4 buckwheat diets and delicious recipes for those who want to lose weight

Folic acid, phosphorus, potassium, iron, zinc and a complete list of other trace elements and useful acids make buckwheat essential for regenerating energy, cellular and fat metabolism.

Therefore, buckwheat porridge is a necessity on the menu of pregnant women, children and anyone who cares about health. And of course in the diet of those who monitor their weight. Indeed, with such valuable properties, buckwheat has a low calorie content and the ability to remove excess cholesterol and other unnecessary substances from the body. Such a successful combination was the basis of the buckwheat diet.

Potential damage to grain

Due to its easy tolerance, buckwheat has no contraindications for use. However, it is recommended in limited quantities for people with chronic gastrointestinal diseases, prone to seizures and diarrhea, as well as for inflammatory processes in the gastrointestinal tract.

Length of buckwheat diet and possible weight loss

With all the usefulness of buckwheat, the maximum allowable length of a diet based on it without tangible damage to the body is 14 days. In addition, the most noticeable weight loss in the first week. Therefore, nutritionists have developed options for different periods of time - for three, five, seven days and for two weeks. After all, not everyone can stick to a mono-diet for a long time, in which case you can opt for a milder option.

How many kilos go in a given time is impossible to say with certainty. It all depends on the "starting" weight and mass of other individual characteristics. On average per week you can lose from 1, 5 to 3 kg, and in two - from 3 to 6 kg. This process is all the more obvious, the more extra pounds in the body. You can repeat the weight loss course in buckwheat no earlier than one and a half months after the previous one.

The right way to cook diet porridge

Buckwheat for weight loss is prepared in a special way: it must be steamed, not boiled. Therefore, it is more convenient to cook immediately the volume needed for the day. 500 g of buckwheat in the evening should be poured with boiling water in a volume of 1, 5 liters, cover the lid and place in a warm place or wrapped in a blanket. In the morning, the crumbly porridge will be ready to eat.

Faster options are available by using thermoses. A glass of breakfast cereal is poured into his bottle and poured with two glasses of boiling water and then closed with a lid. A 45-minute infusion is enough to make the porridge ready.

In this form, the grain retains its value as much as possible. Dietary porridge eliminates additives in the form of salt, sugar, oil, spices and sauce.

Varieties of buckwheat diet

The variety of diets based on buckwheat is quite large. The most famous options:

• strict buckwheat;
• saving (healing);
• buckwheat kefir;
• buckwheat and apples;
• buckwheat and vegetables;
• buckwheat with dried fruit;
• with low-calorie dairy products;
• with vegetables, lean fish and lean meats.

A strict diet involves the use of only steamed buckwheat and water, occasionally a small amount of kefir, but this option is a real test of willpower. The most popular is buckwheat kefir, which allows, in addition to porridge, up to a liter of kefir per day.

Spart buckwheat diet for weight loss is also used as a therapeutic relief for the body. It allows you to add a little cottage cheese to a buckwheat breakfast, a piece of lean meat for dinner, as well as one snack a day in the form of an apple or a glass of kefir or yogurt without additives.

The content of dried fruits (no more than five to six pieces a day) or a teaspoon of honey will help those who do not feel well without sugar in their diet.

In any variant, you can drink plain carbonated water or green tea without restrictions, eat four to six times a day and the last is 4-6 hours before bedtime.

Monotony for 3 days

The three-day version is probably not a diet, but a useful relief course, or a trial option for those who want to test their strength before a longer food restriction takes place. But even in such a short time, many people manage to lose two kilos and find fun changes in the condition of the skin.

It is best to stick to a strict buckwheat or buckwheat-kefir (up to 1 liter of kefir per day) diet for all three days. If it is too hard or a feeling of weakness occurs due to lack of sugar, it is permissible to eat apples, oranges or any dried fruit.

