DIET LEMON BACK!

A book advocating lemon diet to detoxify the body was released a few years ago. Fortunately it was believed fell into oblivion, but now he resurfaces on the net, promising "of pounds lighter." Attention danger!

Principle of lemon diet

The lemon diet is generally held in over a week.

One should drink every morning, lemon juice with warm water, half an hour before breakfast. Sometimes  in the morning, as a snack and as the evening two hours before bed.

It should also systematically watering meats, fish, salads one or two teaspoons of lemon juice.

The first day is a day of detox, fruit, vegetables and grilled fish, but only at dinner.

In the following days, the menus are shown accurately.

They include lots of vegetables and fruits, almonds (or sunflower seeds or peanuts), time oatmeal to time, some wholemeal bread, a little dairy and chicken or fish or eggs only at dinner but not always.

Results lemon diet

All menus lemon diet is low in calories.

It is obvious that one loses weight, but not because of lemon!

The positive side of this lemon diet is that it focuses on vegetables.

There are at every meal (sometimes even for breakfast). If we did not have the habit of consuming enough, it's a good way to put it.

Lemon, a new miracle fruit?

Lemon is rich in vitamin C, that's true. But the authors of the lemon diet, it contributes to the loss of extra pounds.

Many actions of vitamin C in the body:

it is involved in several metabolic pathways, including that of lipids,

it activates neurotransmitters,

it plays a role in immune function, is a powerful antioxidant.

But it has not yet determined its potential role in weight loss, if any.

Still according to the authors of the lemon diet, the juice of this fruit slows the spread of blood sugar.

We find this statement (without any scientific proof, of course) from the pen or keyboard various authors advocating health naturally. According to them, grapefruit would have the same effect. And also the vinegar!

The myth of acidity that dissolves grease

It is an idea rooted in decades: what is acid - lemon, grapefruit, vinegar - has the power to dissolve body fat. And there are countless unhappy that have ravaged the stomach by drinking vinegar in the hope of losing weight.

Vinegar and lemon juice are excellent household cleaners, the first being more convenient to use and returning cheaper. They are moreover part of the products that do not pollute.

But the human body, it is not a toilet bowl calcified or a clogged furnace or a stained couch! This is a phenomenal living machine, incredibly complex. And fats that the dress, which sometimes provide it with energy are the subject of a horribly complicated metabolism dependent enzymes, hormones, neurotransmitters, genes and which are not yet known all the mysteries.

Lemon and digestion

The authors of the lemon diet emphasize the principle that poor digestion promotes weight gain. This poor digestion manifesting helm movements in the day, mood swings, sometimes morale in the socks, dull or acne-prone skin, frequent intestinal disorders.

Lemon promoting digestion, its juice arrange all this and so, since we began to digest, you lose weight.

Whether you suffer from digestive problems when too much weight is common. Because we eat too much, too fat, too fast. But it is the excess food that is causing the extra pounds, and not the difficulties that we may have to digest.

As for the lemon to aid digestion ... We have a stomach that secretes nice amounts of hydrochloric acid. This splits the proteins, not bad destroys microorganisms, allows the transformation of the iron so that it is well absorbed.

The acidity of the lemon juice (or vinegar) may be useful when the secretion of hydrochloric acid is insufficient. But few are enough cases. This is contrary to the contrary, too much hydrochloric acid, which is common and the source of heartburn.

Lemon for fun

Lemon, the juice and zest are essential in our diet and cooking.

On shells, few drops of lemon juice can test their vitality: they shrink under the effect of its acidity.

Lemon juice runs tastes, be it fish, meat, vegetables or fruit: it gives them a note of welcome acidity.

In many dishes, sauces, cakes, biscuits, pastries, lemon is an important element.

In a vinaigrette, lemon juice replaces happily sour.

Drink a lemon, diluted with water, more or less sweet, it's a joy.

A washer (or a few drops) of lemon in a cup of tea, it's delicious.

A lime sorbet, what better way to excite the taste buds?