The Swedish Diet is a diet known as the metabolic diet. This diet promises to help you lose 15 pounds in two weeks, but also to completely change your metabolism, so you won’t gain weight back for two years.
The Swedish diet has become one of the most popular in the world. Especially after the American Heart Foundation recommended this diet to patients with heart disease who need to lose weight quickly. But the same foundation also says that people after 35 who have health problems should not use this diet.
Rules to follow:
- If you decide to follow this meal plan, you will have to follow some strict rules.
- You can’t drink tea or coffee, except for those on the menu.
- You have to drink 2 liters of water a day.
- Do not use salt and sugar, except for those on the menu.
- Do not continue this diet for more than 13 days.
- Do not repeat this diet after less than 3 months.
Advice:
- You can swap out lunch and dinner.
- If you can’t find broccoli, you can replace it with cauliflower.
- Eat only egg whites if you have high cholesterol.
- Dress your green salad with lemon and olive oil.
- If the diet is difficult to tolerate, you can stop on day 6 and repeat for 6 more days after 3 months.
Foods Allowed:
Meat, chicken, turkey, fish and seafood
Eggs
- Vegetables: cabbage, cauliflower, mushrooms, cucumbers, onions, peppers, tomatoes, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, asparagus, pumpkin, eggplant, olives, spinach, lettuce, avocado
- Natural dairy products; yogurt, butter, sour cream, cream cheese, whole cheeses, etc.
- Dried nuts; walnuts, almonds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, walnuts, cashews (within reasonable limits), etc.
- Drinks; water (2 liters minimum), coffee and tea (no sweeteners or sugar!)
Vegetable oils - Certain grains such as oats and rye
- Do not eat more than twice a week as it may slow down your metabolism: beets, carrots, celery, fruit because of its sugar content, red or white wine.
Foods Forbidden:
- Soft drinks
- Skimmed and normal milk as it may contain high levels of lactose sugar.
- Refined oils and margarine.
- Desserts: cakes, candy, pastries, chocolates, ice cream, granola bars, artificial sweeteners and sweet dairy products
- Muesli, bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, French fries, chips, porridge, pulses and lentils because they are high in carbohydrates.
The Swedish diet for 13 days: Menu
Day 1
- Breakfast: coffee (no sugar and no milk)
- Lunch: 2 boiled eggs + boiled spinach
- Dinner: grilled steak (200 g) + green salad
Day 2
- Breakfast: coffee + whole wheat bread with butter
- Lunch: 200 grams of ham
- Dinner: 200 g of low fat grilled steak, green salad (with lettuce and cucumber) and 1 fruit
Day 3
- Breakfast: black coffee + 1 slice of whole wheat bread with butter
- Lunch: 2 boiled eggs + tomato salad + green beans
- Dinner: 1 slice of ham and green salad (cucumber and lettuce only)
Day 4
- Breakfast: black coffee + 1 slice of toasted bread
- Lunch: boiled or raw carrots and cheese.
- Dinner: fruit salad and plain (natural) yogurt
Day 5
- Breakfast: black coffee + carrots with lemon (cooked or raw)
- Lunch: fried white fish with fresh tomatoes
- Dinner: grilled steak (200g) + green salad
Day 6
- Breakfast: coffee and 1 slice of whole wheat bread with butter
- Lunch: Grilled meat (150 grams) + fruit
- Dinner: 200g skinless chicken + salad
Day 7
- Breakfast: tea with sugar-free lemon.
- Lunch: 200g of grilled meat and 1 fruit
- Dinner: Whatever you want from dinner, except for day 3
Day 8
- Breakfast: coffee + 1 slice of cheese and a tomato
- Lunch: 2 boiled eggs + boiled spinach
- Dinner: grilled steak (200 grams) + green salad
Day 9
- Breakfast: black coffee + 1 slice of whole wheat bread with butter
- Lunch: grilled meat (150g) and green salad
- Dinner: 2 boiled eggs with carrots or tomatoes.
Day 10
- Breakfast: black coffee + 1 slice of black bread with butter
Lunch: 2 boiled eggs + tomato salad and green beans
Dinner: ham (100 grams) and green salad (cucumbers and lettuce only)
Day 11
- Breakfast: coffee (no sugar and no milk)
- Lunch: boiled or raw carrots and cheese.
- Dinner: fruit salad and plain yogurt
Day 12
- Breakfast: black coffee and 1 slice of black bread with butter.
- Lunch: Skinless grilled chicken (150g) with tomatoes
- Dinner: 2 boiled eggs with carrots
Day 13
- Breakfast: coffee (sugarless and dairy-free) + tomato
- Lunch: 2 boiled eggs + boiled spinach
- Dinner: skinless chicken (200g) and broccoli.
Don’t forget to drink a lot of water while dieting. It is not recommended.
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