Diet Plans And Menus - The Dukan Diet

Diet Plans And Menus - The Dukan Diet:

The Dukan Diet, also known as the Protal Diet, was created by the French medical Doctor Pierre Dukan. This is a four-step diet based on natural proteins. The first phase involves a drastic change in nutrition. You’ll eat few calories and will start to lose weight fast. During the second phase you will alternate between pure proteins and a combination of proteins and vegetables. The third phase consolidates your successes. You follow the fourth phase the rest of your life. Here are some of the diet principles.

Phase 1 is one of pure proteins. Eat as much as you want of the following categories: (with some exceptions, you’ll have to get a book to follow this diet) organ meats, lean meat, skinless poultry, ham and cold cuts, eggs, fish, sea food, and low-fat dairy products. In addition eat only sugar soft drinks, coffee, tea, infusions, vinegar, pickles, chewing gum, and mustard. Drink six glasses of liquids a day. This phase usually lasts five days. During Phase 2 alternate between five days of pure proteins and five days combining proteins and vegetables. There is a long list of permitted vegetables that may be eaten raw or cooked. Use spices, fat-free yogurt, vinegar, or mustard on your vegetables but stay away from oil. Start Phase 3 when you have reached your desired weight. This phase lasts 10 days for each kilogram (2.2 pounds) of weight lost. Continue alternating as in Phase 2 but add a serving of fruit daily. Stay away from grapes, bananas, cherries, and dried fruits. Eat two slices of whole-grain bread daily. Eat 40 grams of cooked rind cheese such as Gouda daily. Eat two portions of starchy food a week. Once or twice a week eat boiled ham, leg of lamb, or roast pork. You may celebrate by eating anything you want with a glass of wine twice a week, but not the same day. And no seconds are allowed. Once a week eat a pure protein meal as in Phase 1. Phase 4 is the final stabilization phase. Once a week eat a pure protein meal. Eat 3 tablespoons of oat bran daily.

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