Some time ago, Inneen Jing introduced a popular diet method on the Internet. In just 10 days, one can easily lose 12 pounds. What is the carbon cycle diet?
The carbon cycle diet is not a single, fixed diet mode in the traditional sense. Instead, it is a method to promote body metabolism and achieve weight loss by periodically changing the intake of carbohydrates.
In the carbon cycle diet, the time period is usually divided into high-carb days, medium-carb days, and low-carb days.
High-carb days mean consuming relatively more carbohydrates to provide sufficient energy for the body and stimulate metabolism. Medium-carb days moderately control the amount of carbohydrates to maintain the stable operation of the body. On low-carb days, the intake of carbohydrates is greatly reduced, prompting the body to enter the fat-burning mode and consume stored fat to obtain energy.
Let’s take a look at the specific operation method:
A four-day period is a carbon cycle. Carbohydrates are supplemented in the first three days. Carbohydrates are started to be eaten on the second day. One cycle lasts four days. Persisting in eating for a period of time can make you easily lose weight.
Day 1: (Low-carb day)
Have a cleansing diet and only drink liquid foods. Drink more than 2 liters of water every day. For three meals, only drink sugar-free liquids such as pure milk and sugar-free soy milk.
Day 2: (Low-carb day)
Only eat high-quality protein foods such as boiled eggs, boiled shrimp, boiled chicken breast, and steamed fish. Consume 150-200 grams per day and match with an appropriate amount of vegetables. Drink plenty of water at other times.
Day 3: (Low-carb day)
Only eat various high-fiber vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, kale, lettuce, spinach, Shanghai greens, celery, etc. Have two fistfuls of each meal. Cook with as little oil and salt as possible.
Day 4: (High-carb day)
Have one fistful of coarse grains for each meal, such as boiled corn, boiled potatoes, brown rice, oats, whole wheat steamed buns, buckwheat noodles, and legume foods. Match with an appropriate amount of green vegetables.
Finally, for the carbon cycle weight loss method, it should be combined with an appropriate amount of exercise (walk 8,000-10,000 steps or jog or do aerobics for 30 minutes every day) and maintain good sleep to make the weight loss effect more significant and lasting.
Adhering to this carbon cycle diet for 10 days can lead to a weight loss of 12 pounds. However, this method is actually relatively extreme and is not suitable for people with some underlying diseases. For example, people with gastrointestinal diseases, hypoglycemia, and those with three highs are not suitable.
If you want to lose weight healthily, it is recommended to eat enough basal metabolic value (1200-1400 calories) every day. Only in this way can we avoid the body falling into famine. Eating too little will cause the body to activate a protection mechanism, resulting in muscle loss. The basal metabolic value will decrease, thereby inducing an easy-to-gain weight constitution.
If you don’t pursue weight loss speed, you can eat like this for three meals: The calorie intake for breakfast is 400 calories, 500 calories for lunch, and 300-400 calories for dinner. At the same time, balance dietary nutrition. For each meal, have one fistful of staple food + one fistful of high-protein food + two fistfuls of high-fiber vegetables.
