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5 Day Miracle Diet Review 

The goal of the "5 Day Miracle Diet" is to decrease food cravings by managing blood sugar levels. Once you're able to balance the blood sugar in your body, you are supposed to be able to control the wide swings in your energy level which often lead people to eating high-sugar junk food. The two major contributors to blood sugar increases are the time of day that you eat and the kind of food you eat.

Adele Puhn, creator of the "5 Day Miracle Diet" outlines definitive rules to help achieve your goal. For example, plan to eat breakfast within 30 minutes of waking, and have lunch no later than 1 p.m. Plan to finish dinner by 7 p.m. At no time should you consume yogurt, bananas or bagels. According to Puhn, the diet will only work if it's followed strictly.

Breakfast: eat starch such as wheat toast or egg whites.
Snack: eat hard-chew snack like an apple or celery. It promises to release sugar slowly into the bloodstream.
Lunch: eat before 1 P.M. and only protein and vegetables. No carbs.
Dinner: eat before 7 P.M. and consume protein and veggies.
Reality: Well, irrespective of the concepts of blood sugar, this is basically a decreased calorie diet that attempts to curb high-sugar intake. That is going to lead to weight loss. But, the big problem is that the regimen is highly restrictive and that almost always spells long term failure. The reality of popular diet products and programs is that few work in the long term because they don't focus on the sustainable strategies of balanced nutrition, exercise and personal motivation. But don't be discouraged, there are good plans out there that can help you achieve your goals.

Timing is everything

Step 1: Eat within one half hour of waking up.
Stick to a protein and a starch: perhaps a slice of bread and unsweetened peanut butter, or a bowl of cereal with skim or 1% milk.
Step 2: Eat a hard chew snack within two hours.
"Hard chew" means a crunchy fruit or vegetable, such as raw carrots or an apple. Hard chews are the crucial element that will stop the cravings within 5 days.
Step 3: Eat another hard chew snack two hours later.
If it's not yet lunchtime, eat a second hard chew snack even if you eat it right before lunch.
Step 4: Eat lunch no later than one.
It's not how close together the meals are, but how far apart that causes problems.
Step 5: Eat one or two snacks in the afternoon.
Space them no more than three hours apart--either a hard chew or a soft chew snack.
Step 6: Eat dinner no later than eight o'clock.
The earlier the better. Combine starch and vegetables, as well as a protein (salmon, chicken, lobster, lamb, Cornish hen, to name a few options).

5 Day Miracle Diet!
By, Adele Puhn

This is Quick Start “Drop it Quick” season. Weddings, reunions, vacations - swimsuits, pool parties.
If you want to drop a quick 5-10 pounds for that special occasion.

Day one:
Breakfast (7:30)
2 oz . nofat cheddar cheese &1 slice eight grain bread
Hard-chew Snack (9:30) 10 Baby carrots
Hard-chew snack (11:30) 1 cup (healthy handful) string beans
Lunch (12:30)
Mock Chef’s salad: lare chopped salad with 4 oz . sliced turkey as only deli meat. Sprinkle with balsamic vinegar and 2 teaspoons olive oil. Celery in salad for “tying the ribbon” on good blook sugar (GBS).1 roll ( 1oz .)
Soft or Hard-chew snack (3:30) 1 medium orange
Dinner (6:00)
Chinese takeout: 1/2 cup brown rice with steamed vegetables and 6 oz . bean curd (tofu)

Day two:
Breakfast (7:30)
1 bowl shredded wheat & 1 cup skim milk
Hard-chew Snack (9:30) healthy handful of red cabbage
Hard-chew snack (11:30) 1 apple
Lunch (1:00)
Grilled vegetables brushed with small amount of olive oil (including hard-chew carrot to tie ribbon on good blood sugar) 4 oz . grilled shrimp & 1 slice rye bread
Quick Fix (2:30) 1 segment orange
Soft or Hard-chew snack (4:00) 1/2 canteloupe
Dinner (7:00)
2/3 cup black beans simmered with onions, garlic, peppers and cilantro
1/2 cup cooked brown rice and mixed greens with balsamic vinegar
Quick Fix (8:30) 2 celery stalks

Day Three:
Breakfast (8:00am after workout on treadmill)
1 slice whole grain bread
2 teaspoons unsweetened peanut butter
Hard-chew Snack (10:00) 10 Baby carrots
Lunch (12:00)
1/2 cup couscous &  1 broiled lamp chop
Mixed salad (with chucks of whole radishes) drizzled with balsamic, vinegar and 2 teaspoons oil
Steamed vegetables & 1 bottle San pellegrino
Soft or Hard-chew snack (3:00) 1/4 cups strawberries
Soft or Hard-chew snack (6:00)
Dinner (7:00)
Vegetarian Dinner: 1 bowl lentil soup/ 1 large plate steamed mixed vegetables mixed with 1 teaspoon oil
perrier and lime

Day Four:
Breakfast (7:30)

2 slices turkey & 1 slice eight-grained bread
Hard-chew Snack (9:30) 2 stalks celery
Hard-chew snack (11:30) 1 apple
Lunch (12:30)
1 can tuna, packed in spring water, with lettuce, tomato and mustard
Salad (with uncooked carrot slices) and 1 teaspoon vinaigrette dressing / 1 slice rye bread
Soft or Hard-chew snack (3:30) 2 tangerines
Dinner (6:00)
Chinese takeout: Steamed vegetables chicken and brown rice.

Day Five:
Breakfast (7:30)
1 bowl puffed wheat / 1 cup skim milk
Lunch (12:30)
Grilled vegetables, including 1 uncooked carrot and 1 teaspoon oil / 3oz . poached salmon
Hard-chew snack (2:30) 1 apple
Soft or Hard-chew snack (4:30) 10 baby carrots
Soft or Hard-chew snack (6:30) Handful of string beans
Dinner (7:30)
1 1/2 cups pasta with tomato and basil sauce. / Huge salad with oil and vinegar
1/2 cup blueberies for dessert / 1 bottle San Pellegrin