Diet for 5 days

A longer diet allows for a wider range of low-calorie supplements that are brewed porridge.

	breakfast	Dinner	Dinner
Day 1	Buckwheat porridge, a glass of low-fat kefir, apples	200 g of porridge, 200 g of vegetable salad with olive oil	Buckwheat soaked in kefir, unsweetened tea
Day 2	Buckwheat soaked in kefir, apples, tea	Buckwheat flowing in kefir, 200 g of fresh vegetables	Buckwheat soaked in kefir, unsweetened tea
Day 3	During the day, eat five servings of buckwheat that is poured into kefir, drink more water
Day 4	Buckwheat porridge, 100 g low-fat cottage cheese, 0, 5 cups of kefir	Buckwheat porridge, pieces of boiled lean meat, boiled vegetables	100 g buckwheat porridge, a glass of kefir
Day 5	Replace buckwheat with kefir every two hours + plenty of water and green tea

Diet for 7 days

For tangible weight loss, it is recommended to stick to a kefir-buckwheat diet all week or keep the following plan in mind.

	breakfast	Dinner	Dinner
Day 1	Porridge, half a glass of kefir	Steam buckwheat chops without oil	Buckwheat porridge or pot, a glass of kefir
Day 2	Buckwheat pancakes, a glass of kefir	Porridge, dried fruit	A glass of kefir
Day 3	Porridge, dried fruit	Porridge, green salad	Porridge, a glass of kefir
Day 4	Buckwheat bread, buckwheat pancakes	oatmeal	Porridge, apples
Day 5	Porridge, a glass of kefir	Cabbage salad, steamed buckwheat chops	A glass of kefir, orange or apple
Day 6	A glass of kefir	Steamed buckwheat chops	Porridge or casserole dish, a glass of kefir
Day 7	Buckwheat pancakes, a glass of kefir	Porridge, dried fruit	A glass of kefir

Diet for 14 days

	breakfast	Dinner	Dinner
Day 1	Porridge, unsweetened coffee	Vegetable soup	Buckwheat with baked vegetables
Day 2	Porridge with vegetables, unsweetened tea	Milk buckwheat soup without sugar	Buckwheat, boiled eggs, vegetables
Day 3	During the day - buckwheat porridge, more water
Day 4
Day 5	During the day - buckwheat with dried fruit, rosehip decoction
Day 6	Buckwheat, tea	Chicken broth with herbs	Buckwheat with cauliflower in dough
Day 7	Porridge with vegetables	Okroshka with egg	Buckwheat, eggs
Day 8	Porridge, cottage cheese, tea	200 g low-fat boiled veal	Porridge with vegetables
Day 9	Within three days - buckwheat in water, kefir, unsweetened tea
Day 10
Day 11
Day 12	Porridge, tea	Light vegetable soup	Buckwheat, a handful of nuts
Day 13	Porridge with dried fruit	Light soup with lentils	Porridge with vegetables and mushrooms
Day 14	Porridge, low-fat cottage cheese	Broth with egg	Steamed chicken breast porridge

Diet can be delicious

Below are recipes that you can use to diversify your buckwheat diet and get the most out of it.

Buckwheat soup

For three liters of water we take a glass of buckwheat, and also:

• onion;
• carrot;
• paprika;
• 2 tomatoes;
• a few pieces of cauliflower;
• little vegetation.

Finely chop onions, carrots and tomatoes and simmer with a minimal amount of vegetable oil. Put them in boiling water along with buckwheat and other vegetables and cook for about 15 minutes. At the end of cooking, add herbs and a little salt.

Less strict version allows to add potatoes and a little ghee or beaten egg.

Porridge with vegetables

For a glass of buckwheat, you need a medium-sized zucchini, 1 pepper, 2 celery stalks, fresh tomato (or a teaspoon of dried tomatoes), fresh herbs or dried herbs to taste, 40 ml of vegetable oil.

Pour the greens with two glasses of boiling water and set aside. Meanwhile, peel and cut the vegetables into cubes and the peppers into strips and fry in hot oil. In the past, the oil could be burned with mashed cumin or another favorite spice, as well as with dried tomatoes.

Mix the prepared vegetables with the buckwheat, add half a glass of water, pepper and salt, bring to the boil under a lid and then cook on low heat for another 15 minutes. After that, remove from the heat, add the chopped herbs and serve.

Buckwheat chops

For 200 g of cereal, take 1 egg and 1 onion. In addition, you need bread crumbs, fresh herbs and salt, as well as vegetable oil for frying.

However, diet chops are best cooked in a steamer or oven.

