Minestrone Diet Example

Premise

The following indications are for information purposes EXCLUSIVELY and are not intended to replace the opinion of professional figures such as doctor, nutritionist or dietician, whose intervention is necessary for the prescription and composition of CUSTOMIZED food therapies.

Minestrone Diet

The minestrone diet is NOT a balanced or sustainable diet.

The minestrone diet is a slimming scheme that does NOT include calorie counting.

Coined in America by a doctor from the Sacred Memorial Hospital in Saint Louis

the minestrone diet is a dietary plan aimed at DRASTIC slimming, that is applicable to all those cases in which, to safeguard the patient's health, it is necessary to eliminate excess fat (especially visceral) as quickly as possible and restore the metabolic parameters of : cholesterol, triglycerides, blood sugar, blood pressure etc. A minestrone diet cycle lasts 7 days but, being a strategy to say the least drastic, it CANNOT be continued for more than two weeks, a time sufficient to lose several kilos (subject to subjectivity); obviously, like all excessively restrictive diets, even the minestrone diet determines a series of non-negligible side effects, among which we highlight mainly: depletion of muscle tissue, hypoglycemia and, at times, dehydration.

The minestrone diet could be structured as follows:

Days 1 and 2: monothematic lunch and dinner based on minestrone - 2 servings served with 1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil - supplemented with fruit, other vegetables, tea and sugar-free fruit juices
Day 3: Minestrone based lunch and dinner - 2 servings - supplemented with fruit, other vegetables and a potato, tea and sugar-free fruit juices
Day 4: Minestrone based lunch and dinner - 2 servings - supplemented with fruit, other vegetables, tea, fruit juices without sugar and a little milk or skimmed yogurt
Day 5: Minestrone based lunch and dinner - 2 portions - supplemented with fruit, other vegetables, tea, sugar-free fruit juices and a little lean fish
Day 6: Minestrone based lunch and dinner - 2 portions - supplemented with fruit, other vegetables, tea, fruit juices without sugar and a little beef
Day 7: Minestrone based lunch and dinner - 2 servings - supplemented with fruit, other vegetables, tea and fruit juices without sugar and a little brown rice.

The composition of the minestrone must be rigorously pre-established and must NOT contain legumes, cereals or derivatives and potatoes (unless otherwise specified; the basic ingredients are: leeks, onions, tomato pulp, cabbage, green peppers, celery, white turnips and spinach .

Positive and negative aspects of the minestrone diet

I will be brief; there is no positive effect in the diet of the minestrone.

Not even the sudden weight loss of an obese could justify the severe deterioration and stress that the organism is destined to suffer with the minestrone diet. It is certainly a diet with a good supply of fiber, some mineral salts (magnesium and potassium) and some vitamins (especially A and C), but certainly not able to cope with most of the needs of the body. The minestrone diet is NOT able to support any form of physical and motor activity that is desirable.

The diet of minestrone is lacking in energy, carbohydrates (although present in higher percentages than proteins and fats), lipids (especially essential), proteins (especially with a high biological value), vitamins of group B, D and E, iron, calcium. .. and so on and so forth! Furthermore, it is absolutely contraindicated for various pathologies such as biliary lithiasis, kidney stones, etc.

The minestrone diet is a NOT healthy and absolutely avoidable strategy for "rational / rational" weight loss.

Useful supplements to the minestrone diet

Obviously, given and considering the innumerable deficiencies of the minestrone diet, the supplements useful for its compensation would be ALL (with the exception of fiber). It is advisable to emphasize above all the achievement of the shares of B vitamins, calcium, iron, essential fatty acids and essential amino acids.

Minestrone Diet Example

An obese housewife, a former athlete in athletics (jumps), she currently practices 2 days a week kick-boxing but spends most of her time at home with her 2 children.

Sex	Female
Age	34
Stature cm	167
Wrist circumference cm	14.1
Constitution	Slim
Stature / wrist	11.8
Morphological type	lanky
Weight kg	95
Body mass index	34
Rating	obese
Desirable physiological body mass index	18.5
Desirable physiological weight kg	51.6
Basal kcal metabolism	1277.9
Coefficient of physical activity level	Lightweight, no aus: 1.42 *
Kcal energy expenditure	1815

* We have chosen a coefficient that does not take into consideration the 2 training sessions since, by spending almost all of the time at home, the subject does not reach the level of physical activity equivalent to a higher coefficient.

Example of Minestrone Diet - Day 1

Breakfast
	You	300ml
	peaches	200g
Snack 1
	Unsweetened pear fruit juice	250ml
Lunch
	Minestrone	300g
	Melon	300g
Snack 2
	Unsweetened blueberry fruit juice	250ml
Dinner
	Minestrone	300g
	Grilled aubergines	200g

Example of Minestrone Diet - Day 2

Breakfast
	You	300ml
	apricots	200g
Snack 1
	Unsweetened apple fruit juice	250ml
Lunch
	Minestrone	300g
	Watermelon	300g
Snack 2
	Unsweetened peach fruit juice	250ml
Dinner
	Minestrone	300g
	Grilled zucchini	200g

Example of Minestrone Diet - Day 3

Breakfast
	You	300ml
	strawberries	200g
Snack 1
	Unsweetened fruit juice with exotic fruits	250ml
Lunch
	Minestrone	300g
	Boiled potatoes	200g
Snack 2
	Unsweetened ACE fruit juice	250ml
Dinner
	Minestrone	300g
	Red tomatoes	200g

Example of Minestrone Diet - Day 4

Breakfast
	Skimmed milk	150ml
	Plums	200g
Snack 1
	Fruit juice with unsweetened apricot	250ml
Lunch
	Minestrone	300g
	Thin, white yogurt	125g
Snack 2
	Unsweetened pineapple fruit juice	250ml
Dinner
	Minestrone	300g
	Boiled spinach	200g

Minestrone Diet Example - Day 5

Breakfast
	You	300ml
	cherries	200g
Snack 1
	Unsweetened pear fruit juice	250ml
Lunch
	Minestrone	300g
	Pan-fried cod	200g
Snack 2
	Unsweetened blueberry fruit juice	250ml
Dinner
	Minestrone	300g
	Grilled aubergines	200g

Example of Minestrone Diet - Day 6

Breakfast
	You	300ml
	apricots	200g
Snack 1
	Unsweetened apple fruit juice	250ml
Lunch
	Minestrone	300g
	Veal fillet	200g
Snack 2
	Unsweetened peach fruit juice	250ml
Dinner
	Minestrone	300g
	Grilled zucchini	200g

Example of Minestrone Diet - Day 7

Breakfast
	You	300ml
	strawberries	200g
Snack 1
	Unsweetened fruit juice with exotic fruits	250ml
Lunch
	Minestrone	300g
	Brown rice	50g
Snack 2
	Unsweetened ACE fruit juice	250ml
Dinner
	Minestrone	300g
	Green peppers	200g