Buckwheat is considered an ideal dietary product to promote weight loss and an essential product in the vegetarian menu. Its consumption is the basis of many types of buckwheat diets. The chemical composition of buckwheat is so diverse and saturated with substances necessary for the body, which makes it a useful product. It does not give itself genetic modification. Groats contain B vitamins, PP, A and E and trace elements not found in any other cereal, these are strontium, vanadium, titanium, selenium. Buckwheat is rich in amino acids, highly unsaturated fats and fiber. 100 grams of cereals contain 329 calories. Buckwheat contains proteins that exceed animal proteins in their properties and are easily absorbed by the body. Buckwheat carbohydrates are absorbed more slowly, creating a feeling of satiety.
The benefits of buckwheat also vary depending on the type, whole grains peeled from the husk are called kernels and they are a storehouse of nutrients, and the particle or product contains fewer nutrients and fewer calories.
Pros and Cons
The advantages of buckwheat mono-diet are its simplicity in cooking and its availability. Cereals retain their properties even after cooling. It does not deteriorate when stored for a long time.
The nutrients contained in cereals cleanse the blood and improve blood circulation, prevent anemia, improve the functioning of the digestive tract due to the fiber content, which improves bowel movement, which is the prevention of constipation.
Buckwheat diet improves the appearance of the skin, nails, eliminates traces of cellulite and makes the figure slimmer and cleaner. By its properties, buckwheat can replace products such as potatoes, bread products and many cereals.
Buckwheat has a chemical composition that does not allow it to turn dry and moldy during long-term storage. Buckwheat removes excess fluid and helps eliminate visible and hidden edema.
The disadvantages of the buckwheat diet is its uniformity in the menu, which can contribute to the breakdown and rejection of buckwheat.
Diet includes avoiding salt and sugar, but avoiding salt can lower blood pressure and make you feel worse. Avoiding sugar can lead to a decrease in mental performance, which should be taken into account and switched to a diet during quiet periods and not too serious projects. It is better not to add sugar to the diet, this will lead to an increase in the calorie content of the porridge, and salt can be added in minimal amounts.
The caloric content of a Greek mono-diet is 400-450 per day, this is too little for vigorous activity, but the feeling of satiety will not allow you to feel hungry.
Another disadvantage in the diet is the contraindication to it. These include pregnancy and breastfeeding. Diseases of the digestive system, such as colitis and gastritis, it is not advised to use kefir-buckwheat, it can provoke their deterioration. Steamed buckwheat is contraindicated for varicose veins, blood diseases and a tendency to thrombus formation. They should refrain from a mono diet during the period of exacerbation of chronic diseases, and after surgery.
Taking multivitamin preparations contributes to enriching the body with a complex of substances for good nutrition, it is very useful for mono-diets.
Leaving the diet should be gradual, if neglected, the extra pounds will return very quickly.
Diet for 14 days
The mono diet is a great way to lose 5 pounds or more. After completing the diet, you should adhere to good nutrition in order for the result to be maintained for a long time.
Principles
Buckwheat contains water, but when consumed in an amount of about 500 grams per day, an additional amount of fluid is required.Boiling buckwheat will lead to a decrease in nutrients, so it should be boiled in boiling water. The brewing method has its own characteristics and for this you have to pour a glass of buckwheat into a pot and pour boiling water. The water level should be 2-3 cm above the level of buckwheat.
Buckwheat is washed in cold water from the waste and steamed in boiling water, left overnight, or a few hours in a warm place or wrapped in a pan with a towel. Salt should be, in the end it will reduce the amount of salt eaten during the day.
When making menus and choosing products for them, the side dishes should be made by a quarter less than the amount of porridge by weight. This amount of garnish contributes to the quality result of the diet.
Daily Menu
A buckwheat diet can cause depression and blues, but with an optimistic attitude and product combination and focus on results, it will bring about changes in appearance and reduce weight in a short period of time. All dishes should be eaten fresh, prepared shortly before eating.1 day
Breakfast and dinner consist of buckwheat porridge, for dinner you can add soaked vegetables or mushrooms with onions as a side dish. Tomato soup with vegetables is on the lunch menu. You can drink tea with a spoonful of honey for breakfast and green tea for dinner with a slice of lemon.
2 days
Breakfast and dinner consist of buckwheat porridge, while you can prepare a vegetable salad for breakfast, and only herbs and a boiled egg for dinner. For lunch, there should always be soup or chicken broth with herbs or milk soup with buckwheat.
3-5 days
These days, you should eat steamed buckwheat respecting the drinking regime. You can diversify the menu with a handful of dried fruits, but not more than once a day and decoction of roses.
6 days
Breakfast and dinner consist of buckwheat. For breakfast, buckwheat with milk, for dinner - with cauliflower in the dough and a boiled egg. Lunch - low-calorie vegetable soup without potatoes.
7 days
Breakfast and dinner consist of steamed buckwheat garnished with breakfast vegetables and a salad with boiled eggs and seaweed for dinner. Lunch - okroshka or mushroom soup with herbs.
8 days
For breakfast and dinner, the menu should include low-fat cottage cheese buckwheat for breakfast and fresh or boiled vegetables for a side dish for dinner. Lunch - turkey or boiled beef with cabbage salad.
9 - 11 days
Buckwheat porridge and drinking water make up the diet these days. It should be remembered that no more than 0. 5 kg per day should be eaten. This amount does not put too much stress on the body and helps maintain the feeling of satiety throughout the day.
