Bell pepper contains few calories, a lot of valuable substances and has a pleasant taste. Therefore, it can be safely used for weight loss.

Composition and benefits of pepper

The composition of sweet pepper includes vitamins A, PP, E, K, C, group B, fiber, macro- and microelements, organic acids, capsaicin, lycopene, sugars, water, quincetin, polyphenols, lutein.

The caloric content of pepper is approximately 25 kcal per 100 g. Most of the calories are contained in yellow pepper, and the least in green.
What is useful pepper for weight
loss? It helps to get rid of cravings for sweets, reduce appetite, helps to speed up metabolism, removes excess water from the body and relieves edema, and also contributes to the rapid burning of fats.
As you can see, sweet pepper is very useful for both health and weight
loss. Therefore, if you love this vegetable, you can try to use it in the diet.

Diet options

There is a variant of the diet, designed for two weeks. Sweet red pepper makes up most of the menu with this diet. It is necessary to use pepper in raw form.
On the first day, you can eat only vegetables, and half should be
pepper. It can be salads, snacks and smoothies.
On the second day, you can add fruit, except bananas and grapes.
In general, you can eat a kilogram of vegetables and fruits.
The third and fourth day: you can eat 300 g of vegetables and fruits and a couple of boiled
eggs.
5-7 days - it is allowed to eat 200 g of boiled meat, the same amount of cottage cheese, yogurt and 300 g of fruits and vegetables.

Then you need to repeat the
days. Another option for the diet is a three-day diet.

It is suitable for those who do not want to limit themselves for a long time.
During the diet, you can eat fruits, sweet peppers, tomatoes, carrots, string beans, boiled chicken, whole grain
bread. Meals can be prepared any, but only from permitted products. You can drink freshly squeezed juice, green tea, water.


Here is the diet menu: • in the morning: salad with peppers and tomatoes, bread, green tea;

•snack: fruit smoothie;
•lunch: 200 g boiled chicken, salad, orange;
•afternoon snack:sweet pepper and bread;
•dinner:stewed pepper with tomatoes, carrot juice.
You can choose any version of the diet to your liking.
 

Recipes for diet

During the diet, you can eat fresh pepper, and you can cook vegetable soups, stews. Here are some dietary recipes. Grilled

salad Two colorful peppers and a couple of tomatoes cut into slices, sprinkle with balsamic vinegar.

Grill for 15 minutes. You can add olives. Vegetable salad

Cut the red onion into half rings, 2 fennel tubers, 3 sweet peppers, 2 tomatoes cut into slices.

Pour all the lemon juice, pepper and salt. Season with vegetable oil, sprinkle with chopped basil. Salad with cheese

Cut 2 sweet peppers, a couple of cucumbers, tomato pieces.

Cut into cubes 50 g of hard cheese. Combine everything, season with vegetable oil, salt and sprinkle with crushed dill. Stew Cut 3 sweet peppers, 2 tomatoes, a handful of string beans, zucchini, eggplant, onion and carrots.

Sauté onions with carrots. Add the beans and eggplant, simmer for 5 minutes. Then add pepper and tomatoes, salt, add marjoram. Simmer until cooked. Mashed

soup 4 sweet peppers bake in the oven for 40 minutes, remove the skin.

Cut the onion and 100 g of celery stems, fry. Then add a couple of cloves of garlic and cook for another minute. Put the pepper to the vegetables, fry for 3 minutes. Pour in water and cook for 15 minutes. Beat with a blender, add some cream and warm. Serve with cheese and herbs.


Ratatuy Cut into circles 2 eggplants, 2 zucchini, 500 g tomatoes and 3 sweet peppers.
Chop the onion, add 3 sweet peppers and a kilogram of tomatoes diced. Cook for 10 minutes, grind in a blender. Pour the sauce into a mold, lay out, alternating eggplant, zucchini, 500 g of tomatoes and two sweet peppers, cut into circles. Pour the sauce and sprinkle with Provencal herbs, season with salt. Bake for 45 minutes. Vegetable smoothie

Beat a glass of tomato and carrot juice, 2 red bell peppers, a tablespoon of lemon juice.

Sprinkle with black ground pepper. Garnish with a slice of lemon and a sprig of parsley. Smoothie with orange juice Cut 100 g of carrots, the same amount of pepper, 2 stalks of celery, 300 g of tomatoes, a few sprigs of celery, 40 g of parsley leaves.

Grate 5 g of ginger root. Mix everything, add 200 g of orange juice, a little water. Beat until smooth. Snack Mix cottage cheese with chopped cloves of garlic, chopped parsley, sour cream and cheese, grated on a fine grater.

Cut the sweet pepper, remove the seeds. Fill with the resulting mixture, leave for an hour in the refrigerator. You can stick to any diet on bell peppers. And you can just eat right and often include in the menu healthy dishes from this vegetable.