Do you imagine that you can only eat fruit and nothing else? You can, but up to 3 days. The fruit diet cleanses and slims the body, but if used for too long it damages the body. When following this diet, all foods except fruit are excluded.

Fruit dietexcludes all products exceptfruit . You can eat one or more types of fruit, and omit dried fruit only. There is any amount and method of preparation. Raw, stewed, boiled and baked fruits are allowed. It's best not to peel them, because the skin has the most fiber. You can prepare fruit salads, but seasoned only with lemon juice or sprinkled with mixed fruit sauce. Fruits are usually a small amount ofcalories , a high content of water, minerals and vitamins, and a large amount of simple sugars (fructose). On average, the caloric content of fruits does not exceed 60 kcal per 100 g (not including banana, avocado and dried fruit). Between meals you should drink still mineral water, green tea, infusion of pansy or rosemary. You can lose up to 3 kg in 3 days. Then there is a gradual return to normal eating: first introduce one light but varied meal, then two, etc. A fruit diet is low in calories, but also debilitating. In order to provide the body with the right amount of energy, a he althy adult woman weighing 58 kg would need to eat 4-5 kg ​​of fruit a day!

Cons of the fruit diet

The fruit diet (like any monodiet) is one of the worst in the group of alternative diets. It cannot be recommended as a long-term diet to any he alth conscious person. It is quite dangerous due to the risk of developing diabetes. By providing the body with such huge doses of simple sugars, we will not be able to maintain the proper level of glucose in the blood, which may prove dangerous in the long run. A diet composed of fruits alone will not cover the body's needs for many nutrients, including: calcium (it is in milk, cheese); protein (in meat and dairy products, legumes); polyunsaturated fatty acids (in oils and fatty marine fish); magnesium and vitamin D (in dairy, grain and meat products); vitamin B1 (in wheat bran, whole grain bread, coarse groats) - its lack causes disturbances in the work of the nervous system andmuscular; vitamin B2 (in milk and milk products) - deficiency is manifested by seborrhea and the so-called chewing - painful cracks appearing in the corners of the mouth; vitamin B12 (found only in meat) - its lack causes pernicious anemia and changes in the nervous system.

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Pros of the fruit diet

The only advantages of this diet are … the availability of ingredients and the ease of preparing the menu. Assuming that we will use it, for example, only for one holiday day, when we have an abundance of fresh fruit, we can supplement the deficiencies of vitamin C and fiber. However, it must not be treated as a slimming diet, but only a short break from the correct, balanced menu. It is also worth considering beforehand whether our digestive tract can withstand such a sudden and large amount of fiber and simple sugars.

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