What Are the Benefits of Oatmeal Diet?

Oatmeal diets have proven to be one of the most effective ways to lose weight. Although dietitians argue that nonbalanced diets may do harm to our health, oatmeal diets are rather short-term and involve extremely useful product, so they won’t cause harm to your health.

Oatmeal is a good source of antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals that our organism needs every day. It also gives us protein, iron, and nutrients beneficial for heart and blood health. Oatmeal may help to lower cholesterol level and to prevent some types of cancer. It is low in fats and rich in fiber, which is essential for effective weight loss.

Let’s consider several variants of oatmeal diets.

Traditional oatmeal diet

The most traditional oatmeal diet involves eating nothing but oatmeal and should last no longer that for one week. It is very important to ensure that you intake 1000-1200 calories per day. Some milder variants of this diet allow taking fruit during a day. It is especially recommended to eat apples, pears and citruses, while bananas and grape should be avoided.

You should take plenty of water, but at least one hour after the meal. Note that the porridge should be boiled without salt, sugar or butter.

With this diet you can lose up to seven kilos in one week. If you want to keep such diet longer that one week you should add other products, namely skim milk and kefir, dried fruit, and berries.

Long-term oatmeal diet

There is also a long-term oatmeal diet, which will be perfect for those who are ready to change their lifestyle for a long period. During two months you can lose about 10-12 kilos. The diet consists of several stages:

During the first weak you should eat nothing but oatmeal. The recommended amount is 0,5 cup of oatmeal three to five times a day. The oatmeal should be made without salt, sugar, or butter, bit you may combine it with skin milk. You should intake 900-1200 calories per day.
During the next thirty days the amount of calories should be slightly increased to 1000-1200 calories per day. You should add to oatmeal porridge 0,5 cup of fruit in the morning and 0,5 cup of raw vegetables for lunch.
During the next thirty days you can return to your normal diet but you should continue taking one meal of oatmeal per day. It is recommended to limit fats consumption during this period.

Egg and oatmeal diet

One more effective diet involves intake of oatmeal and eggs and lasts for one week. During the diet you can lose about 5 kilos. You daily diet plan should be as follows:

Breakfast: oatmeal porridge and 1 boiled egg;
Lunch: oatmeal porridge and 2 boiled eggs;
Dinner: oatmeal porridge.

Although oatmeal diets are highly effective, they should not be repeated more often that once in six months.

*The result may be different in each individual case.