Kefir is included in the list of the most useful products of the world. And in the case of this lactic acid drink, the opinions of all - adults, children, and even nutritionists - converged. Of course, yogurt has something to conquer the world's population, because it is not only curative, but also dietary, which already generates in our brain thoughts about coveted weight loss.
Let's see how it is useful, and how to make an ideal diet for weight loss on yogurt.
Benefits of kefir
Since we are talking about kefir during a diet, we are primarily interested in the three properties of this sour-milk genius.
- Kefir, like most dairy products, contains calcium . A microelement Ca is especially important in the process of losing weight, because it is in response to the synthesis of fat-burning hormones. As you know, calcium is absorbed during sleep at night (one of the reasons why a person "grows up in a dream"). In order to enrich your body with fat burning hormones, you should drink yogurt before going to bed. However, its temperature should not be lower than room temperature, otherwise we will get the opposite effect - the slowing down of metabolic processes.
- Lacto- and bifidobacteria are probiotics. They live in our intestines and regulate the processes taking place in it. Lactobacilli cleaves lactose and other sugars to lactic acid, bifidobacteria suppress the reproduction of putrefactive and bacteria and pathogenic fungi. Both those and others, should enter the body from the outside, because antibiotics, unbalanced food leads to their extinction and replacement of just a harmful microflora. In kefir (with a shelf life of up to 7 days) contains both types of probiotics.
- Rapid weight loss - for someone this point will be the most decisive. The effect of active weight loss is achieved due to the particularly easily digestible protein in kefir. You feel saturated with a small portion of kefir and do not lose muscle mass.
Diet for 3 days
Kefir diet for 3 days is, so-called, prolonged unloading day. That is, these three days you will eat exclusively kefir with low fat content - up to 1.5%.
The daily dose of kefir (1.5 liters) should be divided into 5 - 6 receptions. Between meals, half an hour before or after, you need to drink plenty of still water to get rid of hunger.
A lighter and more realistic variant of the three-day kefir diet is kefir plus cottage cheese. Kefir (1.5 liters) is divided into 5 portions and to each portion, add 100 grams of cottage cheese with low fat content. In addition, you need to drink at least 2 liters of water, green tea.
Kefir-apple diet
Another popular option (and there are hundreds of them) is a kefir-apple diet for 3 days. A portion of yogurt is the same, and the number of apples is about 1.5-2 kg.
Kefir is divided into 5 - 6 servings, with each glass of lactic acid drink 1-2 apples.
Apples are desirable to choose green, they are more vitaminized and less sweet. By the way, if we already know the useful composition of kefir, then the charm of apples is only in the training of teeth:
- iron - will help with anemia;
- malic acid - strengthens the cardiovascular system;
- pectin - cleans the gastrointestinal tract from decay products;
- Chlorogenic acid - regulates metabolism ;
- antioxidants (vitamins A, E, C) - protect against premature aging, remove toxins;
- Low calorie - promote weight loss;
- fructose - helps with melancholy for sweets during a diet.
Precautions
Kefir, of course, is a very useful product, and, perhaps, there is not a single category of people that it could be contraindicated. However, low caloric intake, monotonous diet and excess protein can be dangerous.
With a three-day diet consisting of milk protein, you can deplete the kidneys if you previously had any problems with this organ.
Low calorie is dangerous and harmful if you suffer from anemia or any chronic disease.
A lack of starch-containing carbohydrates (flour, potatoes, cereals) will exacerbate gastrointestinal diseases.