Low calorie diet: The Mayo Clinic Diet

Diet Mayo became fashionable in the 80 Diet was created by the famous Mayo Clinic in the United States. The Mayo diet is a low calorie diet of 1,000 calories a day.

The Mayo diet reservation to persons with an iron will, able to withstand for 14 days eating many eggs people. Diet discouraged people with cholesterol.

Duration of the Mayo Diet: 14 days.
Weight loss: 6-8 kg in two weeks.

Prohibited foods:
The forbidden foods are numerous: fats, sugar, vegetables, dairy products, foods rich in starch, most fruits (except grapefruit and lemon).

Main food:
The main foods are eggs (low in calories, high in protein and causes a rapid satiety) and grapefruit (helps burn fat).

Advantages of the Mayo diet:
The Mayo diet is easy to carry out it does not need culinary preparation. Weight loss is considerable with such a reduced caloric rate.

Disadvantages and dangers:
This diet should not be prescribed more than 14 days: if it was carried out at longer endanger the metabolic system, because the caloric intake is inadequate and eggs increase cholesterol.

Weekly Menu dietary Diet May

Monday

Breakfast: coffee or tea without sugar, 1/2 grapefruit, 2 boiled eggs.
Lunch: 2 boiled eggs, spinach and tomato. Coffee or tea without sugar.
Dinner: A grilled steak with green salad dress with lemon juice.

Tuesday

Breakfast: Coffee or tea without sugar toast. 1/2 grapefruit and 2 boiled eggs.
Lunch: A steak, salad with lemon and a teaspoon of oil. 1/2 grapefruit. Coffee or tea without sugar.
Dinner: 150 grams of cooked ham and a yogurt without sugar.

Wednesday

Breakfast: Coffee or tea without sugar toast. 1/2 grapefruit and 2 boiled eggs.
Lunch: Steak with celery, tomato and cucumber at will. Coffee or tea without sugar.
Dinner: 2 boiled eggs, 80 gr. Grilled ham and green salad with lemon.

Thursday

Breakfast: Coffee or tea without sugar toast. 1/2 grapefruit and 2 boiled eggs.
Lunch: 1 hard boiled egg with carrot and 60 gr. Grilled ham. Tea without sugar.
Dinner: Fruit salad and yogurt without sugar.

Friday

Breakfast: grated carrots with lemon. Coffee or tea without sugar.
Lunch: grilled white and green salad at will fish. 1/2 grapefruit. Coffee or tea without sugar.
Dinner: Steak with fennel, a tomato and celery.

Saturday

Breakfast: Coffee or tea without sugar toast. 1/2 grapefruit.
Lunch: A quarter of grilled chicken and green salad at will. Coffee or tea without sugar.
Dinner: 2 boiled eggs and grated carrots with lemon.

Sunday

Breakfast: tea without sugar only. 1/2 grapefruit and 2 boiled eggs.
Lunch: 200 grams of leg of lamb grilled and an orange.
Dinner: What you want, but in moderation.