- Coffee Controversies: What’s the Truth?
- Unloading Day Options
- How Not to Harm Your Health
How often, pouring a cup of aromatic coffee, do we think that we are just spoiling ourselves. Many generally associate addiction to it with a bad habit. We will tell you how to use all its positive qualities for your benefit: make your figure slim, your eyes glow, and your mood wonderful.
Coffee Controversies: What’s the Truth?
When something causes conflicting opinions (sharp negativity is replaced by delight and admiration), it means that you need to find the golden mean. To understand for whom an unloading day on coffee is ideal, and for whom it is contraindicated, it is important to clearly understand the positive and negative aspects of the drink.
Pros
If we discard the emotions of fans, then there will be quite a few positive aspects:
- It gives a powerful energy boost to the body, increases physical and mental performance (caffeine is responsible for this).
- Lowers cholesterol levels, improves microcirculation, strengthens the vascular wall (vitamins PP, P and B3, which are formed during roasting of grains).
- Normalizes the work of the gastrointestinal tract (chlorogenic acid and tannins).
- Antiseptic effect, 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 relieve depression).
Cons
The negative impact is explained primarily by caffeine. Moreover, the amount is important here. If there are usually no consequences from 1-2 cups, then 6-7 immediately affect health:
- Regular use forms a psychological dependence.
- Increases heart rate and increases blood pressure (short-term effect).
- Enhances 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 the measure. A properly organized coffee fasting day will help you lose up to 1 kg of excess weight. For a month, this is already 3-4 kg, while you do not need to exhaust yourself with prolonged fasting. It is enough to enjoy the exquisite taste and aroma in combination with some dietary products once a week.
Unloading Day Options
Weight loss occurs immediately in several areas:
- acceleration of metabolism, including lipolysis (fat breakdown);
- decreased absorption of carbohydrates in the intestine (work of chlorogenic acid);
- decreased 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 benefit 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 aftertaste, similar to green persimmon. On the day of unloading, you can drink no more than three of these mugs, preferably before meals to further reduce appetite.
Approximate menu:
- breakfast: 150 g of low-fat cottage cheese;
- lunch: salad of tomatoes with herbs;
- dinner: apple.
The amount of water should be at least 1.5 liters. They also brew it a little differently. One mug requires not one teaspoon, but three.
On black coffee
For unloading, you can use from three to five mugs. They drink without sugar, but always with some kind of dietary product. Here is a list of what will not spoil the effect of losing weight:
- fat-free cottage cheese 100-150 g (additionally replenishes the loss of calcium);
- 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 instant coffee
For many, the process of preparing ground beans becomes an insurmountable obstacle to such an unloading day. Can they be replaced with an instant version? Yes, especially if it is green coffee. Then all the useful properties for weight loss are completely preserved.
We choose a high-quality product. The main thing is the caffeine content. It is most fully preserved in the sublimated one. There is slightly less of it in granulated form. Some cheap brands (most 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 delicacy, but also a recognized antidepressant (which is confirmed by scientific research).
For an unloading day, only black, bitter varieties are suitable. During the day, you can eat 100 g, divided into 5 meals. We supplement such a “feast” with a cup of aromatic coffee, of course, already without sugar.
Important! You can drink water only three hours after the next portion of products.
On coffee with milk
What are the advantages of such a combination? There are many of them:
- softening the bitter taste;
- enrichment of the menu with calcium (with regular use of such unloading days, it is important for the prevention of osteoporosis);
- milk protein is consumed as a building material by all cells of the body, it is digested for a long time and leads to longer satiety.
Menu: 5 mugs 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 efficiency, it is more justified. After all, kefir additionally enhances the diuretic effect, normalizes digestion, and helps the growth of microflora. Besides, it is an excellent source of calcium and other micronutrients.
Menu: drinks can be drunk separately (amount of kefir 1 liter). There is also an original recipe for a cocktail: for a glass of kefir (250 ml), add 1 teaspoon of ground beans and 1/2 tablespoon of cocoa. This is a protein shake option that is great for waking up in the morning.
On coffee and water
The effectiveness of such a recipe is based on the diuretic effect. Suitable for obese people who are always accompanied by edema. During the day, they drink up to 5 cups of coffee and 1.5 liters of water. You can afford some cottage cheese (100 g), vegetables and fruits.
On coffee and tea
The menu includes three cups of natural coffee and three of green or herbal tea. We do not add sugar. We alternate drinks every 2-3 hours. You can have some vegetables and fruits (except potatoes, bananas and grapes). Additionally we drink water. Such a diet immediately relieves you of 2 kg of weight.
On coffee and apples
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