You want to have ideal weight? Do diet. There is another type of new diet that became a trend among Hollywood celebrities. This new diet, reportedly can help you lose weight to six pounds in one month period.
Diet is known by the name Ducan Diet and performed by supermodel Giselle Bundchen and Jennifer Lopez. Ducan diet developed by a French nutritionist, Dr. Pierre Ducan.
Ducan diet is a diet high in protein, low in calories and also reduce appetite. This is so the absorption of protein in the body leads to a high caloric expenditure and allow weight loss without losing muscle strength. This program also helps maintain weight, and did not return fat if dietary changes.
If you are interested in doing so, you can try. Here’s how the Ducan diet that consists of four phases, as quoted from Sofeminine.co.uk.
- Pure Protein Phase
In this phase, you may only eat protein. Good meat, fish, eggs, seafood and dairy products without fat. Do it for 3 to 10 days depending on your weight loss goals. - Vegetables Phase
In this phase, the only vegetables that should be added to the protein intake gradually. Vegetables consumed should also contain starch such as potatoes, sweet corn, avocado, beans lentils, mung beans, or peas. Do these two phases to reach the target weight (maximum decrease of 1 kg in a period of one week). - Consolidation Phase
Come back to normal eating habits, but do it slowly and gradually, to avoid the return of body weight. Do this phase for 10 days. Make sure the weight is stable and does not back up or down. - Stabilization Phase
You eat as usual, but there are two rules that must be obeyed. That is, one day a week, you only eat pure protein. Then, daily consumption of three tablespoons of wheat or rice bran.
The advantage of this diet is to lose weight fast and controlled. Then, forming a stable eating habits for long. Inni diet also gives you the opportunity to ‘free’ to eat cake or other favorite snacks for two days.
However, there are also drawbacks. Because this diet is very high in protein, especially in the first phase, you may experience constipation. The reason is, your body receives only the protein intake, then you can vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Consume vitamin supplements to overcome them.

