Madeleine Gesta's diet: youthful soups and salads

Tired of sitting on ineffective diets that bring nothing but disappointment? Play the "gastronomic game" from French nutritionist Madeleine Gesta! Let you not be confused by the word "diet" in the name of the program. Its creator assures that this is a fascinating journey into the world of delicious food.

Who is Madeleine Gesta

The creator of the famous diet Madeleine Gesta is a medical doctor, nutritionist. In her native France, she has helped many celebrities lose weight, including actors Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Emmanuelle Béart, Gerard Depardieu and Isabelle Adjani.

Interestingly, the diet was developed especially for stars. The public's favorite Gerard Depardieu, for example, lost 44 lb on it.

The weight loss program from the French doctor is designed for 10 days. During this time you will learn to prepare the famous drink "Hydromel", which has "fat-burning" properties and milking soups and salads, which promise to return or maintain youth. Supporters of the diet assure that the result of the diet will be not only slimness, but also better skin, hair and nails.

Lose weight the French way: what is the essence of the diet

Although Madeleine Gesta calls her development a "gastronomic game", the weight loss program has a lot in common with conventional diets. For example, calorie restriction of the diet. The diet encourages you to plan your daily menu without going beyond 1200 kilocalories. In order for the body to normally accept future restrictions, three days before the start of the diet should begin to gradually reduce the caloric content of the menu.

There is a diet and its own list of allowed and forbidden products. So, Madeleine Gesta suggests completely refuse fried and smoked dishes, fast food and processed food, confectionery, alcohol, strong tea and coffee. The ban also applies to salt and sugar, but some supporters of the diet leave them in the diet in minimal quantities.

The list of allowed products is quite large. It is welcomed to use dairy products of moderate fat content, lean fish and seafood, lean meat, non-starchy vegetables, fruits and dried fruits, mushrooms, nuts, olive oil and mustard. And to make sugar-free dishes sweet, you can add honey to them. Bright flavor nuances of food without salt will add all kinds of spices.

"Diet Madeleine Gesta can be attributed to express diets for cleansing the body and reducing weight - says nutritionist Lyudmila Mikityuk. - For 10 days on it you can lose 6 - 13 lb.

The main feature of the diet is that the diet includes many products with fiber, vitamins and minerals - everything necessary for the normal functioning of the body. This is what makes the program effective.

The diet helps to cleanse the body of toxins. Thanks to this, the work of the gastrointestinal tract is normalized."

Diet rules

From other weight loss programs, this one is distinguished by the fact that its creator does not call to increase physical activity or visit the gym. On the contrary, she advises to spend the days of the diet in bed. And at the same time lose weight.

In the modern rhythm of life, this is hardly feasible, so most of the thinners spend in bed or at home only the first two days, and the rest lead a normal lifestyle.

The main principles of the program:

• Plan the start of the diet on the weekend - for example, Saturday and Sunday.
• Eat fractionally, up to six times a day, without hunger.
• Chew food thoroughly. Each solid piece should be brought literally to the state of liquid.
• As an alternative to salt use spices - paprika, garlic, basil. The addition of fresh herbs is also welcome.
• As an alternative to sugar and desserts, use dried fruits, bitter chocolate, honey.
• It is obligatory to include fermented milk products in the diet, so the diet may not suit people suffering from lactose intolerance.
• Daily consume a lot of fluids: clean drinking water, vegetable broths, drink "Hydromel". It is believed that they stimulate the metabolism and start the process of cleansing the body of toxins.

"Proper processing of foods, their minimal calorie content and benefits for the body are the main helpers in weight loss and immunity support."

Menu for 10 days: planning the diet

The menu for 10 days involves repeating the menu of the first three days of the diet. These are three different diets, which are united by a low caloric content.

Day 1 of the diet (and day 8)

Immediately after waking up, you should start drinking water. Within an hour, you need to drink 0.5 liters of liquid in small sips. Only after that you can proceed to breakfast.

• Breakfast: cocoa drink.
• First snack: orange or grapefruit.
• Lunch: 200 g baked fish (you can replace 150 g of chicken or beef), 300 g of stewed vegetables.
• Second snack: a glass of milk yogurt without additives with 1 tsp. honey or a handful of berries.
• Dinner: a bowl of vegetable soup, 200 g of vegetable salad.
• Late dinner: a glass of milk yogurt without additives with 1 tsp. honey or a handful of berries.
• During the day: drink a drink "Hydromel" in any amount. If hunger pains, you can eat one dried fruit.