12 days
Breakfast and dinner consist of buckwheat porridge with butter or olive oil for breakfast and a side dish with mushrooms or vegetables for dinner. In addition, you can drink unsweetened green tea and coffee. Lunch - vegetable soup with herbs.
13 days
Breakfast and dinner consist of buckwheat, but you can add cottage cheese for breakfast and boiled mushrooms or vegetables for dinner. Lunch can be changed with vegetable soup, tomatoes or with the addition of lentils.
14 days
- Breakfast.You can diversify the menu of the last day by making buckwheat meatballs with vegetables as a side dish. Alternatively, you can use low-fat cottage cheese and buckwheat porridge, green tea with a tablespoon of honey.
- Lunch.Meat soup with boiled eggs and herbs.
- Darka.Buckwheat porridge with steamed turkey breast with fresh herbs.
Throughout the diet period between lunch and dinner, you can eat fruit, drink rose broth and just green tea. It is necessary to remember about the drinking regime while losing weight.
Diet for 7 days
Diet for 7 days includes cooking buckwheat in the amount of 6-8 tablespoons of cereal per day. The cooking principles remain the same as for the two-week diet.
Monday
The whole day diet consists of buckwheat and is represented by buckwheat porridge for breakfast, buckwheat cutlets with a vegetable garnish or salad for lunch and dinner with buckwheat meatballs. Kefir, non-fat tea and unsweetened for dinner are suitable for breakfast.
Tuesday
The breakfast menu consists of buckwheat, and buckwheat bread for breakfast, and steamed buckwheat pancakes for lunch. Dinner is easy and it is better to eat grapefruit, which is very useful for weight loss.
Wednesday
The menu for the whole day consists of steamed buckwheat and a breakfast with porridge, lunch with buckwheat soup and a dinner with porridge with the addition of butter. Add breakfast and dinner with a glass of mineral water, and unsweetened tea for lunch.
Thursday
Breakfast, lunch consists of buckwheat. For breakfast, you can use fried bread, steamed buckwheat pancakes and for lunch - buckwheat porridge. Dinner should be light and you can make a fruit or vegetable salad with butter or yogurt.
Friday
Buckwheat is the all-day diet, and is served on steam for breakfast and dinner, and buckwheat soup for lunch. It will be useful to drink kefir for breakfast, mineral water with lemon for lunch.
Saturday
Breakfast and dinner consist of buckwheat, while for breakfast prepare steamed buckwheat, for dinner buckwheat meatballs. Lunch consists of grated apples and onions and cucumber.
Sunday
Breakfast and lunch, dinner consists of buckwheat. Breakfast - buckwheat porridge, apple porridge for lunch, steamed buckwheat pancakes for dinner. Breakfast can be supplemented with mineral water with lemon, lunch - with kefir, dinner - with mineral water.
Diet for 3 days
The 3-day diet is like fasting days. The main dish during these three days is buckwheat, which will allow you to lose about three pounds of weight. Drinking alcohol is not recommended, it is harmful to the body and very high in calories. You need to get enough sleep and walk more, drink at least two liters of juice. During the diet period, the stomach will decrease in size and in the following period, food intake will also decrease in volume. Eat half a grapefruit every day.
Menu
first day
Breakfast, lunch and dinner consist of buckwheat, just for dinner you need to add vegetable salad.
day 2
The second day meal consists of steamed buckwheat and is complemented by an apple or half a grapefruit, a white cabbage salad and green tea with rose hips.
the third day
Buckwheat is an all-day menu and can be supplemented with salad and fruit. Buckwheat is used only in the form of porridge.
Diet with buckwheat coffee
The main ingredients are kefir, which should be drunk during the day, a liter and buckwheat in an amount of 400 to 500 grams. This diet is a modification of the 7 or 14 day diet. The menu is a group of the same products, but you have to stick to its two ingredients: buckwheat and kefir.
Diet enriches the body with necessary proteins and carbohydrates, pure buckwheat from toxins and toxins, gives ease and harmony to the figure.
Diet with buckwheat vegetables
The basis of this diet is buckwheat. It should be boiled with boiled water, not boiled. The diet can be enriched with vegetables such as cabbage, celery, cucumbers, bell peppers. In this diet, it is necessary to exclude potatoes, which contribute to the development of constipation, as the diet is monotonous. Drinking a juice in a volume of two liters and taking tea with decoction of roses, herbal teas are optional and not included in this volume.
Diet with buckwheat milk
The combination of dairy and buckwheat mono-diets gives results when using skim milk. Buckwheat is evaporated overnight with water and in the morning milk is added either to the porridge or drunk separately. The diet can be used for a period of 3 days, 10 days and if you feel and want to continue eating, then extend it to 14 days.
This mono-diet has 2 options:
- Buckwheat and steamed milk should be used alternately one day buckwheat, another daily milk. This diet is used for 3 days and allows you to lose 3 kg.
- Eat buckwheat and milk alternately throughout the day. Breakfast - buckwheat porridge, lunch - a glass of milk and so on. Buckwheat dishes can be varied, they can be pancakes, steamers or steamed meatballs.
Reviews
Numerous forums of those who want to lose weight and exchange experiences, and the results of these diets, show that a diet that uses buckwheat not only helps in weight loss, but also, with the right food, helps todo not earn it. The monotony of this diet does not at all become a reason for its abandonment.
Results
Diet allows you to get rid of not only excess weight, but also get rid of toxins in the body. Its use improves the appearance, condition of the skin and normalizes metabolism. Psychological mood changes, mood improves, resistance to stress increases.
Leaving the diet should not be immediate, you should gradually get out of it. The diet can be repeated only after 30-45 days.