You can easily lose weight by eating normally on 4 days of the week and applying this diet on the remaining 3 days.
Cardiac diet is designed to give you a quick-start to Weight Loss. We’ve used it, and find it to be successful! Since it works on the concept of chemical breakdown.
What is Cardiac Diet?
This diet is an unofficial term for a heart-healthy diet. It is a plan that involves eating lots of nutrient-dense foods. It is designed for people who want to lose weight in a short period of time, within 3 days, and help control high cholesterol and unbalanced blood pressure.
Diet Rules
- Do not eat snacks between meals. The success of the diet depends on following the diet plan exactly.
- Drink plenty of water, at least half a liter a day. This somehow reduces hunger. In fact, it is very healthy.
Here is a sample meal plan for the 3-Day Cardiac Diet:
First day
Breakfast
- Coffee or tea (without sugar)
- Half a glass of juice or half a grapefruit
- 1 slice of toast
- 1 tablespoon of peanut butter
Lunch
- Coffee or tea (without sugar)
- half can of tuna
- 1 slice of toast
- 1 slice of cheddar cheese
Dinner
- 85 grams of lean meat
- 1 cup of string beans
- 1 cup of carrots and beets
- 1 small apple
- 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream
Second Day
Breakfast
- Coffee or tea (without sugar)
- 1 egg
- 1 slice of toast
- half a banana
Lunch
- Coffee or tea (without sugar)
- 1 large slice of cottage cheese or half a can of tuna
- 5 saltine crackers
Dinner
- 2 beef sausages
- 1 cup kale or broccoli
- ½ cup of carrots or radishes
- half a banana
- Half a cup of vanilla ice cream
Third day
Breakfast
- Coffee or tea (without sugar)
- 5 saltine crackers
- 1 slice of cheddar cheese
- 1 small apple
Lunch
- Coffee or tea (without sugar)
- 1 fully cooked egg
- 1 slice of toast
Dinner
- A can of tuna
- 1 cup beans or cauliflower
- 1 cup of carrots or green beans
- 1 slice of melon
- Half a cup of vanilla ice cream.
List Food of Cardiac Diet
Saltine crackers
Apple
Banana
Grapefruit
Peanut Butter
Green Bean
Carrot
Broccoli
Egg
Meat
Tuna
Cheddar cheese
Cottage cheese
Vanilla ice cream
Substitute foods for the 3-Day Heart Diet.
If you are allergic to any of the foods, please see below for substitutions:
Substitutions for the first day
Breakfast:
Coffee or tea: green tea, unsweetened hot cocoa.
Grapefruit: orange or tangerine
Toast: Rice cake, whole grain cereal, saltine crackers, tortilla
Peanut butter: almond butter, soy butter, hummus, or other seed or nut butter
Lunch:
Coffee or tea: green tea, unsweetened hot cocoa
Tuna: chicken, cottage cheese, almonds, tofu, or pumpkin seeds.
Toast: Rice cakes, whole grain cereal, saltines, tortilla.
Dinner:
Meat: Beans, tofu, portobello mushrooms.
Green beans: spinach, tomatoes, lettuce or other green vegetables
Ice cream: Fruit yogurt, frozen yogurt, applesauce
Banana: kiwis, apricots, grapes
Apples: grapes, zucchini, peas, apricots, peaches or plums.
Alternative foods for the second day
For breakfast
Coffee or tea: green tea, unsweetened hot chocolate
Hard boiled eggs: scrambled eggs, nuts, chicken, two slices of bacon or seeds
Toast: Rice cake, whole grain, saltine crackers, tortilla
Banana: kiwi, apricot, grapes
For Lunch
Coffee or tea: green tea, unsweetened hot cocoa
Cottage cheese: ricotta or cheddar, Greek yogurt, sliced ham
Saltine crackers: regular toast, rice cakes, whole grain cereal
For dinner
Hot Dog: Meat, sausage, bratwurst, soy, bean, turkey, tofu, veggie
Banana: kiwi, apricot, grapes
Broccoli: Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, asparagus, cabbage, beets
For the third day
You can eat the Heart Diet substitutes in the same way as the menu on days one and two.
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