The diet for weight loss: Pumpkin

The diet of pumpkin is a dietary regimen that is if you want to lose weight fast. Pumpkins, in fact, belong to the genus Cucurbita that botanists include in the Cucurbitaceae family, are low in calories ), contain fiber, satiating, they regulate intestinal function and fight water retention. This type of diet, therefore, allows you to lose up to 8 kg in two weeks, providing many essential body substances such as pro-vitamin A, vitamin E and vitamin C and B vitamins The pumpkin also contains also vitamin T, which speeds up metabolism and vitamin K, which helps blood to clot and is rich in trace elements and minerals.

Rules to follow and tips

To follow the best diet of pumpkin you must observe certain rules that allow to invalidate the results promised by optimizing the nutritional, beneficial and therapeutic properties of this vegetable. First they need to limit the use of salt, the consumption of which in Italy is exaggerated, and that of sugar. E 'need to drink every day at least two liters of mineral water, tea and non-carbonated drinks and unsweetened. It 'very important, too, that the pumpkin is fresh at the time of purchase, ripe and firm. To understand just tap over by hand and check that the sound is muffled. These vegetables should be stored in a dark, cool and dry. The raw pieces, cut and polished, can be stored in the refrigerator in the compartment of vegetables wrapped in transparent paper. Here the one-week diet.

Monday

Breakfast: a jar of yogurt and two slices wholemeal bread with jam

Lunch: 60 grams of rice or whole wheat pasta with pumpkin and 100 grams of spinach

Dinner: Onion soup (50 grams), pumpkin (100 g) and potatoes (50 g); 150 grams of octopus or cod accompanied by vegetables of your choice

Tuesday

Breakfast: 200 ml of skim milk, coffee and 3 wholemeal biscuits

Lunch: 50 grams of pasta with chickpeas and pumpkin, a boiled egg, accompanied by vegetables of your choice

Dinner: soup of mixed vegetables with pumpkin, 150 grams of grilled chicken breast and salad

Wednesday

Breakfast: a jar of yogurt (125 grams), 30 grams of whole grains and coffee

Lunch: soup o (50 g), lentils (2 tablespoons), 200 g pumpkin, carrot, rosemary, parsley, 30 grams of bread

Dinner: 60 grams of pumpkin risotto and saffron, 150 grams of shrimp and mixed salad

Thursday

Breakfast: 200 ml of skim milk, coffee and 3 wholemeal biscuits

Lunch: 70 grams of wheat dough with 100 grams of fresh peas, 250 grams of steamed pumpkin

Dinner: 180 grams of lean meat, 250 grams of boiled pumpkin and a small bowl of fruit

Friday

Breakfast: 200 ml of skim milk with barley and 50 grams of empty integral brioche

Lunch: swordfish carpaccio with lemon, 250 grams of cooked diced squash in foil and 30 grams of whole grain bread

Dinner: a grilled chicken steak, pumpkin steamed or boiled 

Saturday

Breakfast: 200 ml of skim milk with 40 grams of muesli

Lunch: 130 grams of turkey breast and 250 grams of boiled pumpkin

Dinner: 60 grams of rice with fresh green peas, mixed salad with tuna in water and 250 grams of cooked diced squash in foil 

Sunday

Breakfast: 200 ml of skim milk and a handful of cornflakes

Lunch: 70 gr whole wheat pasta with tomato sauce and a salad of beans (70 grams beans + 100 g peas)

Dinner: 150 gr octopus, 250 grams of cooked diced squash in foil and a small cup of blueberries