The 6 petal diet, or the Swedish diet of Anna Johansson. How to lose weight by 3-5 kg. in 6 days!

Most people who want to lose weight face an insurmountable obstacle: it is difficult to tolerate the feeling of hunger. To avoid these inconveniences, there are diets that only allow certain foods, but in large portions. Thus, two processes are started simultaneously: specific foods trigger the metabolism and the body receives sufficient energy from the foods. This way you can manage to lose a few pounds without going hungry.

The 6 petal diet, also called the petal diet, is one of these gentle but effective options.

6 petal diet - a brief history

In our latitudes, it is better known as Anna Johansson's 6-day diet. The diet first gained popularity in Scandinavia and then came to us. Anna Johansson is the author of the developed diet, a professional nutritionist from Sweden. The six-petal diet gets its name from the introduction of a system of moral rewards into the process. The author proposed the following technique: cut flower petals from cardboard, make an applique and sign the name of the day on each. The next day, tear off the fragment with the name of the previous one and throw it away.

In fact, it adds a bit of fun and makes the restrictions easier to bear. You can see how many days have passed and how the number of days remaining is decreasing. The right psychological attitude is one of the main components of any diet. Additionally, add a personalized drinking regime: tea and coffee without sugar, unlimited water - the example of many people who have lost weight proves the effectiveness of the diet.

Principle of the 6 petals diet

The 6-petal diet has common characteristics with mono-diets, since it consists of eating without combining foods belonging to different types. But unlike strict options, the six-petal diet offers a fairly rich menu, it's just that foods from one group are not mixed with another during the day. It seems simple enough. In fact, this style of eating speeds up the body's metabolism because the days alternate and the body is tuned for maximum metabolism acceleration.

Mechanism of action of the diet

Due to changes in the daily diet, certain processes occur in the body.

• Since different foods are provided at large intervals, digestion occurs evenly. Usually, when we eat everything together, carbohydrates are broken down faster and used to produce energy for the body. Proteins, whose assimilation process takes longer, are thus deposited in fat reserves.
• If a protein day is followed by a carbohydrate day, then only a small part is absorbed, since digestion has already adapted to protein over the past day, and so on throughout the loss cycleweight.

Sequence of diet days

The Six Petal Diet usually lasts exactly six days, although some prefer an extended version: After the first round, do a day of fasting, then move on to the second round. But in this case, the following days always take place in the same order.

• Fish day.Only the meat of aquatic inhabitants is consumed. It can be either the fish itself or seafood. Food is prepared using one of the dietary methods.
• Vegetable day.At this time, vegetables, as their name suggests, are allowed. They can be eaten raw and cooked.
• Chicken Day.Despite its name, eggs are not laid on this day. Only dietary meat from this poultry.
• Cereal Day. During this day, the six-petal diet only allows cereals and bran. But you can eat a lot of it.
• Curd day.It is best to spend this protein period by eating cottage cheese, but with a fat content of no more than 5%. If necessary, you can replace it with low-fat varieties of cheese.
• Fruit days.The final petal allows you to eat fruit, but only from the permitted list, which can be found below.

When cooking, you can add salt and seasonings to food for a more pleasant taste.

1. Fish mono-diet

At the start of the six-petal diet, the body is not yet accustomed to fasting, so it must be loaded with protein as much as possible. It is found in large quantities in fish and is easily digestible. Thanks to the high protein day, the start of the diet turns out to be quite smooth. The total amount of fish consumed should be less than 500 grams, if you study the reviews, this is quite enough.

2. Plant-based mono-diet

The body has received a lot of protein, and the digestive system actively secretes enzymes to digest it. Spending the day with vegetables allows you to get a minimum of carbohydrates, in addition, vegetables rich in fiber activate peristalsis and help avoid stool problems.

3. Chicken mono-diet

The next day is again dedicated to proteins. On the third day, a person is already quite hungry, and since there are much more calories per gram of protein than per gram of carbohydrates, 500 grams of chicken breast per day will ensure satiety and the body will begin to compensate for the lack offat by processing its own reserves.

4. Cereal mono-diet

The petal diet has crossed the equator, and today many are beginning to get hungry and want to end all restrictions. This is why the intermediate diet is so satisfying. A glass of cereal is provided for the day, which naturally must be cooked. This amount will fill the stomach and a feeling of fullness will accompany the person throughout the day.

5. Curd mono-diet

The end of Anna Johansson's 6-petal diet is already visible on the horizon, which is why the day dedicated to curd products is perceived with considerable optimism. You need to take cottage cheese that is not the fattest, nine percent is no longer suitable. On this day, you can eat up to half a kilo of cottage cheese, which is enough to avoid hunger.

