Ducan diet or princess diet, one of the few modern weight loss systems developed by an experienced nutritionist and gives a good stable result in most cases. Ducan’s diet has many adherents among Hollywood celebrities, there is evidence that Katherine Midleton before marrying Prince William, lost 2 sizes with her help. However, Ducan also does not have a shortage of criticism of the diet. Is it suitable for you personally? The answer to this question depends on many factors, starting with motivation and patience, ending with the availability of products and your culinary skills. Only by carefully studying all the requirements and contraindications, you will understand whether you should get rid of excess weight with this particular diet. And "Culinary Eden" will help you figure out what Ducan’s diet is.
To begin with, Pierre Ducan is a practicing Parisian nutritionist whose career began in 1975. At that time, the problem of excess weight was far from as relevant as now, and the doctors knew only one way of losing weight: a reduction in portions and a decrease in calorie content of food. When the patient did not help the doctor, who did not help this method, the young doctor invited him to try his own power system - a lot of liquids, low -fat meat and a complete rejection of fats and quick carbohydrates. The patient’s success - minus 5 kilograms in 5 days - inspired Pierre Dukan to create a whole complex of measures to lose weight and preserve the figure for many years. To learn about the principles of Dukan’s diet, as they say, first -hand you can from the book "I can’t lose weight", which was written in 2000 and quickly became a bestseller.
What is Ducan's diet
The basis of the Ducan diet is a list of 100 permitted products and 4 stages of losing weight: attack, cruise, consolidation and stabilization. Resolved products include almost all types of low -fat meat, poultry, fish and seafood, as well as eggs, low -fat dairy products, soy foods, olive oil, mushrooms, vegetables, greens and spices - that is all dietary for healthy nutrition, the so -called view of Homo sapiens. For the last two stages, there is a compromise - a list of permissible products, which include starch, sausages, sweet sauces, yogurts, wine, soy milk and coffee.
The most interesting, complex and criticism in Ducan’s diet is stages or phases of losing weight. If you are not ready to go through all 4 phases, it is better not to start. The rapid success of the first, hardest phase can lead to health problems, and the result will not linger for a long time if you ignore the further recommendations of Pierre Dukan.
The first phase-the attack-provides only protein food for 2-7 days: boiled meat and fish, liver, low-fat cottage cheese. During this time, the body loses excess fluid, which is outwardly expressed in the deliverance of 2-3 kilograms-good motivation for starters. To normalize the intestines, every day it is necessary to eat 1-1. 5 tablespoons of oat bran.
Without tightening the attack phase, it is recommended to move to the second phase - a cruise. A loss of about one kilogram per week is expected here, based on this, it is necessary to calculate its individual duration. Uponant vegetables are added to protein food in the cruise phase: one day is protein, the other vegetable. You can season food with spices and herbs. The amount of bran increases to 2 tablespoons per day.
The phase of consolidation or consolidation is a smooth exit from the diet and consolidation of the results. Bread, cheese, fruits are added to protein products and vegetables, but no more than 2 servings per week. One day a week must remain protein. This stage is quite long - for 10 days for each kilogram dropped in previous stages. The amount of bran increases again - 2. 5 tablespoons per day.
The stabilization phase is the removal of restrictions. However, two simple conditions remain: one protein day a week and 3 tablespoons of bran per day. This power regime is recommended to adhere to all your life in order to maintain weight at the achieved level. To reliably fix the result, do physical exercises every day at least 20 minutes.
As you can see, Ducan will not have to starve on the diet, because the amount and time of food are not limited - at any time, even at night you can eat boiled meat with a salad of fresh vegetables. The probability of breakdowns, which often accompany many diets, is minimized here. If you are not limited in means and you can always buy fresh meat, fish, cottage cheese, vegetables, and then cook many delicious dishes from them, then losing weight will be easy and pleasant. As for bran, it is not necessary to eat them in its purest form. In the last two stages, you can add bran to baking, soups and cocktails.
Note that Russian -speaking Internet users who trust the forums of "comrades in misfortune", but do not get acquainted with the original sources, deprive themselves of a lot. Russian-speaking online chief farming for weight loss is aimed exclusively at nutrition, while the author is not limited to this aspect. In addition to compiling the menu, Pierre Dukan emphasizes the attention of losing weight in a positive mood, finding other pleasures in addition to food, physical activity, acceleration of metabolism, muscle building, stretching, exercises that can be done between business. In addition to lists of permissible and acceptable products, the author gives recommendations for their preparation, compatibility, improved taste. On the official website of Pierre Dukan you will find exercises for tightening the skin of the face, notes on aromatherapy, yoga and the benefits of green tea. We can say that Ducan's diet is a balanced system for maintaining health, activity and youth.
Why does Ducan's diet helps to lose weight
The effectiveness of Dukan’s diet, like Atkins diets and other low-carb diets, is explained by a change in metabolism. In simple terms, the prolonged absence of carbohydrates in the diet reduces the level of glucose in the blood, and the production of insulin slows down, as a result of which the body begins to use fat cells as a source of energy. In addition, the body spends much more energy on the absorption of proteins and fats than on the absorption of carbohydrates, therefore, when eating by proteins with a small amount of fat, people lose weight faster, but has the opportunity to increase muscle mass, which in turn consumes more energy than adipose tissue.
With a reasonable approach, Ducan’s diet will help not only lose weight, but also get rid of chronic colds and cellulite, will make you more active, able -bodied and cheerful. Meat, fish, vegetables and fruits are a kind of human nutrition that simply cannot harm health, since it was on such food that we evolved and became those who are now. And an excess of fat, sugar and other simple carbohydrates, which appeared in the diet of a person recently, about 50 years ago, on the contrary, is alien to our nature and is the main cause of excess weight and related diseases.
Side effects and criticism of Ducan diet
Like all effective means, Ducan’s diet has side effects, which should be known in advance. The most dangerous and categorically prohibited is to lose weight to nursing mothers. In the first stages of the diet due to an excess of proteins and lack of fats, vitamins, minerals and other important elements in the body, metabolic processes are changed, which immediately affects the quality of breast milk. Since the child will not receive a balanced diet from milk, his immunity may suffer and development will slow down. Young mothers are strongly recommended to postpone Ducan’s diet until the end of the feeding is completely stopped - you will have time to lose weight after, you do not need to sacrifice the first months of your baby’s life. Naturally, during pregnancy and pregnancy planning, weight loss is strictly prohibited.
In addition to pregnancy and feeding, there are other contraindications for Ducan's diet. Its first stage can be dangerous for people with kidney diseases. With an excess of proteins, the load on the kidneys increases several times, and the existing problems are aggravated. In addition, the deficiency of vitamins, trace elements and fats at the first stage threatens to weaken immunity, general weakness, dizziness and intestines. That is why the attack phase cannot be stretched more than for a week. When planning a phase of attack, do not focus on a feeling of hunger, since with excess protein hunger dulls. The decision to terminate the first phase should be based on general well -being. If you need to drop only a few kilograms, limit the first stage 2-3 days.
Another target for criticizing Ducan’s diet is the presence in the lists of allowed and permissible products of disputed points: sugar -substitutes, flavorings, milk powder, crab sticks, sausages, canned food, low -calorie cheese and dairy products. Pierre Dukan does not at all insist on these products, but he included them in the power system as a compromise for residents of megacities limited in time and not always having access to fresh high -quality products. What to choose for lunch - a fresh steak or canned tuna is a personal business of everyone.
As in everything in life, in weight loss it is important to adhere to the golden middle. It depends only on you whether Ducan’s diet will help to lose weight or harm health. Little wisely and be healthy!