The 10 most famous diets to maintain the line

The arrival of summer brings us the great challenge of every year: the bikini operation, which is already applicable to both women and men.

There are many diets that can not allow to maintain the line. It’s good to meet them. But before putting them into practice, be sure to consult your doctor.

1- Dr. Dukan’s diet

It is one of the few endorsed by professionals such as Dr. Dukan with more than 30 years of experience in his practice as a nutritionist.

Pierre Dukan has analyzed human behavior in food for years and years, 19 books published on weight support his knowledge

His method promises fast and safe weight loss. A clear program, which can be found in his book ‘I don’t know how to lose weight’.

The list of allowed foods, including recipes adapted to the method, are included in the book ‘Dukan’s recipes.

The Dukan diet is based on 4 clearly differentiated phases. The attack phase, the cruise phase and introduction to vegetables, the consolidation phase to avoid the yoyo effect and the stabilization phase to facilitate the introduction to a normal diet. According to its author, this method ensures results from the first day.

2- The tomato soup diet

It is the one followed by heart patients at the Secret Memorial Hospital in the USA before an operation.

It is a one-week plan that cleanses impurities and burns fat very quickly. The basis of this weight-loss diet is a fat-burning soup that should be eaten every day and in the quantity desired, because it hardly has any calories.

How to make the soup: Boil 6 onions, 2 green peppers, a celery sprig and a head of cabbage. Add 2 large cans of tomato, season and pass through the blender.

In addition, you can consume fruits, vegetables, brown rice, a little beef, skimmed milk, juices, unsweetened tea and coffee. Everything else is strictly prohibited.

3- Diet against cellulite

Experts recommend following this plan 2 days a week.

First day:

-Drink a glass of grapefruit juice on an empty stomach.

-Have a light yogurt for breakfast, accompanied by a tea or an infusion and a tablespoon of wheat germ.

-For lunch, a carrot juice with celery and green apple is recommended. A lettuce, tomato and cucumber salad. Plus a pumpkin soufflé.

-At snack you have to drink grapefruit juice again.

-For dinner, a grilled fish fillet, garnished with parsley and pepper.

-To close the day you have to take the third grapefruit juice, before going to bed.

Second day:

-On an empty stomach, a glass of grapefruit juice.

-An infusion with a tablespoon of oats, one of wheat bran and one of honey, for breakfast.

-For lunch it is recommended the same as on the first day, but this time you have to add eggs to the salad.

-For a snack, you have to eat a yogurt with a spoonful of cereal.

-Two apples for dinner and have a fruit smoothie or two kiwis and a grapefruit before going to bed.

4-Mayo Clinic Diet

Two weeks long, it consists of a very low caloric intake, from 600 to 900 per day, with 50% protein.

Eggs are the main food of this diet, you can eat between 4 and 6 daily. Other foods that make up the menu are fish, poultry, meat, vegetables, fruits, nuts and whole grain products.

All of them cooked without fat. Weight loss in the first week ranges from 2.5 to 4 kilos, while in the second, only half a kilo to one is lost.

5-Mediterranean Diet

It is one of the healthiest. Doctors recommend it to treat cardiovascular diseases. Its duration is unlimited and with it you can lose a kilo a week.

The WHO (World Health Organization) establishes the origin of the calories in this diet:

-Carbohydrates: 50 to 60% of the caloric intake comes from cereals and legumes.

-Nutrients: 15% comes from vegetables and fruits.

-Proteins: 15% through meat, eggs and especially a lot of fish.

6-Montignac Diet

Method developed by a French doctor, hence the name of the diet. According to its creator, in this regimen you do not have to take into account the calories consumed and it can be followed for an unlimited time.

Foods rich in carbohydrates should be restricted as much as possible, except those that provide a lot of fiber. As for dairy, you can only drink skimmed milk.

Fruit at the end of meals is not recommended because, according to the creator of the diet, it leads to fermentations in which they lose their vitamins and alter protein metabolism.

7-The Atkins diet

Created in 1970 by cardiologist Robert C. Atkins, it is preferred by Hollywood stars. Its duration is one month, and with this regimen you can lose 2 to 4 kilos in the first week and then 1 to 2 kilos per week.

The most peculiar thing about this diet is that it allows you to eat foods that are often prohibited in other methods. And instead, it prohibits the intake of legumes and vegetables.

The rules of this diet are not to count calories and not to eat carbohydrates.

8-The banana diet

Its creator, C. Lefort, is based on the consumption of bananas to which he attributes almost magical properties. So it is a diet rich in carbohydrates, somewhat low in protein, but not too much, and a little low in essential lipids.

It is designed to be followed for 15 days and does not take energy intake into account. At least 5 bananas a day should be eaten, accompanied by skimmed milk, vegetables, cheese, salads, whole wheat bread, eggs and poultry.

9- The anti-diet

This diet to lose weight was created by a couple of doctors from the USA. It is designed to be followed for 4 weeks and without limiting calories.

It is based on the principle that what is important is not only what is eaten, but also at what time and in what combinations.

So carbohydrates and proteins are not consumed together and fat is used sparingly.

He also considers that the body accumulates toxins from food that is not digested well and that these are responsible for obesity.

The diet should be made up of 70% of foods rich in water, such as fruits and vegetables. The remaining 30% must be covered by concentrated foods, such as bread, meat, dairy products, whole wheat pasta, and legumes.

10-Scarsdale Diet

Invented by cardiologist Hermann Tarnower, from Scarsdale, in New York State. It is a protein regimen, in which a small amount of fat is allowed.

However, it is low in carbohydrates. Therefore, it is not suitable for people who do a lot of physical exercise. It provides 800 to 1,200 calories a day and is designed to be followed for 2 weeks.

For the dominant contribution of protein you should eat meat, fish, poultry, cheese, vegetables, fruit and nuts.

Foods rich in carbohydrates, such as bread, pasta, potatoes, rice, sweets and sugar, are excluded from the diet.

Milk, oil and alcoholic beverages are also prohibited. Between meals you can take carrot and celery in the amount you want.