"Sit" on a watermelon diet - it's like going on a water diet, and in the literal sense of the word. Because watermelon pulp is 95% water.
Watermelon diet: what is the purpose?
The main food in the watermelon diet is, as you can guess, watermelon pulp. Or rather, you need to eat a few slices of watermelon as a dessert after breakfast, lunch and dinner, and around 12 o'clock (lunch time) eat 3-4 juicy slices of watermelon. However, do not overdo it: you can eat up to 2 kg of watermelon a day, but no more.
The watermelon diet consists of 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 saturates perfectly, relieving the feeling of hunger, and at the same time is absorbed almost instantly.
In addition to water, watermelons also contain a large amount of fiber, which helps restore the efficient functioning of the digestive system and remove excess fluid from the tissues.
Therefore, watermelon diet is an excellent remedy for edema. Together with water, harmful substances and toxins are washed out of the tissues and cells of the skin, which means that the skin is cleansed, renewed and gets a healthier look.
Benefits of watermelon diet
Apart from the fact that the watermelon diet helps to quickly give the figure a seductive, slim figure, it also saturates the body with some beneficial substances. Among them: potassium, magnesium, valuable vitamins A, C, B vitamins, as well as vitamin PP.
A little-known fact that the watermelon diet gives the status of healthy food: watermelon is rich in the antioxidant lycopene, known for its anticancer properties. Therefore, the watermelon diet can be practiced not only for weight loss, but also as an effective cancer prevention.
Characteristics of watermelon diet
Only fresh and ripe fruit is suitable for the watermelon diet. How to choose the right watermelon? With quality fruit, the rind is thick, and if you scrape it a little with your fingernail, there will be no dents on it, but only the upper thin layer will be slightly "peeled".
If you hit the watermelon with your palm, like a ball, the sound should not be deaf, but sonorous, slightly vibrating.
Another important question is how to properly store watermelon during a watermelon diet. Correct answer: in the refrigerator, wrapping the fruit cut into pieces in transparent foil.
During the diet with watermelon, 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 later than a month later. These ten days are quite enough to lose 2-6 kilograms in the end.