The Danish Diet is a fad diet that concentrates on a drastic reduction in calorie intake. A person who attempts this diet is supposed to stick with it for a little over two weeks. After 13 days have passed, the dieter is supposed to return to a normal diet, consuming healthy foods without overeating. This diet is supposed to facilitate the loss of 26 pounds in 13 days. There is no reliable proof, however, of whether or not the Danish Diet actually produces this level of weight loss.

A person on the Danish Diet is basically supposed to skip one meal per day. While the dieter is supposed to have coffee at breakfast time, that is all he is supposed to consume. Even his coffee represents a bare minimum of calories—the dieter is supposed to have only a single cube of sugar in it.

Lunch for a person on the Danish Diet does offer a bit more nourishment; it is still very low in calories and nutrients, however. At lunchtime, a person on this diet is supposed to eat several ounces of a low-calorie protein source as well as two vegetables. For example, on day one, a person on this diet is suppose to eat two boiled eggs, a tomato, and spinach. On day two, he is supposed to eat several ounces of ham and yogurt at lunchtime. On some days, the Danish Diet lunch consists of several ounces of fish, with a little butter and lemon, and nothing else.

Dinner meals also contain protein, and many of the meals include beef. Others may include similarly protein-rich foods, such as chicken or lamb. They do include vegetables, but usually in very scant amounts. For example, on day one of the Danish Diet, a person may eat several ounces of beef along with a salad that is drizzled with oil and lemon juice. On day seven, a dieter may eat several ounces of lamb and follow it up with an apple; day 11’s dinner includes only several ounces of beef and a piece of celery.

Some people considering the diet may feel comfortable with skipping breakfast, as lunch and dinner at least contain a source of protein and some calories. There are some days, however, on which a person following this diet doesn’t eat protein with dinner. For example, on day 10, dinner only consists of celery, tomato, and fresh fruit.

Pre-holiday diet will produce great results if you follow these simple rules:
1. If you want to sweeten your tea or coffee use sugar substitute instead of real sugar;
2. Drink as much water as possible, mineral and plain, it will allow your skin to look better;
3. Choose from the offered list one breakfast, one light dinner, one dense supper and two power-intensive snacks. Depending on your choice, you can switch supper and dinner.

If you prefer an option providing consumption of 1500 calories you should add daily diet with a bag of low-calorie crackers, additional slice of bread and any of fresh fruit, for example, an apple, a pear, an orange or a small banana.

Breakfasts (250 calories):
I. Salad with fresh fruit (mix slices of one apple, one banana cut in circles, few grapes and fill in mix with one glass of natural yogurt);
II. 25 g of flakes with brans, dissolved with milk, toast smeared with honey, few grapes;
III. Two wholegrain toasts, baked tomatoes, one slice of low-fat bacon roasted on a grill.

Dinners (350 calories):
I. Sandwich with two slices of wholegrain bread with one of the following fillings: 75 g chicken (without a skin) or a ham with salad and cucumber; 50 g of tuna with a lemon juice and finely cut tomatoes; 100 g of cottage cheese with the crushed gherkins and watercress;
II. Two toasts with wholegrain bread, 125 g of boiled string beans, baked tomatoes, one orange;
III. Small piece of melon, 150 g of any fish roasted on a grill, large portion of mixed salad, wholegrain roll;
IV. 200 g of jacket potatoes, 50 g salad with chopped cabbage, watercress and cucumber, one apple.

Suppers (400 calories):
I. 100 g of chicken or turkey, large portion of mixed salad, slice of strawberry pie;
II. 100 g of spaghetti with tomato sauce prepared from canned or fresh tomatoes with addition of a basil, garlic, lemon juice, 25 g of grated low-calorie cheese, salad with watercress and one orange, 25 g of vanilla ice-cream;
III. 75 g of cod or salmon baked in a foil with addition of lemon juice and margarine, broccoli, vegetable marrows, 50 g stewed carrots, 125 g of jacket potatoes, one banana baked in an oven (preliminary sprinkle with lemon juice and strew with sugar substitute);
IV. half of grapefruit (add sugar substitute), 125 g low-fat mutton chop prepared on a grill, cauliflower, 50 g gravy, green peas;
V. 75 g of mashed potatoes with adding of skim milk, mint sauce, green string beans, baked tomatoes, pear boiled in red wine and sweetened with substitute of sugar;
VI. 100 g shrimp or crab meat, large portion of mixed salad, small roll, 25 g of low-calorie cheddar cheese, 100 g of strawberries, two slices of fresh pineapple (add some sugar substitute for pineapple).

