Detox diet to lose three kilos in a week

Lose three kilos in a week

Our nutritionist has prepared a detox diet to lose 3 kilos in a week downloadable free in pdf and jpg. You will find it together with the weekly menu at the end of the article. But first we want to tell you the guidelines you have to follow to diet and achieve your goal of losing weight.

Here is everything you need to know so that your diet really helps your liver and kidneys to work better, and you can regain regularity and feel light and deflated. And, as you will see, it is not just about eating vegetables …

Avoid the processed

Do you know that the one who cleans the cleanest is not the cleanest but the one who dirties the least? Well, apply it to food. It is useless to take a purifying tea after eating ultra-processed products (cold cuts, sausages, industrial juices, cookies, breakfast cereals, precooked …) full of "bad" fats, sugars, preservatives, additives, etc.

What to do? The nutritionist and CLARA collaborator Carlos Ríos recommends consuming only "real" foods, such as vegetables, fruit, legumes, meat, fish … Find out which are healthy processed foods and bad ultra-processed foods.

Breakfast without cold cuts

Sausages are processed rich in bad fats and salt. If you are used to having sweet ham or chorizo for breakfast, change the chip.

Healthy alternatives. There are countless healthy breakfasts without cold cuts: eggs in a thousand versions, tuna or sardines minis, toast with guacamole, etc. Or homemade cakes and muffins with no (or little) sugar.

Eat lots of vegetables

Vegetables are full of water and fiber. Half of the plate of your main meals should be vegetables and, in addition, put it in as many places as you can (sandwiches, juices …).

Choose well. Bet on vegetables with a bitter taste (endives, artichokes …), because they stimulate the release of bile by the liver. And those rich in sulfur (onion, radish) thin the bile. Also the richest in potassium, because they help combat retention (celery, asparagus, cucumbers, chard, spinach, lettuce …).

Yes to light proteins

If you know how to choose them … proteins also purify. It is a mistake to think that all you purify is spending a day drinking fruit or vegetable broth. Proteins form enzymes that help clean the liver.

To lose weight, choose the lightest ones, such as fish or lean meat, legumes or tofu.

Bet on integral carbohydrates

You need fiber from carbohydrates. Whole grain rice, bread, or pasta are high in fiber, as well as helping you feel full.

You must include them in your meals in garnish rations, to be able to lose weight without starving and without constipation.

Ally yourself with the stir-fries

Who was going to tell us that adding onion and garlic to the oil would help eliminate heavy metals, pesticide residues and the pollution produced by cars from the body.

They are very rich in an enzyme (n-acetylcysteine) that is the precursor of glutathione, an antioxidant with this detox action.

Dairy does purify

Get rid of myths: dairy does not "mess." On the contrary, a diet rich in calcium stimulates the mechanisms that eliminate fats. If you don't have intolerance, don't avoid them.

And better fermented. Yogurt or kefir help feed the "good" bacteria of the intestinal microbiota, allied to lose weight.

Detox shakes

The keys to making a shake truly detox are:

More vegetables than fruit. The proportion must be clearly favorable to the vegetables. The fruit is included only to enhance the taste.
Essential accessories. Add lemon juice or ginger or mint root, etc. It also improves the flavor and makes it more palatable.
Reduce with water and ice. Even if you make the smoothie with vegetable drinks or yogurt, reduce it by blending with water or ice.

Here are 8 recipes for detox shakes to cleanse and lose weight.

We know: detox diets are criticized a lot because it is argued - and with good reason, we do not say no - that the body already has its mechanisms to purify itself through the liver, kidneys or skin, and that if we really need a detoxification We would have to be hospitalized because it is not something that can be cured by taking more liquids and more vegetables or a few smoothies.

Why do this detox diet?

If we are aware of this, why do we propose it? Because we also know that it is a way of speaking. It is true that if you have been eating poorly for a while, doing little sport or going very stressed, you need to reorder your diet and your habits to end bloating, constipation, extra kilos and other discomforts. This is what we propose to you with this diet, and that is why we call it detox. We are going to give you the keys so that your diet really helps your liver and kidneys to work better, that helps you regain regularity and feel light and deflated. And although vegetables are very important - some more than others - they are not the only thing you should take into account, because you should also eat protein or flour, but not just any or in any quantity.

Do you need the detox diet?

If you notice some of these symptoms, you probably need this "help":

Kilos of more. They can be accompanied by digestive discomfort, gas …
Swelling. Look at your hands and ankles in the late afternoon to see if you have it.
Constipation. Your regularity has been affected and you have trouble going to the bathroom.
Fatigue. You feel tired when you get up despite having been in bed for your hours.
Sleeping problems. You may also have trouble sleeping well, falling asleep, or staying asleep.
Headache. It is not a very intense headache, but it is very persistent …
Skin problems You can have pimples, a dull complexion, see dark circles …

Detox menu

Breakfast. Yogurt with fruit; or hard-boiled or soft-boiled egg and toast; or a mini of tuna or sardines or with hummus, guacamole …
Midmorning. Detox shake.
Before eating. A glass of unsalted vegetable broth.
Food. Vegetable salad and vegetables; and meat (chicken, turkey, rabbit) or fish (steamed, oven, iron); garnish bread, rice, legume or pasta; purifying infusion.
Mid afternoon. A piece of fruit or a yogurt.
Before dinner. A glass of unsalted vegetable broth.
Dinner. Vegetables cream; fish, tofu or egg and a natural yogurt sweetened with cinnamon.