AIR FORCE DIET: HOW IT WORKS, FOOD, RECOMMENDATION - NUTRITION - 2025

The air force diet was the one carried out by the soldiers of the Russian air force; the Soviets took care of their daily diet in order to maintain the proper weight of the different pilots they had during the years of the Cold War. In this way the other name of "diet of the Soviet air forces" was also born.

Currently in Hollywood fashions are so fast that we do not even have time to notice them. However, there is one that has decided to stagnate in the movie village: the air force diet.

US Army Soldiers eat their Thanksgiving meal on Combat Outpost Cherkatah, Khowst province, Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2009. The Soldiers are deployed with Company D, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment.

Celebrities use this method either to achieve the ideal figure or to access roles that physically require another appearance.

Such is the impact that this diet has obtained, (gaining strength in recent years) that it has already transcended the network and thousands of people have joined the crossroads of losing weight quickly and effectively.

During this reading we will try to explain in a precise way what this popular practice is and what it entails.

What is the Air Force diet?

When we talk about the diet of the Soviet air force, we talk about a way to lose weight that has worked for many years, therefore, if it is done in a proper way, it will be possible to reach the main objective, which is mainly to lose nothing more and nothing less than 10 kilos in the field of two weeks.

There is also the possibility of doing it in a week, all depending on the amount of weight we are willing to lose.

In the words of Pravda, the most important national magazine in Russia, when we refer to this method we are talking about a quick way to lose weight and at a minimum cost, and that of course is based on very low levels of carbohydrates.

It transforms the proteins in food into a few carbohydrates so that the body tries to maintain energy during the day. It also follows some immovable parameters with little margin of variability when eating the fixed foods.

Dangers

On the one hand, hunger will be crucial. It is without a doubt one of the harshest diets currently available to users.

Many specialists liken it to the three-day diet (one in which it was possible to lose five kilos in three days) and warn of the danger that its implementation may entail, since the lack of food is little and they cause motor and energetic deficiencies decrease considerably.

It is obvious that during the period of realization of this diet it is not possible to do high impact exercise. If you could do some type of exercise, it is advisable to do yoga or Pilates due to its minimum level of intensity.

Effects edit

The effects that we will suffer apart from the loss of weight will be the sensation of a low level of energy and permanent hunger. Later we will explain how to try to alleviate it in a partial way.

In the chemical field, we will lose large amounts of fiber, vitamin E and mostly potassium, in addition to other mineral vitamins.

Likewise, it is very likely that we will feel nauseous on occasion throughout the two weeks, as well as the sensation of poor concentration and dizziness.

Finally, it should be noted that it affects the metabolism of our body, making it develop much more slowly.

What to eat

Russian doctor Rao Ivaturi refutes that it is a very low-carbohydrate diet. Seeks that the practitioner uses fast foods and that are not too heavy.

The different foods on which it rests the pillars of its effectiveness are coffee, hard-boiled or cooked eggs, whole-grain toast, red meat and salads. It will be around these sustenance that the 14 days of the regime will be based.

Sauces also play a transcendental role, which we can take as a plus, because within the fasting in extremis that is carried out, we can add mustards, tomato sauces, vinegars and many more liquids that we will detail below.

Weekly Military Diet: Food

The first day you can only have one coffee for breakfast. To eat, we will have boiled eggs and a tomato, and for dinner a little meat and tea. After this first contact, breakfast can be made up of a coffee plus a toast on the rest of the days of the week (except the last one to which we will return only to the drink).

It is very important that the toast is always integral. The rest of your lunches and dinners will be a combination of mostly small portions of red meat, and preferably veal with vegetables and eggs. Grilled fish may one day replace meat. Here we show in detail a schedule by days clearly specifying what can be taken:

Monday

• Breakfast: Coffee alone.
• Lunch: 2 boiled eggs with a tomato.
• Dinner: 200 grams of red meat with a green salad.

Tuesday

• Breakfast: Coffee with whole wheat toast.
• Lunch: 200 grams of red meat with a green salad.
• Dinner: 150 grams of cooked ham plus a diet yogurt.

Wednesday

• Breakfast: Coffee with whole wheat toast.
• Lunch: Lettuce, celery, tomato, green beans, an orange.
• Dinner: 2 hard-boiled eggs, 100 grams of cooked ham.

Thursday

• Breakfast: Coffee with whole wheat toast.
• Lunch: 1 hard boiled egg, 1 raw cup of carrot, 150 grams of Gruyère cheese.
• Dinner: Fruit and a diet yogurt.

Friday

• Breakfast: Coffee with whole wheat toast.
• Lunch: 1 cup of cooked carrot with 150 grams of cooked ham.
• Dinner: 200 grams of grilled, boiled or grilled fish with lettuce.

Saturday

• Breakfast: Coffee with whole wheat toast.
• Lunch: 1/4 chicken with salad.
• Dinner: 2 hard-boiled eggs and a cup of cooked carrot.

Sunday

• Breakfast: Coffee alone.
• Lunch: 200 grams of red meat and an orange.
• Dinner: Whatever you want, in moderation.

In addition to the exposed diet, it is also possible to vary a batch of foods that would serve the same way. Among them fruit salad, baked chicken, citrus fruits or carrots.

recommendations

• According to Men´s Fitness magazine, we should drink plenty of water throughout the day, being optimal to reach four glasses a day following the red line that never drinks during meals.
• The salad options can be several, being possible combinations of tomato sauce, vinegar, white vinegar, lemon, Worcestershire sauce, balsamic vinegar, pepper or mustard.
• If coffee is tedious, it can also be substituted for green tea.
• Use as a replacement for saccharin sugar or artificial sweetener in its absence.
• Eat appetite suppressants mid-morning or mid-afternoon such as a piece of fruit. It is important to do it no earlier than two hours after the intake of the last meal as the effects may not be as desired. It must be said that this recommendation should not be overused.
• As it is a diet that has a great impact on our body, it is advisable to be supervised under the eyes of an expert nutritionist at all times.

And at the end of the two weeks of diet, what do I do?

If the results have served you as personal satisfaction, you have two options. It is very easy to regain weight in a simple and easy way, so in the first place if you decide to stop the diet and try to maintain the figure you have achieved, you should maintain a regulation on food and your calorie intake. All this always combined with adequate physical activity adapted to our metabolism.

Second, if you want to resume the process again, rest for about two weeks, and after that, prepare to do the same procedure again. This is important because continued practice can lead to imminent dehydration, a weakened immune system, and multiple digestive problems alongside weight loss.

Curiosities

• Its name is already a curiosity in itself, because as explained, it is a diet used in the past by Soviet air soldiers to maintain physical shape and not gain excess weight.
• It is known in Hollywood as one of the most miraculous diets for its stars. Demanded by many actors, it is one of the new fashions in the area to maintain the figure.
• Old photos of Russian soldiers would be a clear example of the effectiveness of this diet, as they are known to have always been stringy, lean, and athletic.
• Precisely, following this diet, the subject will be lacking in energy, something curious if we think that the soldiers had to maintain the type during the war 24 hours a day.