It is difficult to imagine competent weight loss without the use of fasting days, which are characterized by a significant reduction in the calorie content of the daily diet. Most often it is customary to use fasting days on cucumbers. It is especially important to apply this method in the summer due to the availability of this vegetable.
In principle, no one forbids you to use this method in the winter, however, in this season, all vegetables, as a rule, are deprived of half of those useful substances and vitamins that are endowed in the summer.
Why are fasting days on cucumbers so popular ? To answer this question, you should consider the composition of this vegetable, which for the most part consists of water, filling all the requirements of the body in the liquid. At the same time, the cucumber diet is able to maintain the water-salt balance of the human body, even if this fruit is used with salt. In addition, this type of vegetable contains enough fiber to support the work of the stomach and intestines. Accordingly, the right fasting day, built on cucumbers, will not cause the body too much harm and will not cause a failure of the digestive tract, which is often the result of hungry diets. Do not forget about the activity of the heart, to which the nutrients of cucumbers, in particular potassium, give a certain recharge.
Moreover, all these positive properties that distinguish cucumbers are combined with low calorie content. Thus, fasting days on cucumbers can significantly reduce weight and not at all experience a feeling of hunger. During the day, you can eat at least one and a half kilograms of vegetable, and you should not add any other additives to your menu, and it is advisable to abandon salt, since the product already contains a sufficient amount of salts. If you have a few extra pounds, then you are unlikely to need a diet. Fasting days with the help of a cucumber diet will allow you to lose weight gradually, over several months, provided that the cucumber day will be repeated at least once a week.
However, you should not completely abandon supplements if you do not imagine the opportunity to spend the day on such a meager menu. You can well afford a cucumber salad seasoned with lemon juice. But at the same time, the juice should not be bought, but squeezed directly from the lemon.
Fasting days on cucumbers allow you to add an unlimited amount of greens to the diet, as their caloric value is close to zero, but nutrients are contained in huge quantities. For people with weak willpower, you can diversify your breakfast with a slice of rye bread, as well as a small amount of unrefined oil added to the salad. As a liquid, not only plain non-carbonated water is allowed, but also herbal teas, as well as decoctions from herbs without the addition of sugar and sweeteners. However, getting involved in water is not recommended too much, because cucumbers themselves contain too much fluid.