Egg Diet: Does It Work Or Is It Dangerous?
Created: 01/13/2022, 4:08 pm
From: Maria Dirschauer
With the egg diet you should be able to lose up to nine kilograms in just two weeks.
What's up
Do you love boiled or scrambled eggs for breakfast?
That's a good thing, because the
egg diet eats
a lot of eggs.
But don't worry: it's not just eggs; that would be a crash diet * that is not healthy.
Instead, the egg diet relies on a
low-carb diet
and the protein-rich properties of chicken eggs.
This is how the egg diet works
A low-carb diet reduces carbohydrates, which means you should avoid bread, pasta, rice and sugary foods.
For this, foods with a lot of protein are preferred, such as lean meat and fish - and eggs, for example.
The egg diet can have
up to five eggs per day
being.
The effect: the body does not have to burn any carbohydrates, but falls back on the body's own fat reserves.
However, the protein does not break down any muscle mass.
In addition, you can confidently eat fruit and vegetables.
Where did the information come from that you could lose nine kilos in two weeks with the egg diet?
From a prominent figure in the egg diet: Margaret Thatcher, Former Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Thanks to the diet, she is said to have reached her desired weight 40 years ago before an election victory.
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Eggs are part of a hearty breakfast.
They can even help you lose weight.
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Study shows: eggs help you lose weight
A study was conducted at Saint Louis University to determine whether eggs were beneficial for weight.
In addition, one group of overweight people ate two eggs every day, another group a bagel with the same number of calories.
The result: after eight weeks, the test subjects with the egg breakfast lost 60 percent more weight than the bagel eaters: They consumed 330 calories less during the day.
Mind you, only in combination with a higher energy consumption than energy supply through diet.
You will not lose weight just by eating eggs *.
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What About Cholesterol: Is The Egg Diet Dangerous?
Eggs had a bad reputation for cholesterol for years. But now we know: the consumption of eggs is not relevant for the cholesterol level. But they contain many different vitamins, sodium, calcium and folic acid, so they are healthy. Even if you want to lose weight with the help of eggs, their good ingredients speak in favor: They fill you up for a long time and get the fat metabolism going. Still, don't overdo it. The German Nutrition Society recommends a
protein amount of 0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight per
day. For a woman weighing 60 kilograms, for example, that would be three eggs a day. If you want to stick to the low-carb egg diet for two weeks, it shouldn't be a problem for a healthy person. Still, it is one
one- sided diet
that is never good in the long term because deficiency symptoms can occur.
Make sure you eat a balanced diet and exercise in order to lose weight healthily over the long term.
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