- Slimming mechanism
- Pros and cons
- Contraindications
- How to choose?
- Recommendations
- Options
Many people are surprised that in dietetics, a fasting day on chocolate is offered for quick and tasty weight loss. Can such a high-calorie and sweet product reduce weight? It turns out that there are such miracles, and we still do not know much about our body. If you are afraid of bland starvation, this option is a real find for you.
Slimming mechanism
Nutritionists have long developed a chocolate fasting day, studied its effect on the body up and down. Losing weight becomes possible thanks to cocoa beans, which:
- prevent the development of insulin resistance (it is the most common cause of obesity) and improve the regulation of glucose consumption;
- support a healthy intestinal microflora, resulting in faster digestion of food;
- eliminate inflammation in the body, which can provoke excess weight gain;
- reduce depression, so there is no need to “seize” stress anymore;
- speed up metabolism;
- effectively break down fats, removing them from the body (though it is a rather lengthy process that cannot be completed within a single day, but at least you will start it).
So it turns out that chocolate, despite its high calorie content (more than 500 kcal per 100 g), is just as useful for losing weight as many other dietary products. And the proof of this is the results of such fasting days. If you do everything correctly, you can lose up to 1.5 kg.
Origin of the name. The word “chocolate” comes from the Mayan language, where “xocolatl” meant “bitter water”.
Pros and cons
When choosing to lose weight with this sweetness, you need to imagine what benefits it can have and where to expect a catch.
Pros:
- prevents cardiovascular diseases;
- lowers the risk of strokes and heart attacks by preventing blood clots from forming;
- is a preventive measure against diabetes, as it controls the body’s absorption of glucose;
- normalizes blood pressure;
- promotes vascular elasticity;
- facilitates the course of autoimmune diseases;
- stimulates intellectual activity, improves memory, activates thought processes;
- antioxidant substances prevent the formation of tumors;
- polyunsaturated acids remove harmful cholesterol.
Cons:
- destroys tooth enamel;
- causes food addiction;
- high calorie content;
- minimal daily portion causes hunger pangs – it can be very difficult to endure;
- diet monotony;
- nausea and dizziness are noted among the side effects;
- fainting is possible;
- often provokes gastrointestinal disorders;
- contributes to skin rashes.
Obvious harm from such fasting days can only be felt in extreme cases: when contraindications have been ignored or the recommended dosage has been increased.
Additional information. Chocolate improves heart function, strengthens and cleanses blood vessels from cholesterol plaques.
Contraindications
You should not take note of chocolate fasting days if you have the following contraindications:
- cocoa bean allergy;
- pregnancy;
- diabetes;
- obesity;
- hypotension;
- gout;
- urolithiasis;
- joint diseases;
- insomnia;
- metabolic disorders.
Of course, 100 g of a bar eaten per day will not provoke an exacerbation of gout or osteochondrosis, but unpleasant side effects are quite possible.
Did you know that… chocolate contains “theobromine” – a substance that makes this product poisonous to animals?
How to choose?
The assortment of chocolate today is so diverse that the problem of choice involuntarily arises. Porous, dessert, vegan, diabetic, powder, liquid… Which variety will contribute to maximum weight loss within a fasting day? After all, if you make a mistake in this matter, instead of losing weight, you can, on the contrary, gain weight.
- Black / dark / bitter
The most optimal option that nutritionists recommend is to lose weight on bitter chocolate. The percentage of cocoa beans in it, which are responsible for losing weight, is the highest: above 55%. It is better to choose indicators starting from 75% – there will be more benefits. This is the product that is labeled “bitter”. If the numbers are less, “dark” or “black” will be indicated on the packaging.
- Milk
Undoubtedly, losing weight on milk chocolate is much more pleasant, as it tastes very soft and tender, literally melting in your mouth. However, the cocoa bean content in it is minimal, which means that all the hardships of a fasting day can remain completely unnoticed. Moreover, dry milk or cream with a fat content of 2.5% in its composition is far from being dietary products, and there is practically no benefit from them. So nutritionists do not recommend this type.
- White
You can find everything on the Internet. Even such a paradox as a fasting day menu for white chocolate. Although there is not a single gram of cocoa beans in this delicacy, which start all the processes in the body, leading to weight loss. So, nothing more useless for fighting extra pounds can be found.
Other varieties also have no value in weight loss, so you can resolutely bypass them.
Interesting. The most expensive chocolate is “Chocopologie by Knipschildt”. 453 g of treats cost $2,600.
Recommendations
To achieve results, learn how to properly conduct a fasting day and get out of it without harm to your health.
Preparation
Chocolate starvation is a real stress for the body, to which it may not react at all the way you want. Therefore, it is important to prepare him for this event in advance. To do this, take the following steps 2-3 days before it.
- Start drinking plenty of water.
- Gradually exclude alcohol, carbonated drinks, fried foods, pickled, smoked, fatty, salty foods, and fast food from the diet.
- Switch to five meals a day.
- Eat 20-30 g of bitter bar daily.
- Get enough sleep.
- Play sports.
- On the eve of the hunger strike, dinner should be as light as possible, and before going to bed it is better to drink a glass of fat-free kefir.
Fasting
- Recommended daily volume – 100 g of bitter chocolate.
- Scheme of use: divide into 5 equal portions, which must be eaten with equal intervals of time.
- It is allowed to wash down the treat with drinks such as green tea (it is possible with various fat-burning
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