Religious people fast on certain days and weeks. This dictates of their religion and their reasons for this are more than clear.

According to the Christian calendar began Advent begins.

By passing the Great Souls come Christmas Lent, the day before to start fasting (November 15 - Advent begins Rooms) when was the last to eat meat. For Christmas Lent is a great car chicken and cook it with sauerkraut. Also stuffed peppers with beans and fat. Grindstone and cheese pastry with pumpkin - pumpkin with lots of walnuts. After dinner the wash and hide the wooden spoon that is poured blissfully, and you felt it 40 days - until Christmas.

So often happens, however, that overweight people began to fast and then with one sole purpose: to remove someone and weight.

When these fasts are conducted properly,  under the supervision and control of property physician-nutritionist, they can become something like "plastic surgery without a scalpel."

It was discovered accidentally in the late XIX century. Several doctors noticed that fasting can mobilize to the utmost the resistance of the organism.

But if you decide to make a temporary diet program for treatment of their own, start by having become familiar with the principles of the diet.

All pilgrims finished a meal of this type are threatened by a shortage of minerals and proteins. Therefore, experts do not recommend vegetarian.

But if you're determined to do it for religious or health reasons then schedule a diet for three weeks or 21 days solid. If this deadline is not difficult for you, you can continue, but not more than 50 days in total.

During the diet take a day during which you will stay only in cereals and dried fruits. You can make a mix of some grains, dried fruit and some third of finely sliced radish, celery or carrots.

Include eat vegetable soups. You can prepare in two ways - slightly cooked, so as to champ carrots, salted with salt and seasoned with aromatic herbs - like classic vegetable soup, but not fat.

Ensure your diet days for each portion of yoghurt or 100 g feta cheese. In one week 3 eat cooked or prepared eggs. Every day, while performing the diet, take one pill of vitamin B12.

Every day between meals eat a fruit, it is recommended to be the same for the day. Eat raw vegetables without restrictions throughout the day as a main dish. Use as a condiment yogurt or a little apple vinegar. If you fast for religious reasons must know:

During the post can not be used without oil and wine, Wednesday and Friday. You should not eat foods of animal origin - meat, milk, cheese, eggs, cheese.

On St. Nicholas' Day - December 6, to allow fish. Advent begins the exception of the church does for children, pregnant women, sick and elderly, who are allowed milk and dairy products.