Nowadays, the industrial diet is filled with sugar. This substance qualified by health professionals as "poison", seduced by its pleasant taste and makes consumers easily addicted. According to Dr. Robert Lustig, sugar promotes the appearance of many diseases.
According to the WHO, an individual who consumes 2,000 calories a day is entitled to a daily intake of about 25 grams of sugar. But the statistics show that these recommendations are far from being put into practice.
The harmful effects of sugar
Sugar has many adverse effects and can cause brain disturbances. Its pleasant taste can make people addicted to its flavor without them realizing it. The sugar activates the reward system in the brain and breeds repetitive sugar cravings. In addition, regular consumption of sugary foods promotes stress, depression, memory loss and can be translated in the long term by Alzeimer's disease. In addition to these symptoms, sugar can lead to obesity, diabetes and can affect vital organs leading to the development of certain cancers.
It is therefore essential to take radical measures to control your consumption of sugars.
Today, we offer you a 21-day diet from Dr. Robert Lustig, a professor at the University of California, to cleanse your body thoroughly and detoxify you from sugar. It is worth remembering that all the ingredients in this diet must come from organic farming.
Typical week of detox:
1st day
- Breakfast: Two scrambled eggs with steamed tomatoes and spinach
- Snack: A fruit pomegranate
- Lunch: Brown rice with a fillet of white fish in the oven
- Dinner: A chicken cutlet with peppers and onions
2nd day
- Breakfast: Two bananas and a Greek yogurt
- Snack: A cup of melons
- Lunch: A chicken salad and an apple
- Dinner: Vegetable sautéed with broccoli, onions, zucchini, peppers and carrots
3rd day
- Breakfast: A fruit salad with an orange, three kiwis and a banana
- Snack: Two kiwis
- Lunch: A tomato soup and a vegetable salad
- Dinner: Steamed chicken breast with green vegetables.
4th day
- Breakfast: An omelette with asparagus and tomatoes
- Snack: A grapefruit
- Lunch: Quinoa with a half avocado and tomatoes
- Dinner: Turkey Fillet and Steamed Broccoli.
5th day
- Breakfast: Oatmeal with almond milk, honey and some strawberries
- Snack: Ten unsalted grilled almonds
- Lunch: A mushroom soup with a chicken cutlet
- Dinner: A fillet of fish and a sweet potato in the oven
6th day
- Breakfast: Two slices of wholemeal bread with goat cheese and cucumbers
- Snack: Two tangerines
- Lunch: A salad of green beans and a banana
- Dinner: A chicken fillet baked with goat cheese and asparagus.
7th day
- Breakfast: Two hard boiled eggs, ten unsalted toasted almonds and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice
- Snack: Two pears
- Lunch: A chicken cutlet and grilled broccoli with some miniature carrots
- Dinner: A broccoli soup with steamed vegetables.
To avoid consuming the same ingredients over the remaining weeks, you can vary the vegetables and fruits or replace the chicken escalope with kebabs, for example, to change.
To permanently detoxify sugar, it is essential to put into practice a healthy routine:
- Drink plenty of water: your body needs to be hydrated daily. It is recommended to drink 1.5 to 2 liters of water a day. In addition, water increases the volume of the bolus in the stomach, so you are less hungry and you reduce the amount of food absorbed during the day
- Do regular physical activity: To be healthy, exercise regularly. Physical activity has many benefits for both your physical health and your mental health. In addition, if you are used to eating under stress, sport is a great way to get rid of the daily pressure.
Advice
Before starting any diet, it is advisable that you consult your doctor or a specialist of the dietetics, so that you are sure that it corresponds to you according to your state of health.
