- Soup Diet Menu
- Pumpkin Cream Chicken Recipe
- Soup recipe: lunch and dinner
- What to eat for snacks
- Advantages and care
- Contraindications
The soup diet is based on consuming light, low-calorie foods throughout the day, including vegetable soup and lean meats like chicken and fish for lunch and dinner, and fruits, yogurts and teas throughout the day, in addition to you need to drink enough water.
This diet was created to be used by patients at the Heart Institute of São Paulo, who needed to lose weight before having heart surgery. Due to its success for weight loss, it became known as Soup Day at Hospital do Coração.
Soup Diet Menu
The following table shows an example of a 3-day soup diet menu:
| Meal | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 |
| Breakfast | 1 cup of bone broth + 1 pear | 1 whole natural yogurt + 5 strawberries or 2 kiwis | 2 scrambled eggs with ricotta cream or Minas cheese |
| Morning snack | 1 cup unsweetened chamomile tea | 1 glass of lemon juice + 20 peanuts | 1 glass of green juice |
| Lunch dinner | pumpkin cream with chicken | tomato soup with ground beef | vegetable soup with tuna (use carrots, green beans, zucchini and cabbage, for example) |
| Afternoon snack | 1 medium slice of watermelon + 10 cashew nuts | 2 slices of diced cheese with cherry tomatoes, olive oil and oregano | 1 whole natural yogurt + 1 tablespoon of grated coconut |
Bone broth is a very nutritious and calorie-free soup that is rich in collagen, potassium, calcium and magnesium and can be consumed 1 to 2 times a day to enrich the diet. Here's how to make the bone broth.
Pumpkin Cream Chicken Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1/2 pumpkin pumpkin 500 g of diced chicken breast1 small onion, chopped1 liter of boiling water1 box of sour cream (optional) Garlic, pepper, onion, salt, parsley and chives to tasteOil to sauté
Method of preparation:
Season the chicken using a little salt, lemon and aromatic herbs and vegetables such as garlic, onion, parsley, rosemary, chives and pepper. Let it rest for at least 1 hour for the chicken to absorb the flavor. Cut the pumpkin into large cubes and place in a pan, adding boiling water only until the pumpkin cubes are lightly covered, allowing to cook for about 5 to 10 minutes so that it is still firm. Beat the pumpkin while still hot with the water from your cooking in the blender or with the mixer.
In another pan, sauté the onion in olive oil and add the chicken cubes, allowing them to brown. Then add boiling water little by little, until the chicken is well cooked and soft. Add the beaten pumpkin cream and correct the salt and pepper to taste, boiling for about 5 to 10 minutes over low heat. If desired, add the cream to make the preparation more creamy.
Soup recipe: lunch and dinner
It is possible to vary the vegetables used in this soup, always remembering to avoid the use of potatoes, manioc and yams, and you can also exchange the meat for chicken or fish.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 zucchini2 carrots1 cups of chopped green beans1 chopped tomatoes500g of lean ground beef1 chopped onion1 packet of green scent 1 packet of celery or celery2 clove of garlicPinch of salt and pepper to sauté
Method of preparation:
Season the meat with salt, garlic and pepper. Wash the vegetables well and cut into cubes. Sauté the onion in oil and add the ground meat, letting it brown. Add the vegetables to the pan and cover everything with boiling water. Add the seasonings to taste and cook on low heat until the meat is tender and the vegetables are cooked. See other recipes for soups to lose weight.
What to eat for snacks
For snacks, the recommendation is to consume only 1 fruit or 1 whole natural yogurt or 1 glass of unsweetened natural juice, and you can also have teas and eat vegetable sticks with guacamole throughout the day, for example.
In addition, you can also use eggs and cheese in snacks, which are foods that increase satiety and add good quality proteins to the diet.
Advantages and care
The main advantages of the soup diet are to help you lose weight quickly, fight fluid retention and detoxify the body. In addition, it also improves intestinal transit because it is rich in fiber and gives satiety, helping to control hunger.
However, it must be done together with nutritional monitoring, as each person needs different calories and nutrients to maintain health and prevent disease. Reduce the calories and nutritional quality of the diet a lot by causing problems such as dizziness, loss of muscle mass and weakened immune system. After the soup diet, see what to do to continue losing weight well and in a healthy way.
Contraindications
The soup diet is contraindicated for pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with a tendency to hypoglycemia and the elderly. In addition, during the 7 days of the diet it is also not recommended to practice physical exercises that require a lot of effort, being allowed to practice only light activities such as walking.
