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Introduction
Underneath, please find the Michael Meyer Éclat Diet with
apple cider vinegar - which is brought to you FREE because of the commitment to health and beauty at Zest for Life™ and www.anyvitamins.com.
This diet was developed for normal people, with normal busy lifestyles, a normal income, and wishing to lose weight, get rid of cellulite and detoxify successfully without being on a fad diet.
It does not require expensive or unusual foods to be eaten, and requires very little preparation time, and is compatible with almost everybody's lifestyle - you do not need hours to prepare lunch when you are at the office, nor do you need to hunt down strange and exotic foods to eat on this diet.
This diet is not sold in book form, as very few people actually stick to a diet if it is so involved that you need an entire book to explain it. The diet is compiled with some principles in mind, and although the principles are not discussed, they work - and that is usually all that people want to know.
Michael A Meyer from Pretoria, South Africa, who has for years followed the business of looking good, diet trends, detoxifying the body and mind as well as orthodox medical wisdom and alternative healing, compiled this diet with due reference to all these aspects.
Although he is neither a medical practitioner nor a nutritionist, he has been involved in looking good for decades and has compiled this diet to be effective for losing weight, fighting cellulite, increasing energy and stamina as well as being varied and interesting.
This is not a copy of any other diet, but principles of various disciplines and doctrines are used.
The Michael Meyer Éclat Diet is NOT a fad diet, as it suggests a selection of foods, in proper combination and balance.
This diet has been used extensively by hundreds of thousands of people to successfully lose weight, but If you are considering following any diet, or making changes to your lifestyle, and you have any health problems, kindly discuss with your medical practitioner.
This diet was compiled in day modules - the days need not be followed 1,2 3 etc - and can be changed as you want, but you may not have breakfast of day 1, and combine it with lunch of another day - if you decide on a day - stick to the diet for that day.
Please see this diet, not as a "diet" as such, but a lifestyle and way of eating.
Should you follow a vegetarian diet, kindly replace all animal protein with vegetable protein where so used in the diet.
If you do not eat red meat, you may also substitute it at any time where it is listed, with either fish or chicken.
We recommend that you use two supplements while on this diet, but it is NOT NECESSARY to take the supplements for the diet to work - the diet will work without the supplements.
Taking these inexpensive supplements will make your dieting and detoxifying experience a far more effective and efficient process, and will also enhance your general health.
Zest for Life™ Apple Cider Vinegar and Centella (Gotu Kola) Capsules - 2 with water upon rising. Should you however suffer from ulcers, it is recommended that you only take the capsules after having breakfast.
People also benefit by taking another 1 capsule before lunch and dinner, as well as 1 capsule an hour before going to bed.
Zest for Life™ Millenium 2000 Capsules - 2 with water after breakfast. Some people prefer to take only one at breakfast time, and the other one at dinner time.
We trust you will find the diet effective and of great use in achieving the results that you are aiming for.
The diet or modules of eating is divided into seven days, and can be repeated indefinitely. You need not follow day 1 with day 2, but can decide your own pattern of days.
Do however not eat meals from different days in one day - the diet was planned with specific meals per day, with due reference and consideration of content and ingredients.
You will see the results after about two weeks - but do not expect to see major differences in a couple of days. The idea is getting you to continuously slim down to your ideal body weight - not to get you to crash down to that weight and simply putting it on again in a yo-yo motion.
When using the recipes included try to stick to them as closely as possible in the beginning and only when you have reached your desired goal, start experimenting by adding other ingredients.
Day 1
Upon waking 2 x Zest for Life Apple Cider and Gotu Kola Capsules with glass of water. Breakfast ½ grapefruit Oats porridge Coffee / tea 2 x Zest for Life Millenium 2000 Capsules
Mid-morning Fruit and ½ glass of milk. Lunch Salad with egg and dressing
Mid-afternoon Fruit and if you wish about 15 nuts
Dinner Fish (make an extra piece for lunch tomorrow) Steamed vegetables Health salad Tea
Upon waking 2 x Zest for Life Apple Cider and Gotu Kola Capsules with glass of water. Breakfast ½ papaya Oats porridge Coffee / tea 2 x Zest for Life™ Millenium 2000 Capsules
Mid-morning Slice toast with honey
Lunch Health salad And piece of fish if you feel like it.
