Dr. Simon Horvat weight loss plan
The diet is developed by Slovenian dietitian Dr. Simon Horvat. Weight loss process goes gradually to achieve more stable result. The diet is calculated for week and allows to lose anywhere from 6 to 10 lbs.
Recommended products in Dr. Simon Horvat diet:
Low-fat meat and meat products (ham, sausage); Low-fat fish; Low-fat milk and dairy products; Vegetables and fruit; Eggs, crackers; Tea, coffee, fruit juice, mineral water; Sugar substitute.
The approximate menu for a week:
1 day
Breakfast: soft-boiled egg, tea or black coffee with sugar substitute, cracker.
Lunch: 100 g apples.
Dinner: 130 g fast boiled beef, 100 g boiled potato with salt (without fat), 200 g salad with crude vegetables, black coffee with sugar substitute, mineral water.
Snack: tea with sugar substitute, 100 g fruit.
Supper: 80 g fast ham, egg, 100 g vegetables, 10 g butter, juice.
2 day
Breakfast: glass of tea with sugar substitute, cracker.
Lunch: 200 g carrot salad.
Dinner: 50 g stewed beef, 150 g melons, 100 g potato and mineral water.
Snack: coffee with milk (100 g) and sugar substitute.
Supper: 150 g baked fish fillet, 150 g spinach, mineral water.
3 day
Breakfast: 30 g ham, 20 g crackers, tea with sugar substitute.
Lunch: 150 g grapefruit.
Dinner: 150 g meat with carrots and potato (200 g).
Snack: glass of tomato juice.
Supper: potato (100 g) with cottage cheese (50 g), mineral water.
4 day
Breakfast: 50 g cheese, 30 g bread, glass of tea with sugar substitute.
Lunch: 150 g oranges.
Dinner: 150 g chicken, 100 g potato, 150 g cucumber salad.
Snack: 150 g apples.
Supper: egg omelet with ham (2 eggs, 30 g ham), 150 g salad with tomatoes, juice.
5 day
Breakfast: 100 g cottage cheese, 30 g bread, glass of tea with sugar substitute.
Lunch: 100 g berries or fruit.
Dinner: 150 g boiled meat, 100 g potato, glass of fruit punch.
Snack: glass of milk.
Supper: vegetable salad, juice or mineral water.
6 day
Breakfast: water-melon or apples.
Lunch: 200 g carrot salad.
Dinner: 100 g veal with sauce, 100 g potato, 50 g cabbage salad.
Snack: 50 g radish.
Supper: mushrooms (100 g) with egg, cucumber salad, mineral water.
7 day
Breakfast: 50 g cottage cheese, 20 g crackers, glass of tea with sugar substitute.
Lunch: glass of milk.
Dinner: 150 g fried pork, 100 g potato, 100 g any vegetables.
Snack: coffee with milk (100 g +100 g), 200 g stewed string beans, mineral water.
Supper: glass of milk with cookies.
His work is very relevant to the theme of ‘Nutrition and Health’ since his main research activity in the last 10 years has been the genetic dissection and characterisation of growth- and obesity-related traits, also examining diet-induced obesity phenomenon and associated metabolic syndrome. His groups recent research activities have shifted to nutrigenomics research and his current national grant project is entitled ‘Preventive effects of antioxidnats on the development of hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis in the poligenic mouse model of obesity’. This project is focused on examining how diet components or food additives affect health or traits (especially obesity) by altering the expression and structure of the genome.
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