6. Fruit mono-diet

The day the 6 petal diet ends turns out to be the most pleasant for many people. The very fact that you managed to follow your diet with dignity already brings joy. And a large quantity of fresh fruit replaces the sweets that were missing everywhere.

Advantages and disadvantages of the diet

The 6-petal diet has gathered a large number of fans, reviews of which indicate that it is almost unique and suitable for most people. However, this has disadvantages that must be taken into account, as with any dietary choice. So it's best to familiarize yourself with them first and check whether you pose a risk to any objects.

Benefits of the diet

Even if it has some negative aspects, the 6 petals mono-diet nevertheless brings together many other advantages. The positive aspects of such a diet are as follows:

• The diet allows you to get rid of a large amount of excess weight in a short time.
• A person feels quite full most of the time.
• Motivation in the form of a floral applique gives strength to continue with restrictions.
• The food changes daily, unlike other mono diets, this one is not so boring.
• There are no exotic ingredients, diet products can be purchased at any store and will not break your budget.

Disadvantages of the diet

Some of the disadvantages are related to organizational problems, others manifest themselves in difficulty eating food that must be freshly prepared. For workers, the best option would be to start the 6 petal diet during the holidays, every day's menu that requires cooking. In addition, the following disadvantages were noted:

• Feeling weak and dizzy, especially on protein days. This may be due to a lack of glucose.
• The diet is not the most balanced and, unfortunately, all the necessary micro- and macroelements are not provided by food in sufficient quantities. This problem can be solved with the help of special vitamin supplements.
• Monotonous diet throughout the day. For some people, this is a problem.

Who is the 6 petal diet contraindicated for?

All diets have certain restrictions. There are entire groups of people, some of whom are not recommended to eat this kind of food, and some of whom are directly contraindicated. This is mainly due to either a high amount of protein or a general imbalance in the diet. These groups include:

• Children, adolescents and the elderly.If the first element necessary for good mental and physical development is a complete set of nutrients: proteins, fats and carbohydrates; then the second mono-nutrition is not indicated for other reasons. A large protein load on appropriate days can worsen the condition of the kidneys or cause an exacerbation of chronic diseases.
• Pregnant and breastfeeding women.This difficult and responsible period is completely unsuitable for any experimentation with your diet. Both while expecting a baby and while breastfeeding, the diet must be complete and proportionate as much as possible to the body's energy expenditure.

Relative contraindications to losing weight using a remedy such as the six-petal diet may be the health condition of a particular person.

If you are unsure whether this option is right for you, you should consult a doctor.

How to get out of a diet correctly

In order to start eating as usual after a period of restrictions, a smooth and competent exit from the diet is necessary. The 6 petals mono-diet is no exception. Therefore, you need to follow a few simple rules:

• Don't immediately start eating everything you denied yourself during the diet.
• Try to stick to a separate diet, gradually introducing foods of a different type. It is strongly advised to mix the same foods that were separated during the diet.
• The calorie content of a 24-hour diet should be increased slowly, returning it to the usual norm within one to two weeks.
• Don't forget about moderate physical activity. They will help you tone up faster.

Don't forget about the drinking regime. Drinking enough fluids will help flush out toxins accumulated during your weight loss process.

Table of authorized products

Since the 6-petal diet menu for every day is quite strict, the list of permitted foods is not too long. However, they are more than enough to create a dietary but satisfying diet.

Name	Squirrels	Fats	Carbohydrates	Calorie content
Vegetables, fruits and greens
Cabbage	1. 8	0, 1	6. 8	27
Zucchini	0, 6	0, 4	4. 6	24
Spinach	2. 9	0, 3	2. 0	22
Onion	1. 4	2	10. 4	41
Carrot	1. 3	0, 1	6. 9	32
Tomato	0, 6	0, 2	4. 2	20
Cucumber	0. 8	0, 1	2. 8	15
Bell pepper	1. 3	0	5. 7	27
Radish	1. 2	0, 1	2	70
Daikon	1. 2	0	4. 1	21
Garlic	6. 5	0. 5	29. 9	143
leaf lettuce	1. 0	0	1. 0	13
Beet	1, 5	0, 1	8. 8	40
Apple	0, 4	0, 4	9. 8	47
Pear	0, 4	0, 3	10. 9	42
Apricot	0. 9	0, 1	10. 8	41
Kiwi	1	0, 6	10. 3	48
Orange	0. 9	0, 2	8. 1	36
Plum	0. 8	0, 3	9. 6	42
Cereals and porridges (dry)
Buckwheat	12. 6	3. 3	63. 2	330
groats	12. 5	6. 2	61	352
pearl barley	9	1	67	310
Pchenka	11. 5	3. 3	65. 5	348
Brown rice	7. 4	1. 8	72. 9	337
Bakery products
Rye bread	6. 6	1. 2	34. 2	165
Whole wheat bread	13	4	43	265
Cheeses and cottage cheese
White cheese 0%	16. 5	0	1. 3	71
Cheese 10%	31	ten	0	214
Bird
Steamed chicken fillet	20. 4	1. 1	1. 6	103
Boiled chicken leg	20, 7	8. 7	0	166
Chicken liver stew	eleven	3. 6	1	80
Fish and seafood
Boiled cod	17. 9	0. 8	0	79
Boiled pollock	17. 6	1	0	79
Lightly salted salmon	18. 1	13. 3	3. 9	209
Baked mackerel	16	13	0	185