Snack (100 calories):
I. Large portion of fresh vegetables with sauce prepared from one glass of natural yogurt, 1 tsp of mustard and lemon juice to taste;
II. One apple and ten grapes;
III. Wholegrain roll with salad stuffing.

Purpose of this 7 day cleaning diet is clearing of organism of toxins, stimulation of work of intestines, vitaminization and weight reduction. The diet contains all necessary vitamins, minerals and is rich in fiber. Indigestible fibers stimulate digestion; make active burning of fats, clear an organism of harmful products of metabolism. At this diet sugar level in blood is stabilized.

Within a week drink 2+ litres of liquid a day. Every night drink a glass of any sour-milk product (butter-milk, yogurt, fermented baked milk, etc.).

Exclude products: fat meat and meat products, smoked products; white loaf and bakery products; pasta and groats (except oats); fat whole milk, fat cheese, yogurts with additives; sugar and sweets; alcohol.

Recommended products: fast meat, chicken; fish; any vegetables and fruit; oat groats; low-fat milk, yogurt, cottage cheese; wholegrain bread; vegetable oil (corn, olive, sunflower); sugar substitute.

Approximate menu for a week.

1st day

Breakfast: half of grapefruit strewed with cinnamon, slice of cheese, slice of wheat bred, tea with sugar substitute.
Dinner: cream soup with vegetables, boiled chicken breast (100 g), salad with acrospired wheat and carrots, filled with corn oil with sesame seeds, glass of plum juice.
Snack: fruit cream from frozen fruit (70 g), glass of natural yogurt with 1 tsp of honey.
Supper: porridge cooked on skim milk with dried or fresh fruit, butter-milk (1 glass).

2nd day

Breakfast: fruit cream (kiwi, banana, raspberry) with natural yogurt, wholegrain roll.
Dinner: weak beef broth with a cracker, salad (avocado, tomato, cucumber, leaves of salad with a lemon juice and olive oil), stuffed with vegetables bell peppers, fresh peach.
Snack: green tea (1 glass), wholegrain toast.
Supper: baked fish (100 g), boiled potatoes in jackets, boiled vegetable marrows with olive oil (100 g), wholegrain toast, tea with sugar substitute.

3rd day

Breakfast: strawberry with sugar substitute (100 g), wholegrain toast (2 pieces), fresh orange juice.
Dinner: chicken broth with wholegrain toast, 2-3 boiled potatoes stuffed with tuna, cottage cheese and sweet corn, 2 fresh tomatoes, 5-6 fresh plums.
Snack: fresh fruit puree with natural yogurt.
Supper: boiled chicken (100 g), boiled brown rice (50 g), salad with fresh vegetables, and glass of warm milk.

4th day

Breakfast: muesli (30 g) with skim milk, fresh fruit, coffee with a sugar-substitute.
Dinner: cream soup with asparagus, chicken burger, salad with cabbage and fresh cucumber with vegetable oil and lemon juice, apple juice (1 glass).
Snack: sheep cheese (50 g) with fresh fruit salad.
Supper: corn porridge with honey and sesame seeds, slice of cheese, curdled milk (1 glass).

5th day

Breakfast: salad with pear, apple, banana, filled with yogurt, wholegrain toast, and coffee with milk.
Dinner: vegetable ragout with vegetable marrows, cauliflower, tomatoes with parsley greens, wholegrain toast, strawberry with skim milk.
Snack: sandwich with wholegrain breads with salad and avocado slices, orange juice (1 glass).
Supper: 2-3 baked apples with natural yogurt, slice of sheep cheese, wholegrain toast, tea with sugar substitute.

6th day

Breakfast: toast with baked tomatoes and cheese strewed with celery or parsley, tea with honey.
Dinner: fish soup with vegetables, wholegrain toast, stewed beef liver (100 g) with garnish of boiled beets, tomato juice (1 glass).
Snack: muesli without sugar with low-fat natural yogurt.
Supper: stewed liver (150 g), boiled potato (2 pieces), 2 tomatoes, tomato juice (1 glass).

