What is the 6 petal diet?

7 October 2020

The 6-petal diet has a pretty name that people unknowingly associate with flowers. In fact, each chamomile petal is a day of a certain mono-diet, that is, the use of only one specific type of product is intended.

With this nutrition system, you can lose weight quickly and easily. It turns out that you get rid of 500g per day, and the results in 2 cycles will be mind-blowing - around 7 kilograms.

The essence of the diet

The 6 Petal Diet was created by Anna Johansson. He is a renowned Swedish nutritionist. Dietetic Association Approved Weight Loss Food System. Studies have been carried out which have shown that people lose 500 grams per day and sometimes up to 800 grams. At the same time, their general health remained good.

At the end, additional medical examinations of the volunteers were carried out. The results showed that the health of the program participants improved. In other words, the 6 petal diet not only helps you lose weight, but also strengthens your body.

The duration of such a course is 6 days (hence the name of the diet). The main principle is separate nutrition, thanks to which the slimming effect is achieved. For 6 days you need to adhere to different mono-diets - one per day. The sequence should not be interrupted, as it is an alternation of carbohydrate and protein days.

In one day you will have to eat foods belonging to the same food category. The order is as follows:

Fish Day.
Vegetable day.
Chicken Day.
Cereal day.
Curd day.
Fruit day.

To avoid consuming more calories than you need, you should measure portions of food each day:

fish - not more than 500 grams;
vegetables - up to 1. 5 kg;
meat - up to 500 grams;
cereals - up to 200 g;
cottage cheese - up to 500 grams;
fruits and berries - up to 1. 5 kg.

Anna Johansson advised making a 6 petal flower to write mono diets on to keep motivation. Hence the name associated with the plant arose, although in fact the flowers and herbs were not used. You can hang such a homemade chamomile in a prominent place and look at it whenever there is a high probability of failure. Ripping a petal every day makes it much easier to endure a hunger strike.

Contraindications

But it is not always permissible to embark on such a simple and at the same time unusual diet. There are contraindications for it, because thanks to such a nutritional system the weight is greatly reduced. Due to this, the body is under severe stress and if there are diseased organs, their functions will be disturbed.

Contraindications include:

diabetes mellitus;
diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (especially gastritis and peptic ulcer disease);
renal pathologies;
diseases of the endocrine system;
cardiovascular disease.

Such a diet is also categorically contraindicated for pregnant and lactating women. This also applies to people who are on special medical nutrition or who are recovering from surgery. With concomitant drug therapy, the diet is not applied.

The technique is not suitable for people whose work involves significant physical, emotional and mental stress. Due to such nutrition, the concentration of attention decreases, which affects the ability to work.

Authorized and prohibited products

In order to properly compose the menu, you must know the foods authorized during mono-diets.

Prohibited foods should also be recalled. These include:

all the candy;
butter and vegetable oil;
bakery, confectionery, bakery products;
preserves, pickles, marinades;
smoked meats;
fast food restaurants, semi-finished products;
alcoholic and carbonated drinks, energy drinks.

Fish diet allowed during fish day. This category includes pollock, blue whiting, tuna, plaice, pike perch, hake, trout. Fish with a high concentration of fat and protein are allowed. This applies to perch, carp, horse mackerel, pink salmon. Fat is also suitable, so you can use mackerel, lamprey, eel, halibut, herring, salmon. Seafood is allowed in addition: shrimp, octopus, squid. Seaweed is also allowed on this day. These foods can be boiled, grilled or steamed.

Various vegetables are allowed on Vegetable Day. But in addition, spices, lemon juice, herbs, garlic are allowed. Vegetables can be eaten raw, stewed, baked, drunk freshly squeezed juices.

The One-Day Chicken Mono Diet is only conventionally named. In fact, you can eat veal, turkey, beef fillets. The skin is supposed to be removed. You can cook them any way, do not fry them.

Buckwheat, oats, pearl barley, rice, millet, bran are allowed during the cereal day. Cereal chips are also allowed. You can supplement them with nuts. Along with the curd day, yogurt, milk, cheese and 1 chicken egg are also allowed. But all products must be natural.

On the last day (fruit), the following are allowed:

apples;
oranges;
pears;
pineapple;
plums;
kiwi;
watermelon;
;
cherry;
cherry;
currant;
rosehip;
;
raspberries;
strawberries;
cranberry;
lemon;
lime;
grapefruit;
pomelo.

Dried apricots and prunes are allowed from dried fruits. They can be eaten raw, baked or fresh. In this diet, salt is considered legal, but the amount must be reduced if you want to achieve good results.

Maintaining a drinking regimen is imperative. He is supposed to drink 1. 5 liters of clean water per day. Green and black tea, coffee (but no milk) are allowed. Sugar cannot be added to drinks. It is allowed to drink kvass on a cereal day, but beer is strictly prohibited. During the curd diet, it is allowed to drink milk, but not more than 100 ml. Kefir is also suitable if there are no contraindications. On a fruit and vegetable day, he is supposed to drink not only freshly squeezed fruit juices, but also fresh juices, cocktails, smoothies.

Daily menu

For the “6 petals” diet, a sample menu has been developed for each day, indicating meal times. Breakfast is at 8: 00 a. m. , lunch at 11: 00 a. m. , lunch at 2: 00 p. m. , afternoon tea at 5: 00 p. m. and dinner at 8: 00 p. m.

This diet is balanced, so nutritionists advise not to change anything. Below is a detailed menu for the week.

