What is a diet?

Diet

Nowadays, there are a huge many different diets in the world.All of them are distinguished by certain characteristics, features, each has its own distinctive features.In order to choose any diet for yourself, you must first decide for the purpose (why do you need to sit on a diet?).

If the main goal is losing weight, then everyone can choose a diet, which will observe him as easily as possible.It is also necessary to take into account the characteristics of the body, since any diet can have a destructive effect on it.

First of all, one should deal with the very concept of a diet as a whole, and then consider specific options.

The concept of diet

Diet is a diet specially created for a particular person or group of people, which is characterized by a special daily norm of calories consumed, chemical composition, quantity and quality of food, a certain way of processing food and the amount of time time.All these changes are made to the usual diet in accordance with the goal pursued by a person.

There are diets aimed at the prevention and treatment of any diseases that strengthen health, as well as those The main goal of which is weight loss.

The history of the diet

It is believed that a preacher named Sylvester Graham from America first began to use a diet as a means of losing weight.In the 1830s, his theory arose, the main thought of which was that overeating could not only harm health, but also cause a set of excess fat.

Written in 1916, the study of "diet and health with the unraveling of calories" Lulu Hunt Peters was widely known.This work is considered as the first guide with the instructions for calculating the daily calorie norm during weight loss.

In 1930, William Hey became the creator of the separate nutrition method, he offered his patients to eat mainly fresh fruits and foods rich in proteins.

In the 1940s, trends in the creation of reverse experiments appear.Many people decide to no longer use diets, the media promote their predominance of harmful and destructive effects on the human body.

In the 50s, sugar-substitutes were invented, which were successfully advertised as safe taste, the tendency for their consumption is widespread now.

The 60s are indicated by the time of protein cocktails, they are also known for the propaganda of low-fat foods.The presence of many diuretic, laxative, sedative and hormonal drugs gives rise to grounds for taking their weight.

In 1982, many were trying to lose weight, using an enema daily, since there were rumors that this was the miraculous means of losing weight of popular Hollywood actresses.

Already in the 90s, a method of plastic surgery appears to correct weight and figure as a whole.And in the twenty -first century, innovative methods of losing weight has not yet been observed, but the methods of the past years are used to this day.

The most popular diet for weight loss

The list of the most popular at the moment includes:

  1. Drinking diet.
  2. Dieta Ducan's diet.
  3. Diet with calorie deficiency.
  4. Diet "Beloved".
  5. Various monodites (kefir, apple, buckwheat, on juices and tea).
  6. Keto diet.
  7. Chocolate diet.
  8. Diet Marilyn Monroe.
  9. Chinese, Indian, English, etc. diets.
  10. Interdum-CarbohyDrate diet.
  11. Maggie's egg diet.
  12. A 90-day diet on separate nutrition.
  13. Vitamin diet, etc.

Most often, people are comfortable to sit on a diet based on the calculation of calories.This is necessary by the formula Calculate the individual norm calories consumed for a day.There are special applications that allow you to immediately calculate the calorie norm, the required amount of water and physical exertion for the day to achieve the desired weight.

It is only necessary to enter data on the number of products consumed, the program itself can calculate the “kcal” of the product of almost any brand.Also, with strict observance of all instructions, you can see the time through which you will reach your goal.

Despite the amenities of the calorie counting method, many choose the restriction of certain products, since the deficit can lead to a constant feeling of hunger.

Restrictions can be put on certain products of products (dairy and dairy, animal origin, fruits or vegetables, products with a high content of glucose or starch, pastries, confectionery, etc.).

Most often, a person decides to exclude from his diet it is precisely the food that often abuses.This species can also be very effective, but if compliance is incorrectly You can get a shortage any vital elements in the body.

A list of products that are often removed from the diet during the diet:

  1. Sharped sweet drinks, purchased juices.
  2. Flour: pastries, pasta, etc.
  3. Various sweets, chocolate.
  4. Fast food.
  5. Any food in fried form.
  6. Fat dairy and fermented milk products.
  7. Products of animal origin.
  8. Alcohol.
  9. Smoked meats, sausages.
  10. Canned food and homemade salting.
  11. Pickled food.
  12. Acute food.
  13. Salt, sugar, spices.

Sometimes people remove not only harmful foods from the diet, but any food, regardless of benefit or harm.Such hard restrictions can lead to frequent breakdowns, gluttony, serious diseases, stress, and psyche problems.

The most common is the combination method when applied Not only a strict calculation of caloriesbut also hard restrictions.This happens if a person sets a goal to lose weight in the shortest possible time.Food is also consumed in small quantities 6-7 times a day.This method is one of the most wrong and dangerous.It can both lead to a sharp set of lost weight in doubled, and to health problems.

Dietary nutrition

An example of a food menu on a combined diet with calories calculating and limiting products for a week

Monday Breakfast: oatmeal porridge on water with dried fruits.
Snack: a small sweet and sour apple.
Lunch: diet soup with rice bread.
Snack: a glass of skim kefir.
Dinner: boiled chicken breast with fresh vegetables
Tuesday Breakfast: buckwheat with milk 0.5% fat.
Snack: bananas.
Lunch: dietary borsch.
Snack: a glass of low -fat baked milk.
Dinner: Baked in the oven with a polish with lemon and vegetables
Wednesday Breakfast: lentils with a boiled egg.
Snack: Small grenade.
Lunch: Chicken broth with buckwheat bread.
Snack: a small handful of nuts.
Dinner: low -fat cottage cheese with dried fruits
Thursday Breakfast: Omlet with oatmeal.
Snack: Fruit smoothie.
Lunch: Dietary Brier.
Snack: A glass of yogurt.
Dinner: Greek salad with a baked salmon steak
Friday Breakfast: Mushel with milk.
Snack: Two tangerines.
Lunch: onion soup puree.
Snack: natural yogurt without sugar.
Dinner: cod liver salad
Saturday Breakfast: eggs with a piece.
Snack: dried fruits.
Lunch: Okroshka with oat bread.
Snack: a glass of fermentation with a low percentage of fat.
Dinner: Steam cutlets from chicken fillet with broccoli
Sunday Breakfast: pearl barley with fried eggs.
Snack: Persian.
Lunch: soup-puree with mushrooms.
Snack: fruit puree.
Dinner: seafood salad

One of the varieties of diets is also a well -known monodote.It can take place both in the form of a fasting day and lasts only a day, and last several weeks.

Its specific feature - a person is limited to only one type of product.For example, kefir, apples, buckwheat, tea with milk, etc.

Mono dot is one of the most difficult and dangerous diets.

It should be carried out in stages, in the evening before the day of the start of this kind of diet you need to have dinner with something light, for example, a vegetable salad or cottage cheese.

And from the next day, eat an exclusively chosen product.Also very It is important to complete correctly Mono dot, which was a huge stress for the body.You need to gradually add other products to your diet, starting with dietary.

Tips for nutritionists

Some food experts adhere to the point of view that any restriction can be called a diet, since this is a change in the normal diet.And the diet can bring benefits only if it is aimed at the prevention or treatment of any disease.

Most nutritionists recommend conducting fasting days instead of full -fledged diets for losing weight.This will help accelerate metabolism and cleanse the body of toxins and toxins.

According to nutritionists, diets often lead to the opposite effect, the lost weight returns very quickly even more.This is due to the reaction of the body to the creation of stressful conditions.

It will be much more correct to take tests to determine the lack of any elements in the body, make an individual balanced diet with a predominance of healthy products, regularly play sports, drink enough water.Only in this way can I achieve an ideal figure and improve the state of health.