The Mayo Clinic Soup Diet or Diet is one of the best-known nutrition programs for fast weight loss. It was developed specifically for preoperative patients who are significantly overweight. Of course, there is no talk of any grand weight loss. No matter what the comrades who sacredly believe in fast diets say, not a single "fat-burning soup" does not melt fat and remove it from the body. In order to consume 1 kilogram of fat from storage, you need to lose 7 thousand kilocalories (elementary calculations are easily carried out in the mind). Moreover, the body does not start processing fat the next day, but only after a couple of weeks.
To start burning fat, you need to limit calories for a long time or spend more than you get. There is simply no other way: miraculous diets, all kinds of pills, teas and other products remove fluid from the body or prevent complete assimilation of food. But due to this, you can noticeably reduce in volume, and in the most pleasant places: waist, abdomen, hips, calves, while with a long diet, the face, chest and arms begin to lose weight first. If after an express diet you begin to adhere to a proper diet with a low content of salt and simple carbohydrates, you will be able not only to maintain what you have achieved, but also to begin to systematically lose weight.
The soup diet, which is based on a "fat-burning" soup, is perfect for those who need results quickly. For example, the dress is a bit cramped at the waist, and you are planning a celebration or an important date. Of course, slogans such as "fat burning soup - 8 kg per week" are very controversial, but this diet gives a good effect.
At its core, the soup diet is low in calories. But you don’t have to starve, because the soup itself saturates well. Do not try to eat the soup as much as possible, despite its name, the "fat-burning" soup does not utilize fat. Therefore, eat it only when you feel hunger.
Try to distribute meals so that they occur every 2-3 hours, so you will avoid sudden spikes in blood sugar, and, accordingly, hunger attacks.
The first three days you should eat only soup, on the fourth day you can add vegetables (except legumes), oranges, grapefruits, kiwi, plums (in moderation) to the diet. On the fifth, sixth and seventh day it is allowed to add an egg and a half of chicken breast. Herbal, red and green tea, as well as drinking water are allowed. But the total volume of liquid, taking into account the soup, should not exceed 2-3 liters.
The recipe for the soup itself is similar to cabbage soup, only without potatoes, meat and fried dressing. It includes cabbage, bell pepper, fresh tomatoes, onions, herbs, celery roots and parsley. Ordinary white cabbage can be replaced with cauliflower. Do not neglect fresh herbs and roots, it is they that help to remove excess fluid. Avoid using ready-made stock cubes, they are categorically not recommended for those who want to lose weight. If you want to achieve results as quickly as possible, exclude salt. Replace it with herbs and spices.
On the Internet there are several options for a soup diet. If you wish, you can use any of them, they are approximately the same in composition, calorie content and principle of action. Do not use low-calorie diets for longer than 10 days - they slow down the metabolism. Do not forget about the right way out of the diet. Since fats are limited in this nutrition program, try not to lean on foods that are high in the first week. This will be too much stress for your liver.
A huge plus of the soup diet is that it lays the foundation for proper nutrition. Eating vegetable soups daily for lunch or dinner, as well as a large amount of fiber, herbs and a minimum of salt and fat, you will inevitably begin to lose weight.