- Coffee controversies: What’s the truth
- Unloading Day Options
- How not to harm your health
How often, pouring a cup of fragrant coffee, do we think that we are simply pampering ourselves. Many people generally associate addiction to it with a bad habit. We will tell you how to use all of its positive qualities for your own good: make your figure slim, your eyes shining, and your mood wonderful.
Coffee controversies: What’s the truth
When something provokes conflicting opinions (sharp negative is replaced with delight and admiration), this means that you need to look for the golden mean. In order to understand who an unloading day on coffee is ideal for, and who is contraindicated, it is important to clearly understand the positive and negative sides of the drink.
Pluses
If you discard the emotions of the fans, there will not be many positive moments left:
- Gives a powerful energy boost to the body, increases physical and mental performance (caffeine is responsible for this).
- Lowers cholesterol concentration, improves microcirculation, strengthens the vascular wall (vitamins PP, P and B3, which are formed when the beans are roasted).
- Normalizes the work of the gastrointestinal tract (chlorogenic acid and tannins).
- Antiseptic action, which is important for preventing fermentation processes and improving the activity of normal intestinal microflora (essential oils).
- Mood elevation (unrepeatable taste and aroma, which can rid you of depression).
Minuses
The negative impact is primarily due to caffeine. Moreover, the quantity is important here. If 1-2 mugs usually do not have any consequences, then 6-7 will immediately affect your health:
- Regular use forms a psychological dependence.
- Increases heart rate and blood pressure (short-term effect).
- Increases the excretion of minerals (calcium, potassium, magnesium, sodium).
- Strong diuretic effect (risk of dehydration).
If you think about it, many negative effects can be successfully used when losing weight. The main thing is to observe moderation. A properly organized coffee unloading day will help you lose up to 1 extra kg. In a month, this is already 3-4 kg, while you do not need to exhaust yourself with prolonged fasting. Once a week, it is enough to enjoy the exquisite taste and aroma in combination with some dietary products.
Unloading Day Options
Weight loss occurs immediately in several directions:
- accelerating metabolism, including lipolysis (fat breakdown);
- decreasing the absorption of carbohydrates in the intestines (work of chlorogenic acid);
- reducing appetite;
- diuretic effect (getting rid of hidden edema);
- normalization of digestion and intestinal microflora.
It is difficult to imagine a more complex mechanism for weight loss. That is why coffee unloading recipes are so popular.
On green coffee
Prepared from unprocessed green fruits. What is its use for weight loss?
- less caffeine, which appears during roasting, means that the amount of drink you drink can be increased;
- more chlorogenic acid – the main fat-burning substance;
- lowers insulin levels in the blood, which is important for accelerating metabolic processes (kilograms disappear faster).
The taste is peculiar. It has a greenish-tart flavor, similar to green persimmons. On an unloading day, you can drink no more than three such mugs, preferably before meals, for an additional decrease in appetite.
Approximate menu:
- breakfast: 150 g of low-fat cottage cheese;
- lunch: salad of tomatoes with herbs;
- dinner: apple.
The amount of water should not be less than 1.5 liters. It is also brewed a little differently. One mug requires not one teaspoon, but three.
On black coffee
For unloading, you can use from three to five mugs. Drink without sugar, but always with some dietary product. Here is a list of what will not spoil the effect of weight loss:
- low-fat cottage cheese 100-150 g (additionally replenishes calcium loss);
- vegetables: bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, herbs (you can make a salad with the addition of olive oil);
- apples.
Do not forget – it is better to do without sugar, but additional fluid is simply necessary.
On soluble coffee
For many, the process of making ground beans becomes an insurmountable obstacle for such an unloading day. Can they be replaced with a soluble option? Yes, especially if it is green coffee. Then all the beneficial properties for weight loss are fully preserved.
We choose a high-quality product. The main thing is the caffeine content. It is maximally preserved in sublimated form. There is a little less of it in granulated form. Some cheap brands (mostly powdered drinks) have only surrogate substitutes for taste and smell and are completely useless.
On coffee with chocolate
This recipe will probably be the most popular of all. Chocolate is not only a delicious treat, but also a recognized antidepressant (which is confirmed by scientific research).
Only black, bitter varieties are suitable for an unloading day. In a day, you can eat 100 g, dividing it into 5 meals. We supplement such a «feast» with a cup of fragrant coffee, of course, already without sugar.
Important! You can only drink water three hours after the next portion of food.
On coffee with milk
What are the advantages of such a combination? There are quite a few of them:
- softening the bitter taste;
- enriching the menu with calcium (with regular use of such unloading days, this is important for the prevention of osteoporosis);
- milk protein is used as a building material by all cells of the body, it is digested for a long time and leads to longer saturation.
Menu: 5 cups at equal intervals. You can add some vegetables and fruits.
On coffee and kefir
The combination is less popular than with milk. But in terms of effectiveness, it is more justified. After all, kefir additionally enhances the diuretic effect, normalizes digestion, and helps the growth of microflora. Moreover, it is an excellent source of calcium and other trace elements.
Menu: drinks can be drunk separately (the amount of kefir is 1 liter). There is also an original recipe for a cocktail: 1 teaspoon of ground beans and 1/2 teaspoon of cocoa are added to a glass of kefir (250 ml). This is a protein shake option that is good for waking up in the morning.
On coffee and water
The effectiveness of such a recipe is based on the diuretic effect. Suitable for people with obesity, which is always accompanied by edema. In a day, they drink up to 5 cups of coffee and 1.5 liters of water. You can afford a little cottage cheese (100 g), vegetables and fruits.
On coffee and tea
The menu includes three cups of natural coffee and three green or herbal teas. We do not add sugar. We alternate drinks every 2-3 hours. You can have some vegetables and fruits (except for potatoes, bananas and grapes). Additionally, we drink water. Such a diet immediately gets rid of 2 kg of weight.
On coffee and apples
Rather, this is an apple unloading
