Recently, a new milk-based diet has become increasingly popular. The reason is simple - to lose weight on milk can be quickly and fairly simply, it is enough just once a week to arrange a fasting day, during which only this product and water is consumed.
The Benefits of Milk
What is good about milk? Tannin, contained in tea, simplifies the assimilation of milk fats and protects the mucosa from the effects of milk fermentation products, so that even people suffering from diseases of the gastrointestinal tract can drink milk. At the same time, milk neutralizes the negative effect of caffeine, in addition, it makes the drink more nutritious and reduces the feeling of hunger.
Diet "milk" allows you to get rid of excess fluid in the body due to the diuretic effect, it is also useful for problems with the kidneys and the cardiovascular system.
Milk: Harm
The use of milk does not give any side effects and is absolutely harmless with proper use. It is enough not to try fanatically to replace a full-fledged food with this drink. Milk tea is not recommended only to those people who do not digest dairy products or suffer from an individual intolerance to the drink.
How to cook milk?
To prepare the drink you can use both black and green tea, choose to your taste. But milk is desirable to buy low fat content (no more than 1,5-2,5%). All is very simple, pour 1 or 1.5 liters of milk into the pan and bring it to the boil (control the process, otherwise it will take half a day to wash the plate), then add about three tablespoons of tea and let the drink brew for 25 minutes. To improve the taste, you can add some honey. Store the product preferably in a refrigerator, in a container without a tightly closed lid, otherwise it may deteriorate.
You can use a simpler recipe. In a warm mug, pour a little milk and add the finished tea brew in a ratio of 1: 2 (the proportions are not strict, follow your taste).
You can buy tea with various fruit and berry additives, with bergamot, lemon, cinnamon, etc. Perfectly suitable and such herbs like mint and lemon balm. Experiment with different flavors, then you will not get tired of the drink, and the diet will flow much easier. You can add teas with additional beneficial properties. For example, Puer contributes to lowering cholesterol in the body.
How to drink milk?
It is advisable to drink milk for weight loss during the fasting days and it is not recommended to arrange them more often once a week or more than a day. Then you will get maximum effect. Drink one cup of the drink every 2 hours to mute the feeling of hunger.
In addition to milking on this day, you need to drink water, but only non-carbonated,
On some people, green tea acts as a stimulant, gives energy and does not allow to fall asleep at night. In this case, it is better to replace it and give preference to chicory, herbal tea and other soothing options.
If your main goal is to lose weight, you can increase the effect by limiting caloric intake in the next 2-3 days after unloading to 1200-1500 kcal. Caloric content of milk is about 52 kcal per 100 grams (if milk is used with a fat content of 2.5%).
In addition to full-fledged fasting days, you can arrange partial, replacing lunch and dinner with milk.