Day 2 of the diet (and the 9th day)

Before breakfast, you need to drink 0.5 liters of pure non-carbonated water.

• Breakfast: two grapefruits.
• First snack: cocoa drink.
• Lunch: 200 g of baked fish or seafood, 300 g of stewed vegetables.
• Second snack: a glass of milk of moderate fat content with 1 tsp. jam.
• Dinner: 200 g baked fish and 200 g of stewed vegetables.
• Late dinner: a glass of milk yogurt without additives with 1 tsp. honey or a handful of berries.
• During the day: drink the drink "Hydromel" in any amount.

Day 3 (also days 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10)

Before breakfast, you should drink 0.5 liters of pure non-carbonated water.

• Breakfast: cocoa drink.
• First snack: grapefruit.
• Lunch: sour milk complex.
• Second snack: a handful of nuts or dried fruit.
• Dinner: 150 g of baked chicken or beef and 200 g of fresh or stewed vegetables.
• Late dinner: a glass of milk yogurt without additives with 1 tsp. honey or a handful of berries.
• During the day: drink a drink "Hydromel" in any amount.

Recipes for cooking dishes for the diet

For the preparation of these viands will not require a lot of time. Products are used ordinary, which will be found in any kitchen.

Cocoa drink

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp. milk
• 1 tsp. honey
• 1 tsp. cocoa powder

Instructions. Boil milk and dissolve honey in it. Pour the milk over the cocoa powder. Stir until the lumps are broken. Drink immediately after preparation.

Vegetable (youngster) soup

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of leeks
• 0.5 kg of carrots
• 0,5 kg of tomatoes
• 1.5 liters of boiling water
• Caraway to taste

Instructions. Cut leeks, tomatoes and carrots into small slices, put them in a saucepan. Pour boiling water and stew over low heat until soft. When serving, you can whisk the soup with a blender and sprinkle with cumin.

Drink "Hydromel"

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of warm water
• Juice of one lemon
• 1 tsp. honey

Instructions. Combine all the ingredients and stir thoroughly until the honey is completely dissolved. Drink in small sips.

Vegetable (young) salad

Ingredients:

• 100 g fresh cucumbers
• 100 g radish
• 30 g leeks
• 1 tbsp. olive oil
• Favorite spices to taste

Instructions. Cut cucumbers and radishes into rings, finely chop leeks. Put in a salad bowl and dress with olive oil. If desired, add spices to taste.

Sour milk complex

Ingredients:

• 250 g of fat-free cottage cheese
• 150 g of milk yogurt without additives
• 0.5 cup of fresh berries.
• 2 tsp. honey.
• 2 tbsp. raisins (or 4 pcs. apricots).

Instructions. Soak the raisins (apricots) in warm water. If you use apricots, divide it into small pieces. Combine all the ingredients, stir well.

Pros and cons of the "gastronomic game"

On the Madeleine Gesta diet for 10 days you can lose weight by 6-13 lb, depending on the initial body weight. During its observance, a person forms healthy eating habits: he eats fractionally at approximately equal intervals, chooses healthy dishes and products.

Abundant water consumption stimulates metabolism, improves the natural lymphatic drainage of tissues and cleanses the body of toxins. High fiber content in the diet of fruits and vegetables improves the digestive system, prevents constipation. Adherence to such a diet can give lightness to the body and the effect of "rejuvenation".

The main advantages of the diet are:

• A varied menu.
• Rapid weight loss without hunger and difficulties.
• Cleansing of the body.
• Saturation with vitamins and minerals.
• Strengthening of immunity.

But the diet has disadvantages - low fat content in the diet. Fats are necessary for the body to properly assimilate vitamins and minerals, to maintain its natural resources. In addition, the caloric content of the diet in 1200 kcal may be insufficient for people engaged in heavy physical labor or practicing active loads. This is fraught with the appearance of a sense of fatigue and loss of strength, a decrease in mood and performance.

The diet is contraindicated for people with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and urinary system, pregnant and lactating women.

"You should start a weight loss program only after consulting with your doctor. Because any diet, no matter how gentle it may be, can cause harm to the body if used incorrectly, in the presence of chronic diseases and health problems in general".