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Traffic Light Diet

Traffic-light-dietTraffic light diet is one of the most exciting and fashionable diet in Europe today. It compares favorably to all the above and based on the separation of products by color.

With which color to start? Yellow Day Diet.

This color – a source of heat and power, since ancient times it was considered a symbol of fertility. Nutritionists refer to the products are yellow with a special reverence. Because fiber-rich whole grains cereals provide an excellent work of the digestive system. For a meal fit with a yellowish tint flour and pasta, which is made from dough, mixed with the flour, meal durum wheat. In this, perhaps, is the secret of slim waists Italian signor, that day and could not live without a plate of pasta.

The same color scheme in favor is the family of legumes, known as a source of vegetable protein, vitamins and minerals. Permission is granted to use scrambled eggs, bananas, melons, potatoes (or a dish out of it) and all the other “sunny” vegetables and fruits. By the way, those who were born under the signs Taurus, Leo, Libra and Virgo, it should come to the “yellow day” very seriously.

Yellow Day Diet Menu:

Breakfast: 2 pieces of wholemeal bread + butter + honey, 1 / 2 yellow grapefruit. Coffee, tea, mineral water.

11:00: muesli bars.

Dinner: a plate of fried mushrooms + 5 g butter. Rice pudding with peaches. A baked trout.

Dinner: salad of corn with pine nuts. Chicken leg quarter, baked on the grill. 100 g of millet porridge. A baked apple.

If you do not like products with high fiber content, you can replace corn potatoes and macaroni.

Green Day Diet.

In the Middle Ages this color was considered the color of youth and riches, but in recent years, it is strongly associated with the products of “bio”. Scientists claim that the products of this color contains a large amount of useful ingredients that can improve the cardiovascular system.

Eat greens, cucumbers, peas, asparagus, zucchini, cabbage (sea kale) – both individually and in salads. Use actively and appropriate fruits: kiwi, green apples, gooseberries and more. Especially recommended products of this color of Capricorn, Pisces and cancers.

Green Day Diet Menu:

Breakfast: 1 or 2 crackers, 25 g cheese, 100 g of green grapes. Tea, coffee and mineral water.

11:00: cucumber cocktail glass with mint.

Dinner: a plate of green asparagus + 1 tbsp. l. olive oil. Salad of green lentils + 5 g butter, 2 kiwi.

Dinner: salad of zucchini + vinegar + 1 tablespoon. of vegetable oil + 25 g cheese. Pork chop dish + broccoli. Salad of green apple with mint.

Red Day Diet.

The red color was considered a symbol for strength and energy. The products of this color effect on the circulatory system and increase the energy potential of man. The products contain the substance in red, which protects our organism from many diseases. Particularly rich in them tomatoes, watermelon and red grapefruit.

Eat shrimp, salmon, beet and carrot burgers, red beans and eggplant. For dessert fit cherries, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, red and black currants and other ruddy berries and fruits, as well as jellies, the butter, juices and fruit drinks of them. Organize a “red day” should be no more than once a week. An exception may be done only by those who were born under the signs of Aries, Gemini, Scorpio and Sagittarius. For them the products of this color are very important.

Red Day Diet Menu:

Breakfast: 200 g strawberries, 4 slices of smoked meat. Tea, coffee and mineral water.

11:00: a glass of tomato juice.

Dinner: 100 g salad of beets, 2 baked tomato, 1 glass of wine.

Dinner: 100 g roast tuna dish ragout of red vegetables (peppers, tomatoes, eggplant) + 5 g of olive oil. Red berries.

In conclusion, I would say that the main thing in this diet – is not to violate the specified color sequence. Nutritionists recommend regular portions, and supplements are not encouraged.

Traffic light diet” – a trouble-free and painless way to healing the body, getting rid of extra pounds (you may lose 1-2 pounds per week). To create the full effect, dishes, tablecloth, napkins and candles were also encouraged to select a tone. There is a double benefit: you get both an aesthetic pleasure, and supply the body with all necessary useful substances.

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