Table of prohibited products

The products listed in this table should be excluded from each day's menu. Most of them are in principle not suitable for diet food, the rest will not allow you to start the process of losing weight with this particular diet. You can use the food calorie calculator to create a perfectly tailored diet yourself.

Name	Squirrels	Fats	Carbohydrates	Calorie content
Mushrooms
Mushroom	4. 3	1	1	27
oyster mushrooms	2. 5	0, 3	6. 5	38
Nuts and dried fruits
Peanut	26. 3	45. 2	9. 9	551
Hazelnut	16. 1	66. 9	9. 9	704
Grape	2. 9	0, 6	66	264
Snacks
Fleas	6	thirty	53	610
Corn sticks	8	eleven	75	411
Cereals and porridges
White rice	6. 7	0. 7	78. 9	344
Semolina porridge with raisins	3	3. 2	15. 3	98
Flour and pasta
Wheat flour	9. 2	1. 2	74. 9	342
Boiled pasta	11. 2	1. 1	69. 1	97
Bakery products
loaf of bread	7. 5	2. 9	50. 9	264
Butter bun	7. 9	9. 4	55	337
Confectionery
Dough	2. 2	0	89	337
Halva	12	29	50	522
Ice
Creamy ice cream	3. 2	15	20, 8	227
Cakes
Fairytale Cake	4. 5	18	40	340
Chocolate
Milk chocolate	6. 9	35. 7	54. 4	550
Dark chocolate	5. 8	33	50. 2	535
Sauces and seasonings
Mayonnaise	2	55	2	519. 9
Milkman
Whole milk	2	3	4	59
White cheese 9%	8	9	3	125
Sour cream 15%	2. 6	15	3	158
Cheese 50%	24	29	0, 3	363
Meat products
Fried pork	11. 4	49	0	489
Dried pork	22	44	0	494
Beef stew	16, 8	18. 3	0	232
Chicken skin	18	15	0	212
Fried lamb	20	24	0	320
Sausages
Boiled sausage	eleven	21	2	237
Raw smoked sausage	13	55	0	547
ham	14	24	0	270
Milk sausage	ten	19	0	211
Bird
Roast duck	18	28	0	308
Baked goose	19	41	0	447
Fish and seafood
Salted herring	19. 8	15. 4	0	217
Dried fish	17. 5	4. 6	0,	139
Oils and fats
Butter	0. 5	82. 5	0. 8	748
Sunflower oil	0	99. 9	0	899
Alcoholic beverages
Light beer	0	0	4. 7	47
Semi-dry wine	0	0	25	104
Soft drink
Coca-Cola	0	0	10. 6	42
Kvass	0	0	7. 41	37
Juices and compotes
Orange juice	0, 6	1	12. 6	51
Homemade compote	0	0	14	60
Berry drink	0, 1	0	11. 1	47
Fruits
Grape	0, 6	0, 2	16, 8	65
Banana	1. 1	0, 3	23	89

Sample menu for a 6-day diet

Name	What can you eat
Fish Day	Boiled fish with spices Stewed fish Herbed fish soup Fish cooked in foil
Vegetable Day	Cucumber and tomato salad Mixed vegetable compote Steamed vegetables Garlic Vegetable Casserole
Chicken Day	Fried chicken fillet without oil Strong chicken broth Breast cooked with garlic Boiled chicken fillet
Cereal Day	groats Steamed buckwheat Boiled brown rice Barley porridge
Curd day	Low-fat cottage cheese Cottage cheese, grained Sugar-free cottage cheese casserole Low-fat cottage cheese
Fruit day	Apples and pears Kiwi and orange A pineapple Melon and citrus

Recipes for Every Weight Loss Day

To avoid getting bored with the same foods, the 6 petal diet allows you to diversify your daily menu. You can prepare different dishes from permitted products, combining them based on the principle of belonging to the same type. For example, by using natural yogurt, you can make your curd day less dry. In other words, the daily mono-diet should remain so.

