Dukan Diet: The Dukan Diet is a four-phased, high-protein, low-carb weight loss plan. It was developed by French medical practitioner and expert in weight management, Dr. Pierre Dukan. A patient with obesity who said he could give up eating anything to reduce weight—aside from meat—inspired Dukan to develop the diet in the 1970s. Dukan wrote “The Dukan Diet” in 2000 after seeing a lot of his patients lose a lot of weight on his diet. The book eventually saw release in 32 nations and quickly rose to prominence. It is said to have aided in quick, effortless weight loss without hunger.
Unique rules and criteria
The Dukan Diet necessitates a lot of work. It’s rather restricting and calls for you to take an oat bran supplement every day, especially in the beginning stages of the programme. Also, you need to keep track of how you’re doing as you move through the program’s several phases, each of which has its own unique rules and criteria. Similar to the keto diet, the diet’s initial phases call for very few carbohydrates. Keto, on the other hand, permits greater consumption of fat, non-starchy veggies, and low-sugar fruits like berries. In other words, there is a little bit more variety in what you can eat when you follow a ketogenic diet. Although there are more dietary options available in later phases of the Dukan Diet, there are still a number of tight guidelines to follow.
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Four Phases Of Dukan Diet
- Attack phase (1–7 days): You begin the diet by consuming as much lean protein as you like along with 1.5 tablespoons of oat bran daily.
- Cruise phase (1–12 months): Lean protein and non-starchy vegetables are consumed alternate days, along with 2 tablespoons of oat bran.
- Consolidation phase (5 days for every pound lost in phases 1 and 2): 2.5 tablespoons of oat bran per day, unlimited lean protein and vegetables, some carbs and fats, and one day of lean protein each week.
- Stabilization phase (indefinite): As long as your weight stays stable, abide with the rules from the Consolidation phase. Three tablespoons of oat bran should be consumed daily.
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