Thin - Oriental Style
Published: 2007-01-07There are less obese people in China and Japan than in Europe and America.
Nutritionists believe that the only secrets of health and slenderness of the habitants of these Asian countries are their eating habits.
Their foods include a small amount of fats and flour-based products. However, the base of the daily diet is formed with a variety of vegetables, rice and fish. In other words, if you eat the oriental style, your body will absorb enough vitamins and microelements without consuming empty calories.
The following is one of the many possible diets:
Monday
- Breakfast: 150 grams of cabbage, one cup of green tea.
- Lunch: 4 spoonfuls of boiled rice, 150 grams of raw carrot salad with olive oil.
- Dinner: 150 grams of raw fish, a slice of integral bread, green salad.
Tuesday
- Breakfast: 150 grams of raw carrot - cut using the Juliana style dressed with veggie oil, green tea.
- Lunch: 200 grams of fresh veggie salad (cabbage, carrot, celery). A slice of integral bread, 1 glass of apple juice.
- Dinner: 100 grams of boiled rice, 100 grams of boiled cattle meat. A half of a grapefruit.
Wednesday
- Breakfast: 200 grams of apple salad, pears, oranges, bananas, 1 glass of orange juice.
- Lunch: 250 grams of boiled cauliflower or steam cooked, 150 grams of boiled beetroot salad dressed with lemon juice. A slice of integral bread.
- Dinner: 250 grams of stew mushrooms, 1 small potato, a cup of green tea.
Thursday
- Breakfast: 1 glass of apple juice. 1 skimmed yogurt.
- Lunch: 200 grams of boiled rice, 1 big apple.
- Dinner: 2 boiled potatoes, 200 grams of boiled fish.
Friday
- Breakfast: a small dish of rice with milk, green tea.
- Lunch: 200 grams of cabbage. A slice of integral bread.
- Dinner: 100 grams of boiled cattle meat, 200 grams of fresh veggie salad (cabbage, carrot, cucumbers) dressed with veggie oil and vinegar. A slice of integral bread.
Saturday
- Breakfast: 100 grams of skimmed cottage cheese, 1 glass of apple juice.
- Lunch: 200 grams of boiled fish, 100 grams of boiled rice.
- Dinner: 150 grams of grilled lean cattle meat, a slice of integral bread, 200 grams of cooked cabbage.
Sunday
- Breakfast: 250 grams of apple salad, pears and prune, 1 yogurt.
- Lunch: 150 grams of rice with small pieces of fruits and 1 spoonful of honey, green tea.
- Dinner: 150 grams of boiled fish, 200 grams of cabbage salad, a slice of integral bread, an apple.