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In our body, slags are constantly formed, from which the body is released independently. Some of them are excreted in the urine, some are removed with sweat and a significant part is excreted by the gastrointestinal tract.
From time to time, we can help the body to clean up and rest.
When to spend a fasting day?
To improve the excretory function of the skin, it is recommended to visit the bath and arrange fasting days. They should be carried out once a week (or at least once every two weeks). These days, you should abandon the usual diet and eat only certain foods. On such a day, you can not eat at all – then the body will be well cleansed and rested.
Unloading can be any day of the week. It’s not bad if it’s Monday. Your work week begins. After the weekend, you get back into the working rhythm. Such a day can be arranged in the middle of the week to give the body a break. But many believe that it is better to arrange it by the end of the week, that is, on Thursday or Friday. There are 2 days off ahead, so you need to unload your stomach a little so that you can have a nice rest during the weekend.
Rules of the fasting day
Before unloading, read the basic rulesof unloading .
- It is very important that the fasting day passes with an empty bowel. Therefore, before carrying out it, try to empty the intestines with a laxative or by eating beets and prunes.
- Start unloading with a glass of lemon-honey water on an empty stomach, so you will start the metabolic processes. To prepare such a drink, put 2 cups of lemon with 1 tsp of honey in a glass of ordinary water in the evening, drink water in the morning.
- It is advisable to divide the food into 4-5 meals. You need a hearty breakfast, a light lunch, and an even lighter dinner.
- Do not forget about a sufficient amount of liquid. Drink as much water as you want!
- At night, eat one apple and wash it down with a glass of kefir or a cleansing collection of herbs.
- It is best to start the next day with the same lemon-honey water, a contrasting shower and a healthy breakfast.
Contraindications to fasting days
Remember, before you start a fasting day, it is necessary to take into account individual contraindications, since in some diseases, the products that are included in the diet of the fasting day are categorically contraindicated. So, if you suffer from a disease of the gallbladder, liver or diabetes, you can not use sour cream and sweet days.
Apple days are contraindicated for those who have an appetite for apples and those who have gastrointestinal diseases. In any case, consult your doctor before unloading.
What are the advantages of fasting days and are they so safe for our body? Let’s figure it out.
Pros and cons of fasting days
So, the advantages of unloading can be distinguished as follows:
- A fasting day is easy to build. It is enough to weigh one and a half kilograms of apples, spread them out into 5-6 receptions, and you are done.
- Fasting day can really cause the consumption of the body’s fat reserve due to the fact that it is hypocaloric.
Now let’s turn to the disadvantages:
- The main drawback is poor portability. During the fasting day, there is a decrease in the body’s working capacity, especially mental, by the evening there is weakness, dizziness, and hunger. During the fasting day, it is recommended to do home cleaning, so as not to include the head and it is easier to transfer the unloading.
- Strange as it may sound, but fasting days are very dangerous for your health. And first of all, the gastrointestinal tract is exposed to danger. Apples, vegetables and kefir quite strongly stimulate the production of gastric juice, increase its acidity. This is very traumatic for the gastric and duodenal mucosa. Possible development of gastric ulcer, gastritis, duodenitis.
- Unfortunately, the effect of weight loss on the fasting day is achieved due to water loss (80% of the plumb line). This is water, which is associated with salts and glycogen (that is, the supply of carbohydrates). Since during the fasting day, neither salt nor carbohydrates are practically supplied with food, the body secretes salt and consumes its carbohydrate reserves. Accordingly, the liquid associated with them is also removed. Hence the “weight loss”, which sometimes reaches 1-1. 5 kilograms. However, the next day, the content of salts and carbohydrates is restored in the body, and the fluid content is also restored, so the weight rises again sometimes to the original values.
- Offloads increase the likelihood of a”breakdown”. Indeed, poor tolerance, frustration with the result often encourages us to abandon the diet. Especially if the fasting day for you is a punishment for any violation of the diet. The best way to avoid illegal foods is to change your eating habits by completely revising your diet.
Examples of fasting days
We offer you several options for the most popular and effective fasting days:
Apple unloading
1.5 kg of apples grate on a fine grater and eat 300 g every three hours. Drink as much liquid as you want.
Banana unloading
On the day you need to eat 1 kg of bananas, drink 1 liter of liquid in the form of juice, tea or compote without sugar.
Cucumber unloading
For 4-5 meals, eat 1.5 kg of fresh cucumbers and 1 boiled egg. Indications: gout, obesity, atherosclerosis, arthrosis.
Cottage cheese unloading
Divide into four portions and eat 400 g of low-fat cottage cheese and 1.5 tablespoons of sugar during the day. On this day, you can only drink kefir. Even water should be excluded.
Milkweed (on green tea)
Boil a liter of milk, turn off the gas, add 3 tablespoons of green tea, insist. In the cooled tea, add honey to taste (up to 2 tablespoons). The most important thing is not to close it tightly, and do not pour it into a thermos, otherwise the milk will turn sour. You can store it in the refrigerator. The resulting liter is stretched for the whole day, diluting one to one, or more (according to the sensations) with boiling water. Pure drink is not recommended, because it is very sweet and concentrated, from milk you want to drink. You can do it without honey. Very well quenches hunger, removes fluid from the body. To even better discourage the appetite, you can add mint to taste.
For more options for unloading days, see our section “Unloading days”.
If you decide to spend any fasting day, remember that it should be carried out on a regular basis, no more than 2 times a month. The rest of the time, the best option for a slim figure is a proper regular diet and an active lifestyle. Then you will see the long-awaited result.
If you have any health problems, consult your doctor before spending a fasting day.