excellent results: the body ceases to gain weight and begins to work on the withdrawal of the accumulated.
The second phase
In the second phase, restrictions are dropped, but to treat these products still is cautious. Allow yourself to take carbohydrate food no more than 2 times a week and be sure
The third phase
Adhere to a balanced diet, give up confectionery, make the basis of the menu, low-fat meat and vegetable garnishes (cabbage is ideal in this respect.) This mode is not the actual diet, but the maintenance of weight, and not to spend the first two painful weeks, learn to limit yourself in that.
Using such a diet, you can keep your figure in perfect condition for a long time. The main thing is, during the second and third phases, behave with restraint and do not attack the products that were banned before. The more vegetables and greens in your diet, the more slender you will be.