Dishes for Fish Day

The basic principle is that the daily consumption of cooked meat of river or sea dwellers should not exceed 500 grams. During breaks, you can drink the broth remaining from cooking boiled fish. It is not forbidden to add salt, spices and herbs to it.

Baked trout

To prepare tasty and healthy fish, you will need the bare minimum of ingredients.

• Fresh trout – 1 pc.
• Salt, herbs - to taste.

Rinse the gutted fish under running water, put a few sprigs of parsley or dill in its belly and salt it inside and out. Lightly cut the skin on the sides, shallowly, at regular intervals. Make a boat out of foil, put the fish in it and place it in the oven for 40-60 minutes.

Baked pollock

The low-fat fish authorized by Anna Johansson is most often not available fresh in our latitudes. It can easily be replaced with frozen. To retain maximum benefits, whole fish or fillets should be thawed in the refrigerator, then slowly, but this helps preserve the texture of the fish. To prepare, you will need:

• Thawed pollock carcass – 1 pc.
• Salt, herbs - to your taste.

Pollock can be cooked faster than a whole trout. To do this, the fish is cut crosswise into pieces about 3 cm thick, salted, sprinkled with herbs and placed in a single layer in a non-stick pan. Then put in the oven for 20-30 minutes until the pollock is golden brown.

Minced fish balls

It is best to prepare the minced meat for this dish yourself. In commercial ones, various ingredients not suitable for mono-diets can be added for weight: starch, flour, soya, etc.

To make fish balls, you will need:

• White fish fillet – 500 grams.
• Salt, fresh herbs.

The fish fillet is passed through a meat grinder or finely chopped with a knife, then mixed with salt and herbs. Roll the resulting mass into balls and bake them in the oven using a non-stick pan.

Dishes for Vegetable Day

You can eat up to one and a half kilos of vegetables per day. If there are problems with gas formation due to a large amount of raw food, all vegetables can be cooked. Digestion problems can then be avoided.

Carrot and cabbage salad

The simplest of acceptable food options, to prepare it you need to take cabbage, finely chop it and add grated carrots. You can season the salad with a little lemon juice. You can add fresh herbs according to taste.

Peppers stuffed with vegetables

To prepare such a dish, which finds its place not only in the 6 petals diet, but can also enhance a menu for vegetarians, you must take:

• Zucchini – 1 piece.
• Onion - 1 pc.
• Carrots – 1 piece.
• Tomato – 1-2 pcs.
• Vegetable oil – 1 spoon.

Put the finely chopped onion, grated carrot and diced peeled tomatoes in a heated pan with a spoon of oil. Stirring constantly, bring to halfway cooking, salt and stuff the sweet pepper halves with this mixture. These boats are placed in the oven or in a slow cooker, where they cook for about half an hour.

To make it easier to remove the skin from a tomato, you must first cut it and then scald the tomato with boiling water.

Vegetable dish lazy cabbage rolls

Also called the "petal" diet, the recipes allow you to make a variety of recipes, but they are all simple and respect the principles of healthy eating. Although cabbage rolls only have the name and the presence of cabbage in common, this recipe is popular among many people who are losing weight. Since this food is intended for a plant-based day, it contains only vegetables:

• Cabbage – 300 gr.
• Carrot – 1 piece.
• Onion – 1 piece.
• Pepper – 1 piece.
• Tomato – 1 piece.
• Eggplant – 1 pc.

All vegetables should be chopped, then, after adding salt, simmer in a saucepan until cooked. If they give little juice, you can add a little water.

Chicken Day Dishes

This day is busier than the plant day, but much more monotonous. Therefore, it is important for your psychological mood to cook something, and not try to live a day only on boiled fillet. In the six-petal diet, the menu pictures of appetizing dishes for each period necessarily include chicken options.

Slow-cooked chicken

This recipe focuses on the cooking process to ensure the fillet is juicy and melt-in-your-mouth. Ingredients:

• Chicken fillet – 2 pcs.
• Salt, herbs.

Cut the chicken fillet into large pieces, salt and place in a thick-bottomed saucepan. Close the lid tightly and place over the lowest heat. Cook for 2 hours without opening the lid. During this time, the meat will release enough juice and simmer there.

