6 principles of the “Italian diet”
- The diet is “applied” 6 days a week, and the seventh day is a day off.
- Each product or dish is awarded a certain number of points.
- Unlike other similar diets, scoring is not done on a daily basis, but on a weekly basis. This allows you to more flexibly integrate your meals into real life: this way you can accept invitations to the holidays with peace of mind. In order to fit into the planned amount by the end of the week, it is enough to use fewer points the next day after such excesses than the day before.
- To lose weight, you need to consume from 240 to 300 points per week. To control your weight at the achieved level, 360 points are allowed per week.
- In this diet, 0 + 0 = 1. In other words, if you eat two foods with a “value” of 0 points, you get 1 point as a result.
- Sweet pastries are not allowed on this diet. But mayonnaise – please.
A guide to the points of the Italian diet
Product | Quantity | Points |
Beef liver | 100 g | 6 |
Veal brains (boiled) | 100 g | 1 |
Veal Brains (fried) | 100 g | 12 |
Jerky ham | 100 g | 1 |
Sausages | 100 g | 1 |
Boiled sausage | 100 g | 0 |
Caviar | 100 g | 1 |
Smoked fish | 100 g | 0 |
Meat pizza | 100 g | 30 |
Shrimps | 100 g | 1 |
Tuna Canned in Oil | 100 g | 1 |
Canned sardines | 100 g | 1 |
Olivie | 100 g | 19 |
Beef broth | 100 g | 0 |
Cannelloni | each | 8 |
Spaghetti with egg | 60 g | 8 |
Boiled rice | 50 g | 9 |
Vegetable soup | 1 plate | 11 |
Lasagna | 100 g | 20 |
Beef (boiled, stewed or grilled) | 100 g | 0 |
Stew | 100 g | 8 |
Chicken (steamed or grilled) | 1/6 part chicken | 0 |
Cod | 100 g | 0 |
Pork (grilled) | 100 g | 1 |
Omelette | from 2 eggs | 1 |
Omelet with cheese | from 2 eggs | 3 |
Fried fish | 200 g | 12 |
Hamburger | 100 g | 16 |
goulash | 100 g | 1 |
French fries | 115 g | 1 |
Onions (raw) | 150 g | 3 |
Broccoli | 125 g | 3 |
Champignons (raw) | 125 g | 3 |
Peas (cooked) | 50 g | 3 |
Radish | 250 g | 3 |
Spinach (cooked) | 125 g | 3 |
Eggplant (cooked) | 170 g | 4 |
Potatoes (baked) | 50 g | 5 |
String beans | 100 g | 8 |
Lentil | 50 g | 10 |
Dairy produce
Kefir | 100 g | 2 |
Soft cheeses | 50 g | 2 |
Parmesan | 100 g | 2 |
Yogurt | 200 g | 7 |
Fruits, dried fruits and nuts
Funduk | 100 g | 3 |
Melon | 100 g | 4 |
Cherry | 100 g | 6 |
Fresh figs | each | 7 |
Dried figs | each | 15 |
Pineapple | 1 slice | 9 |
Roasted peanuts | 80 g | 9 |
Grapes | 125 g | 9 |
Mandarin | each | 10 |
Apple | each | 10 |
Watermelon | 1 slice | 11 |
Raisins | 25 g | 13 |
Orange | each | 17 |
Date fruit | 25 g | 18 |
Banana | each | 23 |
Condiments, oils and sauces
Vegetable oil | 1 glass | 0 |
Fat | 250 g | 0 |
Vinegar | 1 century. l. | 1 |
Garlic | 2 denticles | 1 |
Butter | 250 g | 1 |
Mayonnaise | 60 g | 1 |
Margarine and spreads | 250 g | 1 |
Tomato sauce | 60 g | 1 |
Drinks and alcohol
Sugar free coffee) | 3 cups | 0 |
Cappuccino (no sugar) | 1 cup | 2 |
Tea without sugar) | 2 cups | 0 |
Dry wine | 1 wine glass | 1 |
Sparkling wine and champagne | 1 wine glass | 12 |
Orange juice | 1 glass | 4 |
Grapefruit juice | 1 glass | 4 |
Tomato juice | 1 glass | 6 |
Beer | 1 / 4 l | 6 |
Milk | 1 / 2 l | 13 |
Hot chocolate | 1 cup | 26 |
Sweet liqueurs | 1 glass | 21 |
Vodka | 1 glass | 1 |
Cognac | 1 glass | 1 |
Whiskey | 1 glass | 1 |
Bread
Whole wheat bread | 1 piece | 5 |
Rye bread | 1 piece | 8 |
Wheat bread | 25 g | 11 |
Wheat flour | 50 g | 17 |
Unleavened biscuits | 25 g | 18 |
Desserts and sweets
Sherbet | 40 g | 6 |
Jam | 30 g | 11 |
Milk chocolate | 25 g | 12 |
Honey | 30 g | 17 |
Caramel candies | 25 g | 18 |
Apple pie | 50 g | 19 |
Nut pie | 50 g | 23 |
Pancakes | 5 pc | 30 |