Carbohydrate and fat intake are usually believed to be the main reason for obesity and overweight. However, fast gain weight occurs as a result of increased sugar intake much more frequently.
Most of the foods we consume every day contain sugar. For example bananas, mangos, pure fruit juice and hone are only a few of the foods that contain sugar. Not only it promotes weight gain, sugar can also cause numerous health issues. Sugar overdose can lead to depression, sleepiness, diabetes, heart disease, yeast infection, colds, fatigue and many more.
Our body uses the sugar in order to produce energy. However, the excess amounts of sugar are stored as fat which means the more sugar we consume the more fat gets accumulated.
Sugar consumption can be thought of as an addiction because of the symptoms you feel once you start quitting it. These symptoms include fatigue, headaches, sadness and cravings. In order to successfully remove sugar from your diet you should start by removing one sugar product at a time. This is why we have prepared a three day sugar detox plan for you.
3-days sugar detox plan
Day 1
Breakfast: 1 cup of oats with berries and almonds/seeds/3 eggs (boiled or scrambled)
Morning snack: 1 bowl of nuts
Lunch: Chicken breast with cooked butternut squash, parsnips, turnips, beans, carrots, beets and almonds.
Dinner: Broiled fish, a bowl of green beans of salmon, fried broccoli and mushrooms
Day 2
Breakfast: 1 cup of steel cut oats with berries and seeds, almonds or 3 scrambled eggs with spinach
Snack: a small bowl of nuts
Lunch: Grilled zucchini with red and yellow peppers, lemon, vinegar and thyme dressing or a shredded green and red cabbage salad with shredded carrots, olive oil, salt, lemon and chopped parsley
Dinner: Steamed green vegetables, vegetable casserole, bean soup or baked cod with stir fried bok choy, roasted Brussels sprouts and turnips
Day 3
Breakfast: 1 cup of steel cut oats with berries and seeds or almonds or 3 egg omelet with shrimp and a sautéed kale, radish and walnut salad
Snack: a small bowl of nuts
Lunch: Roasted chicken thighs with rosemary sage and lemon or oven roasted chicken with onion, thyme and black olives.
Dinner: mushrooms with garlic broth, onion, celery, and carrots, bay leaves and thyme or penne pasta with mushrooms, tomato sauce and basil.
It is also very important to avoid sugary drinks. You should consume the following alternatives:
Tea
Unsweetened herbal or green tea three times a day
Coffee
1 cup of unsweetened black coffee daily
Detox water
Chop any ingredient that you want such as grapefruits, blueberries, oranges, strawberries, fresh rosemary or mint and add them in a jar of water. You should drink it every day.