The 5-day apple diet is a very-low calorie diet that includes apples for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This diet can help you lose weight fast, 3-10 pounds in just 7 days. The diet works because apples make you feel fuller, decrease hunger pangs and cause you to eat less. Following this diet, can have many other health benefits too, such as reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart disease, make your immune system stronger and detoxify your body of toxins.
Follow the 5-Day Apple Diet Menu
It’s a 5-day apple diet with a meal plan that has 1200 calories per day. The menu includes plenty of apples.
Day 1 – 600 calories
*Breakfast: 2 apples
*Lunch: 1 apple
*Dinner: 3 apples
Day 2- 1150 calories
*Breakfast: 1 glass of skim milk and 1 apple
*Snack: 1 cup of cottage cheese
* Lunch: salad made from 1 apple and 1 avocado, topped with 3 ounces nuts and seeds. Dress the salad with only olive oil and apple cider vinegar.
* Dinner: 2 apples
Day 3- 1100 calories
*Breakfast: 1 apple, 2 slices of whole-grain bread and 2 slices of turkey bacon
* Snack: 1 cup low-fat Greek yogurt
*Lunch: Soup made from 1 apple, quinoa, carrots and 4 ounces of chicken breast
* Dinner: 2 apples
Day 4-1150 calories
*Breakfast: 1 apple, 1 hard-boiled egg and 2 slices of whole-grain bread
*Snack: 1 cup cottage cheese
*Lunch: 1 apple, raw vegetables, 4 ounces skinless chicken breasts and ½ cup watermelon
* Dinner: 2 apples
Day 5- 1200 calories
*Breakfast: a bowl of oatmeal, 1 green apple and ½ banana
*Snack: 1 cup cottage cheese and 1 grapefruit
*Lunch: 1 apple, some baked salmon and a green salad with olive oil and apple cider vinegar dressing
* Dinner: 2 apples
Additional foods you can consume while on this diet:
– Lean proteins: fish, eggs, lean beef, tofu, peanut butter and poultry
– Fresh fruits and veggies: grapefruit, watermelon, pears, bananas, strawberries, blueberries, leafy greens, tomatoes, mango, broccoli, berries
– Herbs and spices: mint leaves, garlic, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, turmeric, ginger
– Dairy: low-fat milk, low-fat yogurt
– whole grains: oats, quinoa, whole grain bread
– Fats and oils: avocado oil, olive oil
– Beverages: water, homemade 100% fresh juice, unsweetened coconut water
Foods that you’re not allowed to consume:
– processed meat
– sodas and alcohol
– junk food
– processed sweets and desserts
– butter
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