We are all familiar with the unique and exotic taste of pineapples. The fruit is scientifically known as Ananas Comosus. This tropical fruit belongs to the Bromeliceae family and has become one of the most loved fruit in the entire world. Even though people of different countries may have different palatal and taste preferences, but the fruit seem to be welcomed everywhere. Even when people do not seem to understand completely the nutrition contents of the food, they already love the fruit. And when they do understand the real contents, they will devour the food.
Because of the contents of the food, many people are now using the pineapples for medical and industrial purposes including diet. As they have so many benefits, the benefits have formed a basic need of diet plans. Staying or regaining shape with pineapple is fairly easy and safe as they are purely natural.
This diet program is often called the pineapple diet or the pineapple detox diet. The initial pioneer of the pineapple detox diet is Joann Merzger. The program is fairly simple. All you need to do is to consume a large quantity of pineapples in order to reduce weight. The pineapples have large content of water and nutrients so that they will make you full and healthy at the same time. Moreover, there is a low number of calories in the pineapple to make you be able to control the intake of calories.
One of the variant of pineapple diet is to have a three day diet loss program. It is also called the pineapple tuna diet. This diet believes in a balanced diet. So although the diet concentrates on losing weight, but it does not only require to consume one single food. Therefore, those who do the diet will consume pineapple and tuna. This diet does not only promise on dropping the weight in a short time, but also does not cause starvation and weakness. At the same time as the body lost its weight, it is also nourished and remaining to be healthy.
Even though the pineapple is a natural diet source, but there are some precautions in the diet. The pineapple is a rich source of vitamin C and at the same time is rich on acid. There may be some side effects on some people like irritation and pain in the tongue when consuming a high quantity of pineapples. That is why a person needs to check to his or her doctor first before deciding to do the diet.
