The Kremlin Diet
Effective, but very dangerous
Julia Bondar, Copper News
The Kremlin diet has long been considered one of the most effective: it is claimed that with its help, in just three months, you can achieve significant results without experiencing any discomfort. However, it should also be taken into account that it can cause serious harm to health.
Where did the "Kremlin Diet" come from
The "Kremlin Diet" appeared in 2004 solely thanks to journalists: it was published in the newspaper, and in just a couple of months it caused a lot of enthusiastic reviews, and the numbers with the table of products with the points assigned to them diverged instantly. Tables were copied by hand and printed on computers, passing each other a magic recipe for a quick and "delicious" getting rid of excess weight.
The name "Kremlin Diet" was invented by journalist Evgeny Chernykh: according to legend, this diet was followed exclusively by the country's top leadership. However, it is known for certain only about Yuri Luzhkov, who became an active follower of this diet – perhaps after it gained popularity.
The basis for this diet was the guidelines for the development of the rations of the military and astronauts of the United States, known as the "diet of American astronauts". Its principle is very simple, in a nutshell it can be formulated as "few carbohydrates, a lot of protein."
The basic principle of the "Kremlin diet"
In the "Kremlin diet", not calories are counted, but points (points) depending on the amount of carbohydrates in the product: 1 gram of carbohydrates is equal to 1 point. To lose weight, it is recommended to gain no more than 40 points a day, and to maintain weight – no more than 60.
Flour and sweet "weigh" the most, so they must be completely excluded from the diet. Without any restrictions, you can eat any protein products – meat, fish, eggs, cottage cheese, sour cream: regardless of their fat content, these products are assigned 0 points. Since "zero" foods can be eaten always and in any quantity, the diet does not cause hunger and generally feels quite comfortable. And the weight is steadily decreasing: to compensate for carbohydrate starvation, the splitting of amino acids is triggered, and fatty acids are converted into ketone bodies. Own fat reserves begin to melt rapidly, and health problems – no less rapidly grow.
What is the danger of the "Kremlin diet"
The "Kremlin diet" is dangerous even for absolutely healthy people, since large amounts of protein and fats can provoke diseases of the liver, kidneys, stomach, intestines.
The so–called "protein poisoning" may develop - food intoxication, which occurs due to the consumption of large amounts of protein without carbohydrates.
It is possible to develop dietary ketosis – poisoning that occurs due to the processing of fats, as a result of which ketone bodies are formed. Dietary ketosis proceeds without obvious symptoms, but all organs suffer, and more than others – the kidneys, liver, brain.
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Kidney problems. The kidneys are responsible for removing protein breakdown products from the body. A large amount of proteins leads to acidification of urine and increased excretion of oxalate salts. With this mode of operation, kidney stones appear. Oxalate stones have sharp outgrowths. Moving along the ureter, the stones wound its walls, causing unbearable pain. If an excessive amount of proteins enters the body for a long time, tubulopathy may develop – a condition in which the process of transporting all the nutrients necessary for kidney function pathologically changes. As a result, stones begin to form even with a balanced diet. In addition, an increased salt content in the urine provokes inflammatory diseases of the urinary tract.
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Atherosclerosis. Fatty meat is rich in saturated fatty acids and cholesterol, an excess of which leads to vascular damage, that is, atherosclerosis
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Fatty meat that is not prohibited by the "Kremlin diet" can lead to liver damage (fatty hepatosis).
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There is a deficiency of vitamins and minerals due to the small amount of fruits and vegetables in the menu.
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Sweet tooth deprived of carbohydrates in all kinds, and especially sweets, experience real withdrawal. Sometimes they try to replace sweets with chemical substitutes that are very harmful to health.
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Due to the insufficient amount of fiber, which is contained in cereals, vegetables and fruits prohibited by the diet, the work of the gastrointestinal tract is disrupted – constipation may occur, and, as a result, the development of hemorrhoids.
For whom is the "Kremlin diet" especially dangerous?
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for people suffering from liver diseases, hypertension, angina pectoris;
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for those who have had a heart attack or stroke;
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for patients with diabetes mellitus;
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for menopausal women – they have an increased risk of developing osteoporosis;
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for pregnant, nursing and children.
In what cases can it be used?
A principle similar to the principles of the "Kremlin Diet" is used by athletes and bodybuilders in a process called "drying". A sharp reduction in the amount of carbohydrates depletes glycogen reserves, and a person begins to lose weight by burning fat, getting a very fast result – up to 5 kilograms of weight per week. However, even in this case, it should be used very carefully, very briefly and not in the form in which it was originally published.
Typical daily menu of the "Kremlin diet"
Breakfast: 100 grams of cheese, coffee, egg.
Lunch: vegetable salad with mushrooms, steak.
Dinner: tomato and boiled chicken.
In between, you can drink tea and coffee in any quantities without sugar, as well as mineral water.
Conclusions
The Kremlin diet quickly burns the body's fat reserves, while disabling almost all internal organs: liver, kidneys, brain, blood vessels, gastrointestinal tract. However, almost immediately after the abolition of dietary restrictions, most of the weight returns: the body is trying with all its might to make up for what it has lost. Experts consider this diet extremely harmful to the body – especially in the form in which it was published in 2004.
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11.09.2017