The red tea diet is a low calorie diet can help you lose up to seven pounds within five days. This diet requires that drinking four cups of red tea daily, at breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner, and eat only certain foods rich in carbohydrates and vegetables.

The food for this diet includes fruits, vegetables, fish, eggs, pasta, whole grains and rice. The prohibited foods include sugar, fats, diary foods, bananas, grapes, and meat.

Breakfast should include a can of red tea with orange juice or orange slices, a slice of bread, or two muesli bars.

For lunch, eat cold fish salad, rice with vegetables, rice or salad. You can also eat fruit and drink a cup of red tea. The snack should only include a cup of red tea.

Dinner consists of salad, fish with vegetables, pasta with vegetables, soup, rice or beans with vegetables. A fruit and a cup of red tea are good after dinner.

The vegetables should be eaten cooked or raw. The red tea also accelerates the liver `s metabolism and reduces fat absorption. The tea cleans the body, is anti-depressive, and stimulates digestive functions.

This diet is low in protein and if followed by more than five days, may lead to a sharp decline in the amount of protein in the body. The red tea also interfere with iron absorption so the body `s ability to absorb iron is limited.

The red tea diet should not be followed by pregnant women, children, people under medical treatment, or suffer from ulcer, insomnia, or anemia. To read the rest of this article, go to ProjectWeightLoss.com an online community weight loss with calorie counter, carbs counter, BMI calculator, diet planner, exercise planner and nutritional information.

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