The dissociated diet is a kind of miracle diet that has a very basic principle and that we are going to get to know in depth. To dissociate is to separate one thing from another to which it was attached. In the case of the diet, it consists of eating foods from a single food group and not mixing several food groups.
The positive points of this peculiar diet is that it is very easy to follow and you do not go hungry. but there is one thing that does not attract attention, and that is that eating badly has become so normal, that eating well is called dieting. We do not recommend diets, much less these that are miraculous. we support a healthy, varied and balanced diet from the beginning and the practice of some sport.
What is?
The dissociated diet is a diet halfway between a strict diet and a very permissive one. It consists of eating only one food group without mixing with others at each meal. A rather peculiar type of diet and with which they ensure that we will not go hungry.
In a few words, this diet has become very famous because it does not consist of reducing quantities, but rather of knowing the food groups and choosing the foods that we like the most from each one of them.
The basic objective of this diet is to eat by dividing each meal by food group, which is why it is called dissociated, because food groups cannot be mixed. Weight is usually lost with some ease and without much effort.
How is it done?
It is made by choosing foods from each food group, it is also divided into 5 meals: breakfast, mid-morning, lunch, snack and dinner. There are also a series of guidelines for each meal, and it is what we explain now:
- Breakfast: it is best to eat fruits or carbohydrates such as cereals.
- Lunch and snacks: healthy fats and carbohydrates, since being active requires more energy and burns more calories.
- Dinner: on this occasion, it is recommended to consume protein to slow down the metabolism.
It should also be known that the 3 essential groups are carbohydrates, proteins and neutral foods. Neutral foods can be combined with foals, but carbohydrates and proteins should not be mixed in a single meal.
- Carbohydrates: all kinds of pasta, cereals, bread, rice, bananas. nuts. apples, honey, pear, cornstarch, beer, etc.
- Proteins: soy, tofu, dairy. vinegar, fruit tea, natural fruit juices, citrus and exotic fruits, avocado, meat, fish, eggs, shellfish, crustaceans, molluscs, etc.
- Neutral: mushrooms and fungi, sprouts, nuts (except peanuts), cream, butter, olive oil, yeast, sausages, raw or smoked fish, yogurt, kefir, cheese, blueberries, etc.
Pros and cons
As in all diets, there is always a good side and a bad side. The vast majority of diets are based on healthy eating, but there are others that include products made in powder format to replace meals. They are the ones we always have to run away from.
In general, we must flee from all strict diets, and put ourselves in the hands of a nutritionist dietician who guides us towards healthy eating. Instead of placing our faith in miraculous diets that in the long run cause a rebound effect and there are even those that are bad in the long term due to the deficiency of some nutrients.
The pros of this diet is that it favors weight loss, we do not go hungry and we can eat varied and without very severe restrictions. Weight loss arises by not mixing carbohydrates with proteins and by creating a low-calorie diet without realizing it, almost. It stimulates ketosis and thus the body collects energy from stored fat and not from the carbohydrates we eat. Due to this it is possible to lose weight.
Among the cons we have the possible rebound effect, but before reaching that extreme, there is anxiety. By eliminating or reducing carbohydrates, it can generate a situation of anxiety by snacking on certain dishes that we like but that would create an imbalance in the diet that we are carrying out.
Another adverse effect of this peculiar diet is the monotony of the diet. This can make us very bored, to the point of losing interest in eating or skipping meals. We will talk about this topic and the process of creating an eating disorder in the next section.
It is healthy?
Healthy or not, only one thing is clear, and that is what we said at the beginning of this text. We have become so used to eating poorly that eating well and eating healthy is now called dieting. That is to say, as if it were something extraordinary and that it should only be done in a timely manner with a goal.
The reality is that a healthy diet and the practice of some exercise will keep us at a healthy weight and in good physical shape and external and internal health. We see that with these efforts we do not lose weight, before falling into the bag of miracle diets, it is best to go to a professional and have some tests done, since we could have some type of health problem such as intolerances or even thyroid problems.
This so-called dissociated diet may seem healthy a priori because it does not restrict many foods nor will it make us hungry with small portions, but in the long run it can give us a rebound effect if we do not adapt well. This is why we recommend starting our change, improving our lifestyle habits such as introducing more vegetables, reducing red meat, eating more fruit, drinking lots of water, keeping tobacco and drinks away from our lives, practicing sports, even if it is just swimming. or dance
Surely with these changes we begin to notice improvement in our physique. Of course, you have to take it easy, because the results will be slow. If we join the gym, the results could be more evident in a few weeks. It depends on each one. And if nothing works, it’s time to do a medical checkup.