The cucumber diet is very trendy and shares its premise with the more popular celery juice diet. This diet takes a low-calorie vegetable and makes it a hero of short-term weight loss diets, which might be why it’s also known as the Cucumber 4kg in 7 Days Diet.
7 Day Egg and Cucumber Diet
Day 1
- Breakfast: Scrambled eggs + hot sugar-free drink
- Lunch: Rich cucumber salad + fish carpaccio
- Dinner: Cucumber smoothie + 1 hard-boiled egg
Day 2
- Breakfast: Tofu and mushroom omelette + sugar-free hot drink + 3 nuts
- Lunch: Cucumber salad and light vinaigrette + steamed zucchini + lentil steak
- Dinner: Cucumber smoothie + 1 hard-boiled egg
Day 3
- Breakfast: 2 wholemeal toasts + 1 hard-boiled egg + 1 avocado + unsweetened hot drink
- Lunch: Grated carrots with light vinaigrette + steamed chicken with vegetables
- Snack: Cucumber and carrot sticks
- Dinner: 1 hard-boiled egg + cucumber smoothie
Day 4
- Breakfast: Herb omelette + hot unsweetened drink
- Lunch: Tortilla seasoned with basil and feta
- Dinner: Cucumber smoothie
Day 5
- Breakfast: Two slices of wholemeal bread with avocado + two slices of chicken breast sprinkled with sesame seeds
- Lunch: Pan-fried forest vegetables + 1 hard-boiled egg
- Dinner: Cucumber salad with light vinaigrette
Day 6
- Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with ricotta + cucumber sticks + hot unsweetened drink
- Lunch: Lentil steak and tomato sauce + fruit salad
- Dinner: Cucumber sticks + 2 slices of chicken breast
Day 7
- Breakfast: Oatmeal and raisin porridge + 1 hard-boiled egg
- Lunch: Salmon papillote with yogurt (plain) and lime + cucumber smoothie
- Dinner: Pan-fried forest vegetables + a handful of almonds
The benefits of cucumber for your body
Very low in calories, rich in fiber and refreshing as can be, cucumber proves to be a real slimming ally for weight loss. Its diuretic and thirst-quenching properties are added to its ability to promote the feeling of satiety, essential when you want to lose weight. According to a study, including it in your salads as a starter is the ideal way to reduce your caloric intake during a meal.
In addition, its content of essential nutrients such as vitamins A, B and K provides many benefits to the body. Vitamin K, for example, is essential for the preservation and strengthening of the body’s bones since it promotes the regulation of the mineralization process. To benefit from it, favor the consumption of this fruit with its peel (the cucumber is a fruit from a botanical point of view but we consume it in the form of a vegetable).
The antioxidant effect of cucumber stimulates the purification of the body through the elimination of toxins which can become embedded in fat cells. An action which would be mainly linked to its copper content when it is raw, and which allows it to fight against the presence of free radicals.
Here is how to integrate it into your daily life to benefit from its benefits. Please note that since meat is prohibited during this diet, vegetables rich in plant proteins should be favored to avoid any deficiency.
Cucumber is also considered a natural diuretic which helps eliminate excess fluid in the body and flush out accumulated toxins. Consuming this vegetable therefore helps detoxify and purify the body.