7th day

Breakfast: slice of fast gammon, tomato, pineapple (100 g), wholegrain roll, warm milk (1 glass).
Dinner: vegetarian soup with fat-free sour cream, wholegrain roll, stewed fish (100 g), boiled string bean and salad leaves, 2 apples.
Snack: glass of fruit juice with wholegrain toast.
Supper: boiled salmon (150 g), salad with fresh cabbage and olives with a lemon juice, wholegrain roll, kiwi, tea with sugar substitute.

The Israeli weight loss program

According to the Israeli dietitians, abusing meal – the illustration of full discrepancy between reason and action, consumption and requirements of organism.

The figure impaired by overeating – is not the most terrible consequence of excess weight. It’s also frustration of peripheral blood circulation and lymphokinesis, various infringements of metabolism, including urolithic illness, diabetes. Plus to this possible “bouquet” of sores is adds lowered resistibility of organism to various activators of infectious and pyoinflammatory diseases, respiratory illnesses.

However, you can avoid all that at desire. The main thing – do not despair, because everyone can lose weight. But, do not hurry. Optimal speed of weight loss is 4-6 lbs a month.

The Israeli physicians recommend supervising compatibility of consumed products very strictly. For example, meat, eggs can be combined with cheese and green vegetables, but do not eat them with milk, starch-content products, sour fruit, and sour cream, creamy and vegetative oils. Fish is combined only with green vegetables. Milk can not be combined with anything. Fats are useful for using only with grain and green vegetables. Green vegetables are good with fibers and starch. It is better to eat non-sour fruit separately or with milk, but it is undesirable to combine them with grain, bread, fibers.

For a drink recommended to use only regular water without mineral inclusions (filtered, boiled). Experts relate juice, milk, butter-milk to food.

The Israeli dietitians recommend for full menu checked up by practical consideration which will not only promote weight loss, but also will improve exchange processes, will release an organism from slags and stimulates improvement of work of all systems and organs.

The dietary mode in their understanding is not an exception of a diet of those or other products, and their rational consumption taking into account compatibility, caloric content and comprehensibility. Sticking to one product or even to a few particular ones not only harmfully, but also is hazardous to health. But observance of a reasonable diet during even a short time is capable to yield positive result.

In the morning on an empty stomach: 1 tsp – 1tbsp of olive oil.

In 15 minutes: one glass of yogurt or fresh butter-milk.

First breakfast: salad with vegetables, on choice oatmeal or a buckwheat cereal, peas, corn, cottage cheese, boiled soft-boiled egg (every other day), unsweetened tea (green tea recommended).

The second breakfast: (12:00-12:30 pm) 200-300 g of unsweetened fruit.

Dinner (2:30-3:00 pm): salad vegetable, vegetable soup, boiled or steam meat (boiled or baked fish); one slice of wheat bread, baked apple.

Mid-morning snack (6:00-6:30 pm): 300 g of unsweetened fruit.

Supper: one glass of butter-milk or yogurt, mixed fruit. The fruit mix is especially useful to people with problems in intestines. Make as follows: simply process equal quantities of dry dates, dried apricots, fig, prunes and walnuts. Recommended taking tea or water with this fruit mix.

The CAPRICORN (December, 22nd – January, 20th)

Traps: you adore juicy puddings, cannot resist a smell of freshly-baked rolls.

Your lacks: in your ration there is no calcium, your friable knees and fragile bones telling it.

Your diet: try to behave in hands all the week long then you can unburden the heart in a weekend.

Workdays:

• Breakfasts (choose one of options):

25 g of flakes with milk, one apple or pear;

One glass of low-fat yogurt, half-glass of unsweetened fruit juice, one orange.

• Dinners (choose one of offered options):

Two small slices of bread with the bran, mixed salad of unlimited set, two table spoons of cottage cheese or 12 g of low-calorie cheddar cheese;

One glass of the low-fat yogurt, one hard boiled egg or one chicken leg cooked on a grill, large portion of mixed salad, two crispbreads.

