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The diet we present to you in today’s article is very simple and tasty and perhaps that’s exactly why it is so popular. The best part is that it can be easily maintained, as you do not feel hungry at all.
This diet only needs to be followed at breakfast by consuming blended bananas with warm drinking water.
When this morning banana diet was introduced in March 2008 on the Japanese social network Mixi, it became so popular that it even caused a nationwide banana shortage. The diet was put together by Hitoshi Watanabe, who studied preventive medicine, and his wife Sumiko, who is a pharmacist. So what is this banana diet based on and what accounts for its success?
It doesn’t matter what you eat for the rest of the day
The couple Hitoshi and Sumiko Watanabe claim that consuming bananas and drinking water at room temperature for breakfast leads to weight loss. It then no longer matters what you eat for the rest of the day. The morning banana diet is extremely simple and easy to follow. Many Japanese who experimented with this diet really experienced rapid weight loss. The bananas must be raw, not cooked, dried, or frozen.
One reason this morning banana diet works is that bananas regulate and improve digestion and at the same time speed up metabolism.
Another reason why consuming bananas helps with weight loss is that they contain a high and significant proportion of starch, which actually promotes a feeling of satiety and fullness.
Rules of the Japanese diet:
Those who would like to follow and try this morning banana diet are also advised to eat dinner before 8:00 PM and to avoid any dessert afterwards. If people following this diet still feel hungry, they can have a piece of fruit after dinner.
For breakfast one or more bananas and a glass of lukewarm water are served. You can eat as many bananas as it takes to fill you up to about 80%. For lunch you can have a meal of your choice. The same applies to dinner, however it must be served before 8:00 PM. No dessert is allowed at dinner.
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