The 3 Day Diet is a
'crash diet', designed specifically for people who want
to lose large amounts of weight very fast. Exponents say
the 3 Day Diet is chemically and enzyme balanced, and if
followed to the letter, you can allegedly lose 10 pounds
in 3 days, hence the name.
While we here at www.supadiet.com have not tried this diet,
we would point out that medical opinion generally believes
that 'crash' diets, including the 3 day diet, can be dangerous.
Typically, research suggests that these 'faddy' diets encourage
a starve / binge cycle, which is not good for your general
health. Any diet offering more than 1 or 2 pounds a week loss
should generally be undertaken only under medical supervision,
because of the inherent dangers of rapid weight loss.
Another consideration is the need to keep the weight off
once you have lost it. Many followers of 'crash diets' find
that although they shed the pounds fast, they then pile even
more than they lost back on, because the fad diet is not sustainable
over long time periods. For steady weight control, you need
a regular balanced diet with all the essential vitamins, minerals
and proteins.
Anyway, having said that, the basis of the 3 Day Diet is
simple, ordinary foods commonly found in the kitchen. You
don't have to buy special diet meals, or eat foodstuffs you
normally wouldn't find tasty. No special expensive recipes
or ingredients are required. As the diet name suggests, used
for only 3 days at a time, the 3 Day Diet is very short term,
and lasts only 3 days. After that, you are supposed to return
to your normal diet (but without 'overeating' of course!)
for 4 days. This completes a full week, and then you start
again.
Unlike some crash diets, the 3 day Diet does not involve
starving yourself - you eat at normal times, and the meals
are 'normal' too. The theory behind the 3 day diet is that
by combining certain foods you can create a digestive reaction
that boosts your metabolism and helps you burn fat far faster
than normal. There is not really any scientific evidence for
this, although followers of the diet are adamant this is what
happens.
So lets take a look at some sample meals eaten on a 3 day
diet, courtesy of www.supadiet.com. Day 1, Breakfast. Start
with coffee (no sugar), 1 egg, half a grapefruit, and a piece
of toast. Lunch is a cup of tuna, together with a slice of
toast. Dinner consists of 3 ounces of chicken, a cup of green
beans or broccoli, half a cup of carrots and half a banana.
If you have a sweet tooth, you can treat yourself to half
a cup of regular vanilla ice cream. So, not too extreme, is
it? The downside is that such low amounts of food may leave
you feeling tired and listless.
On the second day, the menu is pretty similar. Breakfast,
an Egg (boiled, scrambled, omlette), half a banana, 1 piece
of toast. Lunch, 1 cup of cottage cheese, 8 regular crackers
(or 1 slice toast if you prefer). Dinner, 3 oz lean red meat,
1 cup of cabbage, half a cup of carrots, half a banana, and
half a cup of plain ice cream as a treat.
On the 3rd day, breakfast is 5 regular crackers with 1 oz
of cheddar cheese and an apple. For lunch, you can have a
boiled egg with a slice of toast and tea or coffee (no sugar).
The main meal of the evening is a cup of cottage cheese, half
a cup of carrots, half a cup of cauliflower, and half a melon.
As usual, you can treat yourself to half a cup of vanilla
ice-cream if you like.
You are probably getting an idea now for the ingredients
and recipes you should be working with, and you don't need
much imagination to construct your own 3 day menus. Good luck
with it!
About The Author
Helen Laxton writes articles evaluating diets for www.supadiet.com
the web's best free diet site.