• Suppers: 250 g of chicken cooked on a grill (without a skin), large portion of the mixed salad or green vegetables.

Saturday, Sunday: you can densely eat two times within two days. Indulge yourself with pizza, karri, fried meat with any garnish.

The AQUARIUS (January, 21st – February, 18th)

Traps: you’re fan of sandwiches also adore their versions: with sausage, with cheese, with hepatic paste and necessarily filled with mayonnaise, a horse-radish or ketchup!

Your lacks: you have problems with urination, and that’s why your anklebones swell up. Forget for a while about exotic kinds of sports – quiet weekends spent outside the city are just enough for you.

Your diet: Drink more water to improve work of a bladder and try offered sandwich diet.

Choose for yourself four options of sandwiches per day – a sandwich prepare with two slices of bread with bran with one of the following fillings: 50 g of chicken or low-fat ham, 75 g of salty tuna, one banana of the average size, 25 g of low-calorie cheddar cheese, one slice of low-fat bacon cooked on grill with baked tomatoes, one egg, three table spoons of boiled string beans. As a garnish eat large portion of mixed salad from an unlimited set.

Now, when you have made the menu of four sandwiches, choose one option of dense snack from the offered list:

75 g of low-fat meat, little liquid gravy, 75 g of boiled potato, cabbage, carrots;

150 g fish, cooked on grill, 150 g of jacket potatoes, 2 tbs of corn, large portion of mixed salad;

Large piece of melon, 125 g of low-fat mutton, some gravy, green string beans, broccoli, one glass of low-fat yogurt.

Diet has its name thanks to a product which makes its basis.
Dietary or onion soup will allow you to lose 10-16 lbs by the end of the seventh day of diet. If weight loss effect is more than 14 lbs, take a break for two days before continuing diet.

6 onions of the average size, some tomatoes (canned ones are fine), 1 small cabbage, 2 green bell peppers, 1 bunch of celery, vegetable broth.

Cut vegetables onto small or average slices, fill in with water, add salt, pepper and spicy sauce (up to you). Bring to boil on high fire and keep on for 10 minutes, then reduce fire to low and cook ’till vegetables become soft.

During diet exclude alcoholic and aerated drinks, bread, any food with fat.

Schedule of diet:

1st day: soup and fruit, except bananas. Drink – unsweetened tea, coffee or water.
2nd day: soup and green vegetables (fresh or canned). Refrain from corn, green peas and beans. For a supper one baked potato with vegetable oil.
3rd day: soup, fruit and vegetables, but without potato.
4th day: soup, fruit and vegetables, including bananas and low-fat milk.
5th day: soup, beef and tomatoes.
6th day: soup, beef and vegetables (especially sheet ones).
7th day: soup, natural rice with vegetables, fruit juice.

This diet is offered by Baron Bartista in the book “Journey to force”.
Some information about Baron, he has organized one of yoga’s directions. This type of yoga is more athletic, classes usually take place in warm hall with temperature of 70+ F. The first 30 minutes of class going in fast temp: transforming from one pose to another. The next 30 minutes it basically an extension, exercises on balance, exercises on abs and 5 minutes of rest. During exercises people are sweat so much, but it is considered as a very good sign, because slags and toxins are leaving your body along with sweat.

Now let’s talk about diet. You will not even call that a diet, it’s more the way of life, where the preference is given to healthy food; half-finished products and canned food are excluded.

Ok, exclude caffeine, alcohol, sugar and dairy products for seven days, leave yogurt in ration.

First two days.
As you have woken up, drink glass of warm water with half of a lemon. You can add one tsp of honey to sweeten a little. This drink helps to wash out our digestive tract and will help to fresh breath.

Breakfast:
Fresh fruit, freshly made fruit juice, yogurt, strew fruit or yogurt with almonds a little. Drink as much tea, as you want (caffeine free).

The second breakfast:
One portion of protein products (chicken breast, soy, fish), steam cooked or baked in oven or boil without addition of oil. One portion of carbs, for example brown rice (50 g). Vegetable salad without restrictions on portions, eat salad as much, as you want. Add vinegar, lemon for taste. Make it your largest meal.

Snack:
Fresh fruit or vegetables.

