"Sitting" on a watermelon diet - it's like going on a water diet, and in a literal sense. Because watermelon pulp is 95% water.
Watermelon diet: what's the point?
The main food in the watermelon diet is, as you can guess, watermelon pulp. Or rather, you should eat a few slices of watermelon as a dessert after breakfast, lunch and dinner, and also eat 3-4 slices of juicy watermelon around 12 noon (lunch time). However, do not overdo it: in total, you can eat up to 2 kg of watermelon per day, but no more.
The watermelon diet is 90% water. Despite the fact that watermelon is a sugar product, its caloric content is estimated to be low - no more than 40 kcal per 100 g of watermelon pulp. Thanks to this property, watermelon is perfectly saturated, relieves hunger, and at the same time it is absorbed almost immediately.
In addition to water, watermelon contains a large amount of fiber, which helps restore the effective function of the digestive system and remove excess fluid from tissues.
Therefore, watermelon diet is an excellent remedy for edema. Along with water, harmful substances and toxins are cleansed from skin tissues and cells, which means skin is cleansed, renewed and looks healthier.
Dietary benefits of watermelon
In addition to the fact that the watermelon diet helps to quickly give a seductive figure, slim lines, it also fills the body with some useful ingredients. Among them: potassium, magnesium, valuable vitamins A, C, vitamin B, and vitamin PP.
A little-known fact that gives the watermelon diet its status as a health food: watermelon contains a high antioxidant lycopene, known for its anti-cancer properties. Therefore, the watermelon diet can be practiced not only for weight loss, but also as an effective cancer prevention.
Dietary characteristics of watermelon
Only fresh and ripe fruits are suitable for the watermelon diet. How to choose the right watermelon? In quality fruit, the skin is dense, and if it is slightly scraped with a nail, there will be no dents on it, but only a thin layer of the top that will "peel off" a little.
If you slap a watermelon, as if on a ball, with the palm of your hand, the sound is not necessarily deaf, but loud, slightly vibrating.
Another important question is how to store watermelon properly during the watermelon diet. Correct answer: in the refrigerator, wrap the cut fruit into pieces in cling film.
At the time of the watermelon diet, it is necessary to focus on protein foods and vegetables, excluding sweets, fats and alcohol from the menu for a while. The latter is complete and without exception. The fact is that watermelon in combination with alcohol often causes severe indigestion.
The duration of the watermelon diet should not exceed 10 days, the next course can be carried out no earlier than a month later. Ten days is enough to lose 2-6 kilos in the end.