Baked chicken fillet

The ingredients are the same as in the previous dish. Salt the chicken fillet, sprinkle with herbs and place it in an aluminum boat. Bake in the preheated oven for approximately 30-40 minutes.

Diet chicken cutlets

For cutlets, chicken fillet is rolled through a meat grinder, then mixed with salt and herbs, turned into cutlets and fried in a dry pan coated with Teflon. To make them even more dietary, you can cook them in the microwave at full power for 2-3 minutes on each side, depending on the thickness of the piece.

Dishes for Cereal Day

For this day, it is better to prepare the first breakfast from steamed cereals the day before, and for the remaining meals do something else. This will help ease the digestive tract after a large amount of protein.

Buckwheat cutlets

To enhance the usual taste of buckwheat, you can make cutlets from it. To do this, the finished steamed cereals are ground using a blender, mixed with herbs, cutlets are carved and sent to the oven for half an hour. These cutlets acquire a beautiful crust and become more flavorful.

Buckwheat flatbreads

This recipe is very similar to the previous one, the difference is that the workpiece is formed flatter, so as not to bake it in the oven, but to fry it in a pan. If the flatbreads are not moldable, you can add a little water to the crushed buckwheat to make them easier.

Oatmeal cookies

In this recipe you can add a little skimmed milk and a pinch of vanillin to the oatmeal to bring the taste closer to real baking. A dish for those who are already tired of eating the same thing.

• Oatmeal – 1 cup.
• Skimmed milk – 1 glass.
• Vanillin - on the tip of the knife.

Pour the hot milk over the oatmeal, stir and leave to infuse. Place the swollen mass by the tablespoon on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Try to leave a space of 1 to 2 cm between the "pasta". Bake in a hot oven for approximately 30 minutes.

Dishes for Cottage Cheese Day

Not everyone can eat only pure cottage cheese for a day, so it is worth adding a little culinary skill so as not to break down at the last moment before completing your diet.

Curd dessert

With the help of a non-calorie sweetener, you can slightly deceive the body. For the cottage cheese dessert you need to take:

• Low-fat cottage cheese.
• Sugar substitute.
• Cocoa powder.
• Some water.

Proportions - according to your taste, all ingredients are mixed and whipped with a blender. Dessert is ready.

Cottage cheese cakes

Such recipes stand out from Anna Johansson's strict diet due to the presence of chicken eggs and semolina in the composition. But nevertheless, you can afford such a dish once every 6 days.

• Cottage cheese – 300 grams.
• Egg – 1 piece.
• Semolina – 1 tbsp. spoon.

Mix the ingredients thoroughly, then form cheesecakes and fry them in a dry pan. To prevent the dough from sticking to your hands, you need to moisten them with cold water.

Cottage cheese casserole

This is also not exactly a dietary dish, but very tasty. To prepare, mix low-fat cottage cheese, egg white and a little skim milk. The mass should be more liquid than for cheesecakes. It is placed in a baking dish and sent to the oven until golden brown.

Dishes for fruit day

The flower diet ends with a day of fruits, and almost everyone loves them. We can therefore only recommend fresh smoothies as a light snack between main meals. If raw fruits also cause stool problems, you can cook them. Baked fruit salad is a great dish for this day.

Mango Smoothie

To prepare the drink, peel and chop 1 ripe mango in a blender. You can add an orange and a little fresh mint.

Kiwi and banana smoothie

Banana is the least dietary of all fruits, but fruit day is the last in the diet, and you can celebrate the end of the test with such a cocktail.

• Banana – 1 piece.
• Kiwi – 1 piece.

Blend everything in a blender until smooth. You can add apple juice – dilute if necessary to make the smoothie more liquid.

Expert opinion

Experts believe that Anna Johansson has created a fairly successful diet. The 6 petal diet works as well as other mono-diets, but does not subject the body to such stress due to the alternation of protein and carbohydrate days. However, when asked how many times a year such fasting can be practiced, nutritionists answer only once, two at most.

In addition, nutritionists and endocrinologists advise not to get carried away with mono-diets in case of health problems. Even if there are no contraindications, it is worth remembering the risk of kidney problems due to large amounts of protein on certain days, as well as the fact that a large amount of carbohydrates at once causes strongincreases in blood sugar.

Conclusion

The 6 petal diet is a good way to get back in shape quickly. A week before a vacation or a special event, with its help you can safely model your figure so that you can without hesitation flaunt it in a swimsuit or your favorite dress. And for those who like to eat delicious food, Anna Johansson's 6-petal diet allows the menu to be quite varied and interesting.