Boil buckwheat in salted water until soft and cool. Chop the onion into cubes and add to the buckwheat together with the raw egg. Use a meat grinder to turn the mixture into minced buckwheat. Add the breadcrumbs to the mince until it is thick enough to form chops.

We shape them with wet hands, fry them or send them to a double boiler or oven.

Buckwheat pancakes

Food pancakes are baked in the oven. According to this recipe, they are lush and soft. 300 g of buckwheat and a packet of cottage cheese must go through a meat grinder, gradually add 4 tablespoons of flour, a tablespoon of sugar and 0, 5 teaspoons of salt and in the process of kneading further, add 1 glass of low fat. sour cream.

Pour the mixture onto a baking sheet to form pancakes and bake until golden brown.

Buckwheat cabbage rolls

You need to remove the top leaves from the cabbage fork, then lower the cabbage head into boiling water, cook until half cooked, cool slightly and disassemble into leaves. Places of thickening of the petioles must be slightly beaten off.

It is better to cook the mince in advance. To do this, mix about 300 g of boiled buckwheat with fried onions and eggs. Wrap the mince in leaves, form an envelope or cylinder and place on a greased baking sheet.

We bake for about 10 minutes, then fill with sour cream with salt and pepper and send in the oven for another half hour. Instead of sour cream, you can use sour cream sauce by adding a little flour fried in butter and vegetable broth. Serve with cabbage rolls sprinkled with chopped herbs.

Prohibited foods during the diet

The actual buckwheat diet completely eliminates the use of salt and sugar, oil, mayonnaise, ketchup and other sauces, spices and seasonings. Meat and fish, if included in the diet during this period, should be lean. Dairy products also need to be low in fat and eliminate the presence of flavorings and aromatic additives.

Of course, in total ban is all wheat and sweet, spicy and salty, starchy vegetables like potatoes and sugary fruits like bananas or dates.

To stop dieting

This is a very elaborate moment, where the security of success achieved with the help of diet depends on, as well as the minimum stress for organs and systems when returning to a normal diet.

So that the lost pounds do not recover in a short time, you need to get out of the limitation mode well. During the first week, it is advisable not to remember flour, sweet and fatty foods.

Gradually, you can introduce high-quality butter and every day or two add two or three new products - various, moderately fatty varieties of meat and fish, offal, cheeses, nuts. Drink plenty of plain water and green tea, and most importantly, do not overeat.

However, many of those who have gone through the unloading course do not feel the need for previous unhealthy eating habits and consciously follow a healthy diet, reduce or completely eliminate industrial confectionery, trans fat sauces and high amounts of salt, fat and fried foods.

Contraindications

Every diet is a powerful stressor for the body, even if it is based on such a useful product as buckwheat. During this period, weakness, fatigue and headaches are possible, so it is better not to plan this event at a time when there is a lot of physical or psychological stress - exams, emergencies at work, etc.

In any case, even a person who considers himself perfectly healthy should consult a doctor before starting a long unloading.

Strict contraindications are:

• pregnancy and lactation;
• any kind of diabetes;
• hypertension;
• high physical activity;
• stressful periods;
• neurological diseases;
• acute gastrointestinal diseases;
• heart or kidney failure;
• undergoes abdominal surgery;
• recovery period after surgery, serious injury or infection.

Opinions of nutritionists on the effectiveness of buckwheat diet

Practical experience of losing weight allows nutritionists to claim that a diet based on buckwheat is effective in terms of weight loss and the sustainability of the result, provided that the restrictions are properly overcome. The body gets enough protein and fiber, vitamins and minerals, so the damage is minimized.

Nevertheless, the monotony of the taste can be tolerated quite harshly, especially by people who already do not have a passion for buckwheat porridge. To understand how acceptable this option is for a particular organism, experts advise spending one unloading of buckwheat a week first.

Conclusion

Even if the outcome of the diet seems unsatisfactory, it is highly undesirable to exceed the 14-day limit - it can lead to vitamin deficiency and exacerbation of chronic diseases. It is permissible to repeat the weight loss of buckwheat not until after one and a half months.

If you feel unwell during the diet or experience symptoms of exacerbation of current illnesses, as well as previously uncomfortable discomfort, you must carefully go out of your way and consult a doctor. Listen and love your body and it will surely support your well-being with inner reserves.