Zucchini diet refers to low-calorie diets. On it you can throw up to two and a half kilograms per week. Squash diet lasts from seven to thirty days.

Zucchini is a real storehouse of useful substances, and their use as a dietary product favorably affects the metabolism in the body.

Zucchini includes a lot of potassium and magnesium, iron and vitamin complexes. In addition, zucchini perfectly removes excess fluid from the body, contribute to the elimination of cellulite deposits. Zucchini is prescribed for food to people suffering from diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, diabetes mellitus, with cardiovascular diseases, and diseases of the gall bladder and liver. In diseases of the cardiovascular system, zucchini is especially useful because it contains compounds of magnesium and potassium. In other words, a squash diet is an ideal way to lose weight without harming your health. I must say that many legendary celebrity people keep themselves in shape precisely thanks to the squash diet – French actresses Catherine Deneuve and Sophia Loren, Margaret Thatcher and Alain Delon.

Principles of squash diet:

– for zucchini diet, you should try to use vegetables that have a dark green color;

– when cooking diet dishes from zucchini, they do not need to be cleaned, since the peel of the zucchini is rich in a large amount of nutrients;

– in addition to zucchini on a zucchini diet, you should definitely eat other vegetables combined with zucchini;

– In addition to zucchini, it is necessary to eat protein-rich foods, chicken and fish are especially welcome;

– during the squash diet, sugar and sweets, bakery products and buns, smoked meats and spices, and alcohol should be excluded from the diet.

The first option squash diet for one day

Main breakfast:

Zucchini stewed in the oven – 300 g, other vegetables – 100 g, a cup of unsweetened green tea.

Lunch:

One fresh apple, a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice or mineral water without gas.

Dinner:

Baked zucchini in the oven – 200g, boiled meat or chicken – 300g, one kiwi, a cup of unsweetened green tea.

Snack:

Stewed zucchini – 200 g, a salad of fresh cabbage and carrots – 200 g, a cup of freshly squeezed apple juice.

Dinner:

Soaked prunes – 150g, one apple, a cup of freshly squeezed apple juice or unsweetened green tea.

The second option squash diet for one day:

Main breakfast:

Fresh apple and cabbage salad – 200g, a cup of unsweetened green tea.

Lunch:

Braised zucchini – 250g, two tangerines or one orange, a cup of freshly squeezed tomato juice or mineral water without gas.

Dinner:

Baked zucchini – 150 g, boiled fish – 200 g, one apple, a cup of unsweetened green tea.

Snack:

One apple, soaked raisins – 150 g, a cup of freshly squeezed orange juice or water without gas.

Dinner:

Stewed zucchini – 250g, other vegetables – 150g, a cup of unsweetened green tea.

Zucchini with milk and rice

You need to take ½ medium-sized zucchini, 100 grams of rice, half a liter of milk, fresh carrots, beets, onions, parsley and dill, salt to taste.

Do not peel the zucchini and cut into small strips, grate the carrots and beets or grind them with a blender, chop the onions in half rings and wash the rice grains. Put ½ chopped vegetables in a saucepan, cover with rice, then put the remaining vegetables. Pour the dish with hot salted water, boil and leave on low heat for six minutes. After that, carefully pour the dish with milk. Remove the pan from the stove, let stand a little and can be served to the table, after sprinkling with herbs.