Supper:
One portion of proteins, one portion of the carbs, one portion of salad. Try to diversify your food. For a dessert eat the fresh or baked fruit.

Day third, the fourth and the fifth.
These are unloading fruit days, it sounds certainly horrifying, but for two days on a moderate food we already have reduced the ration and feeling of hunger should not disturb us no more. You can eat as much fruit as you want. It is necessary to be inventive: make salad of different fruit or a cocktail from fresh made juice. Remember, that avocado and tomatoes are fruit too, therefore make salad or soup, for example tomato soup.

Day sixth and the seventh.
Repeat first two days of diet.

But after your diet has ended, it does not mean, that you can return to a chaotic food. Try to keep it low caloric.

The well-known American dietitian and naturopath Paul Bragg is one of the first people in the world, started to popularize healthy way of life and actively promote it in mass. His book “The Miracle of Fasting” became known practically in all corners of our planet. People continue to read his book to these days, and starvation method by Paul Bragg is the most popular way of weight loss.

Bragg asserted, that periodic improving starvation is necessary for making an integral part of life and perform such procedure at least once a week. Ideally he advises to starve within 7-10 days once in 3 months.

During the termination of receipt of food to organism, according to Paul Bragg, there is a shake-up going on that mobilizing latent human force. Starvation helps organism to develop protective reactions. Besides, given method essentially improves blood circulation as at empty stomach and intestines for blood circulation there are no obstacles. And blood is cleared at this time.

Duration of one-day starvation by Paul Bragg is exactly 24 hours, performing such procedure recommended from supper to supper. The dietitian recommends taking laxative in the evening or applying cleansing enema in the morning. Then make grassy tea. Mint, marjoram, camomile, parsley or any other plants that you like can be used in this tea mix. The main thing in starvation is that you can drink only water and herbal tea, no food allowed.

It is better to spend improving starvation when you have a day off so you can sleep and spend time properly. The aromatherapy which will help to relax and be charged as much as possible by positive energy all forthcoming week becomes excellent addition.

Well-known American actress Jessica Alba always is in the excellent form. As she said, the main secret of fine figure consists in the strict control over the size of portions. In spite of the fact that J. Alba has dinner at expensive restaurants, she manages to look more tremendous. Usually she simply eats half of portion.

There is one small secret: Jessica limits consumption of carbohydrates and practically does not eat flour and sweet. Though occasionally she indulges herself with desserts – but only when it is impossible to resist.

Basis of a diet of the actress: low-fat meat, vegetables, fruit, fat-free cottage cheese and wholegrain products.

The menu from Jessica Alba:

First breakfast: oatmeal flakes with berries. In especially active days prepare an omelet with 3-4 egg whites.

Second breakfast: salad with fresh vegetables and no more than 170 g of chicken breast or fish (tuna or salmon are fine).

Dinner: portion of sashimi or 170 g of low-fat meat, any vegetables and three boiled potatoes (red peel grades).

There is no supper in Jessica Alba’s diet, but within day have a bite of almonds or popcorn without oil and other additives.

Thus the actress tries to conduct an active way of life and spends lots of time in gym. Four times a week she trains on a racetrack, bicycle, performs exercises with weighting compounds, and also doing yoga. So during any diet do not forget about sports.

The diet is developed by the American ­ dietitians Rachel and Richard Heller and also known under name “diet for sweetlovers”. It is based on ­ gradual fading of thirst for carbohydrates, including to sweet­. Any «snacks» between ­ basic meals are forbidden, drink only regular or mineral water only. Duration of diet – 1 week, but can be unlimited.

The main principle: within day its’ authorized to have three high-grade food intakes. But two of them are constructed on consumption of low-calorie products (low-fat meat, fish, vegetables, dairy products). It is supposed,­ that emission of insulin thus decreases and the sensation of hunger becomes dull. In the third food intake ­ all other products are OK, but, as thirst for meal decreases (under the assumption of authors), consumption of high-calorific ­ food also will be much lower, than at usual way of life.

The approximate menu for first two meals:

Breakfast: buttermilk (1 glass), fruit salad (apple, tangerine, kiwi).

Dinner: fish broth with Brussels sprouts (200 g), boiled chicken breast (150 g) with stewed vegetables (300 g), natural plain yogurt (1 glass).