Mid-afternoon ½ cup yogurt
Dinner Chicken Steamed vegetables or broccoli soup Coffee / Tea
Day 3
Upon waking 2 x Zest for Life Apple Cider and Gotu Kola Capsules with glass of water. Breakfast ½ cantaloupe (spanspek) Oats porridge Coffee / tea 2 x Zest for Life™ Millenium 2000 Capsules
Mid-morning Apple
Lunch Half an avocado with salt, pepper and a couple of drops of lemon juice or apple cider vinegar and 1 slice of bread or Some soup from the night before
Mid-afternoon Banana
Dinner Chicken Health salad Fresh fruit salad Coffee / Tea
Day 4
Upon waking 2 x Zest for Life Apple Cider and Gotu Kola Capsules with glass of water. Breakfast ½ grapefruit Oats porridge Coffee / tea 2 x Zest for Life™ Millenium 2000 Capsules
Mid-morning ½ cup yogurt
Lunch Fresh fruit salad Mid-afternoon Toast with honey
Dinner Tomato and rosemary pasta dish (you can keep some for lunch tomorrow) Green salad Tea [Your weekly treat or cheat: you may have a piece of cheesecake or even a chocolate éclair if you want, as well as a glass of dry white wine or a single whisky and water - but DO NOT GO OVERBOARD - this weekly cheat is just for you not to feel deprived - and no, you may not have this more than once a week, and you may only have it with today's combination]
Day 5
Upon waking 2 x Zest for Life Apple Cider and Gotu Kola Capsules with glass of water. Breakfast ½ grapefruit Oats porridge Coffee / tea 2 x Zest for Life™ Millenium 2000 Capsules
Mid-morning Fruit
Lunch Tomato and rosemary pasta dish (left over from last night) or Sandwich with tomato and cucumber slices.
Mid-afternoon Apple
Dinner Baked potato with sour cream and fresh chives. Health salad Coffee / Tea
Upon waking 2 x Zest for Life Apple Cider and Gotu Kola Capsules with glass of water. Breakfast ½ grapefruit Oats porridge Coffee / tea 2 x Zest for Life™ Millenium 2000 Capsules
Mid-morning Bun with cucumber slices
Lunch Health salad
Mid-afternoon Slice of bread (open sandwich) with sliced tomato and leeks
Dinner Lean beef/pork Health salad
Day 7
Upon waking 2 x Zest for Life Apple Cider and Gotu Kola Capsules with glass of water. Breakfast ½ grapefruit Oats porridge Coffee / tea 2 x Zest for Life™ Millenium 2000 Capsules
Mid-morning ½ cucumber and tomato
Lunch Tuna salad (Great over weekends if people are visiting)
Mid-afternoon Fruit
Dinner Broccoli soup Fish, beef, pork or chicken Health salad
We grow up with the paradigm that we must have fluid at mealtimes, and that we must have tea or coffee directly after a meal. That is nonsense, and we should strive not to fill our digestive system with beverages when it tries to optimize nutrient absorption during and after meals. Rather have a glass of water with a dash of Apple Cider Vinegar, 45 minutes before your meal.
This is still the best beverage to have, as it helps to flush and hydrate the body. The body can do without nutrition for a time, but it cannot do without its life-giving water.
You need not be out in the desert to dehydrate - excess perspiration, dry climate control, stomach upsets, over-exercising etc. all can lead to your body losing excessive water, and your body starting to dehydrate, which has a negative effect on your general health and which is also detrimental to your looks.
Some "rules" exist, like 8 - 10 glasses of water per day, but water quality also counts. In order to further your general health, it might be worth your while to buy an on-tap water purifier, or a loose standing water-purifying jug - they are far cheaper.
Coffee
Although coffee is not the best beverage to have while trying to get the body into shape, or detoxifying, we must make allowances for the personal tastes of people, but limit the amount of cups per day. Here I will suggest no more than two cups of coffee per day.
Tea
Although tea does not contain caffeine, as such, it is also better to limit the amount to the minimum to which you can live with.
Herbal Teas
While on diet I would suggest that you rather look at having herbal tea instead of coffee or normal tea. Herbal teas should be taken without milk or sweetener, and a wide variety of such teas are available to suit your personal taste.
Consider having herbal tea, which contains fennel, as fennel is most helpful when slimming - but stay away from laxative teas - even if it states that it is a herbal tea.
Milk
Although people promote the use of skimmed or low fat milk, I personally prefer to have normal milk. If you have a fat or cholesterol problem, you might want to consider these low-fat alternatives, but on this diet, you can, within reason use normal milk, where it allows you milk to drink during the day, or in your allowed tea and coffee.
Fruit Juices
Although fruit juices are wonderful to have, try and limit these beverages as well, as they do contain natural sugar, and flooding your system with it, is also not called for.
Vegetable Juices
Fresh vegetable juices are a wonderful aid to take while on diet, as they supply a host of nutrients to the body, while hydrating it as well. But as with anything, keep the intake balanced and don't overdo it.
