The three-day military diet plan is
now among age-old weight loss mantras. The diet promises quick weight loss,
lower cholesterol, and increased energy. While the diet does claim to enforce a
‘unique metabolic reaction’ the science behind the theory has never really been
justified.

As the name suggests, the three-day
diet plan is just three days long and requires to be observed every week.
People eat what the diet suggests for three days and eat regular food for the
remaining four days of the week. The diet plan claims that if followed, a
person can lose up to 10 pounds in weight. However, the weight loss occurs due
to the loss of water weight and not fat. 

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The diet plan is set in such a way
that a person consumes 1,400 calories, 1,200 calories, and 1,000 calories each
in three consecutive days. This helps the body’s metabolism to drop. Then a
person eats regular food and as normalcy resumes, the person gains weight
quicker.

Advocates of the three-day military
diet plan say that the portion sizes must be exactly maintained to achieve
10-pound weight loss and overeating or undereating is ill-advised. Those
following the plan are also suggested to drink plenty of water before and after
every meal.

Dieters are not allowed to snack
unless they save an item from their diet. Those following the diet are also
required to drink plenty of water before and after every meal. 

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Menu for the Diet plan:

Day 1

Breakfast: One cup of black tea or
black coffee, with caffeine, is to be consumed with stevia (recommended
sweetener). Half grapefruit. One slice of toast. Two tablespoons of peanut
butter.

Lunch: half cup tuna, one slice toast,
one cup back coffee or tea.

Dinner: three ounces of meat, one cup
green beans, half banana, one apple, one cup vanilla ice cream.

Day 2

Breakfast: Egg, half banana, one slice
toast.

Lunch: One cup cottage cheese, one
hard-boiled egg, five saltine crackers.

Dinner: Two hot dogs (without bun),
one cup broccoli, half cup carrots, half banana, half cup vanilla ice cream.

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Day 3

Breakfast: Five saltine crackers, one
slice of cheddar cheese, one apple.

Lunch: One hard-boiled egg, one slice
of toast.

Dinner: One cup tuna, half banana, one
cup vanilla ice cream.

Like the others, even the three-day
Diet plan has its own pros and cons.

Pros: It results in quick weight loss
and the intake pattern is easy to follow.

Cons: This diet program is not scientifically
proven, contains some food items which are low in nutrition.