Fish Day

breakfast: fish boiled with spices;
second breakfast: baked fish with herbs;
lunch: fish soup without vegetables (thicken the broth);
snack: steamed fish with spices;
dinner: boiled fish.

It is allowed to drink fish broth during the day

Vegetable day

breakfast: salad of fresh vegetables;
second breakfast: mashed potatoes without oil;
lunch: vegetable soup;
snack: steamed vegetables;
dinner: vegetables cooked with spices.

Fresh vegetable juices are allowed throughout the day.

Chicken Day

breakfast: boiled chicken fillet;
second breakfast: baked chicken breast with spices;
lunch: chicken broth with herbs;
snack: grilled meat;
Dinner: boiled chicken breast.

Low fat broth is allowed throughout the day.

Cereal day

breakfast: boiled wheat germ;
second breakfast: buckwheat porridge;
lunch: boiled rice;
snack: oatmeal;
dinner: buckwheat porridge and herbs.

Homemade kvass is allowed all day.

Curd day

breakfast: cottage cheese and 2 tbsp. l. yogurt;
second breakfast: cottage cheese and 100 ml of milk;
lunch: curd mass;
snack: cottage cheese with milk;
dinner: cottage cheese.

It is allowed to drink kefir and milk during the day.

Fruit day

breakfast: 200 g of cherries or strawberries;
second breakfast: 1 pear;
lunch: 3 plums and 1 orange;
snack: 2 kiwis and 200 g of pineapple;
Dinner: 3 green apples.

During the day it is allowed to drink herbal decoctions, freshly squeezed fruit and berry juices, diluted in half with water.

Stop the diet

Before resuming your usual diet, you should record the result of weight loss during the diet. To do this, the following rules must be observed:

For a long time it is necessary to continue to eat diet products.
For the first time after the end of the 6 petal diet, it is recommended to gradually mix protein and carbohydrate meals per day. And after a while, supplement it with other ingredients.
It is imperative to continue to adhere to the principle of separate feeding.
Daily calorie intake should be increased gradually. First up to 1600 kcal, then up to 1800 kcal.
Don't forget about physical activity. They will help maintain your weight loss results.

In order to preserve your own health, it is permissible to switch to the 6-petal diet no more than once every 1 month. This applies to a cycle. If the option with a double course (12 days) is chosen, then it is allowed to practice it no more than 4 times a year.

Recipes

To diversify your weight loss menu, you can use the following diet recipes.

Baked pollock

You will need:

pollock - 1 piece;
salt and herbs to taste.

Preparation:

Clean and rinse the fish carcass.
Put some greens inside and season with salt.
Bake until crispy.

Pepper stuffed with vegetables

You will need:

bell pepper - 4 pcs. ;
zucchini - half a vegetable;
bow - 1 pc. ;
tomato - 1 pc. ;
carrots - 1 pc. ;
garlic - 2 cloves.

Preparation:

Grind the carrots, chop the tomatoes, onions and crush the garlic.
Mix everything together and simmer for 10 minutes.
Finely chop the zucchini and add them to the rest of the ingredients.
Continue to simmer until it is half cooked. A little salt is allowed.
Cut a box with the seeds of the pepper and place the vegetable mass inside.
Turn off 20 minutes.

Chicken in its own juice

You will need:

chicken breast - 2 pieces;
salt and herbs to taste.

Preparation:

Rinse the meat and season with salt and herbs.
Put in a saucepan and simmer over low heat for 3 hours. Do not add water or oil. The container lid must be closed.

Buckwheat cutlets

You will need:

buckwheat - 100 g;
salt and herbs to taste.

Preparation:

Pour the cereal with boiling salted water and wait an hour.
Cool down.
Grind in a blender and add herbs. You should get a homogeneous mass.
Form cutlets and bake for 20 minutes.

Cottage cheese pancakes

You will need:

semolina - 15 g;
cottage cheese - 300 g;
- 1 pc.

Preparation:

Grind the curds and mix with the egg.
Form balls and roll them in the semolina.
Bake until the dish is done.

Green smoothie

You will need:

kiwi - 2 pieces;
banana - 1 pc. ;
freshly squeezed apple juice - 50 ml.

Preparation:

Grind the banana and kiwi in a blender.
Mix with apple juice.

Any fruit is allowed in place of kiwi and banana.

Eggplant soup with vegetables

You will need:

carrots - 1 pc. ;
eggplant - 1 pc. ;
tomatoes - 2 pcs. ;
bow - 2 pieces;
garlic - 1 clove;
basil, dill - to taste;
pepper, salt - to taste;
water - 750 ml.

Preparation:

Cut the vegetables.
When the water boils, put them there in the following order: eggplant, carrots, onions, tomatoes, herbs.
Cook for 20 minutes.
Add spices.

Oat bars

You will need:

porridge "Hercules" - 1 tbsp;
cinnamon - to taste;
vanillin - to taste;
water - 1 tbsp.

Cooking requires:

Pour the liquid over the Hercules flakes (1 glass). Wait until they get soft.
Grind them in a blender until smooth.
Add the vanillin and cinnamon, mix everything together.
Divide everything into small portions on baking paper.
Store in the oven until the bars are dry.

Curd mousse

You will need:

cottage cheese - 0, 5 kg;
milk - 200 ml;
cinnamon - to taste;
sugar substitute - to taste.

Preparation:

Grind the curd in a blender and add the milk.
Garnish with sugar substitute and cinnamon to taste.
Mix and beat until smooth.