Sugar substitutes
There is still controversy about how safe sugar substitutes are, but I personally prefer to use sugar substitutes in my coffee or tea, to limit my intake of refined sugar.
If you are however concerned about the health implications of using a sugar substitute, it is best to either have your tea and coffee without sugar, or to limit the amount of sugar to the absolute minimum.
Oats porridge
Quick-oats are available in most countries in the world, where you only add boiling water, or simply cook for a couple of minutes.
I prefer to use proper oats, but to save time and washing pots, I cook in the microwave.
Simply take 1/3 cup raw oats (about 80 ml), add some salt and 2/3 cup water, place in a microwave proof bowl and microwave on full power for 1½ minutes. Regularly open the microwave and stir the oats, otherwise they might boil over. Remove from microwave and allow to stand for 2 minutes before serving.
Starting your day with oats will assist your body to maintain proper blood sugar levels and provide energy (1,444 kJ per 100g raw serving) for the day ahead. It further provides dietary fiber (60% soluble), as well as carbohydrates (56,2g per 100g raw serving), and a host of vitamins and minerals.
Fruit
The best fruits to have are those in season, and naturally ripened. If you feel that the specific fruit listed as your breakfast fruit is totally unacceptable to you, choose one from one of the other mornings that you can live with, but try and stick to the listed fruit as far as possible.
Although some diets specifically exclude bananas, we do not rule them out, as they do contain specific nutrients, and taken in moderate amounts will not counteract your diet. I personally find a banana a fast and efficient fruit to have during mid-morning.
If you find the breakfast fruit, like grapefruit too sour for your palate, consider cutting it in half the previous evening, loosening the segments, and sprinkling a small amount of sugar substitute (or if you must - brown sugar) on it. Cover and place in refrigerator. Your grapefruit will be nicely chilled and a bit sweeter.
Yogurt
Yogurt is a superb food to ingest, but some commercial yogurts have so many extra additives, that it becomes a chemical concoction not worth eating.
Rather look for some plain yogurt, and although maybe not as nice as over-processed yogurt with added sugars, emulsifiers, colorants, flavorings and preservatives, it can be made very palatable by adding some honey, or fresh fruit, cut into small pieces, such as kiwi fruit, peaches, apricots, strawberries, etc. Just keep in mind that the added fruit is not the important ingredient - the yogurt is, so keep the fruit to a small quantity.
Fish
When preparing fish, try not to enhance it too much with batter and sauces, rather look at poaching, steaming or baking it. For flavoring, rather use herbs and lemon juice (or apple cider vinegar).
Herbs often used with fish would include bay, parsley, thyme, lovage and tarragon.
Once again, we have become so used to having fatty fried fish, covered with sauces, crumbs and batters, that we rarely enjoy the subtle taste inherent in each type of fish. We are not specific on the type of fish you may have on this diet, since personal tastes vary, as well as the economic considerations when buying fish. Personally I enjoy hake, as it is an affordable fish, easy to prepare and great with herbs and lemon juice.
Another way of preparing fish is to sprinkle it with a couple of drops of olive oil, scatter some herbs over it, cover it with foil and then bake it in the oven.
Meat
When choosing beef or pork to have on this diet, select the leanest piece available, or remove all excess fat from the meat before cooking it.
Oven baked meat saves on using extra oils, but maybe consider frying the meat in a little olive oil.
Meat is a great source of protein, but excess fat should be avoided.
Vegetables
Although fresh vegetables, if really fresh, are better than frozen ones, the frozen vegetables allow you greater speed and less preparation time.
Boiling vegetables is not recommended, since a lot of the nutrients are lost that way, and never add soda to your vegetables to make them prettier - it kills off nutrients.
The best way to prepare vegetables is to steam them, and to serve them without dressings or sauces - if you really need something to add zest to them, sprinkle some lemon juice over, or a couple of drops of apple cider vinegar.
Chicken
Although chicken skins should not be eaten while on diet, I find that the taste of chicken is better if it is prepared with the skin intact. Not only is it more succulent but it also has a far better taste and flavor.
But, should you prepare your chicken with the skin still intact, please limit the amount of fat used with it.
Rather place in a baking bag when baking it, as it will keep the juices around it, without the need for extra oil or fat, or if you wish to pan fry it, use only a little olive oil in the frying action.
Steaming of your chicken is another very successful way of preparing it, but here I would strongly suggest that you leave on the chicken skin when cooking , as I find chicken steamed without the skin nearly tasteless.
Michael's no-yeast bread
This is a great and easy way to bake your own bread, and have the added extra of it being yeast-free for those that are yeast sensitive.
Mix together: 3 cups Nutty Wheat, 1 cup digestive Bran, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons bi-carb, 2 tablespoons honey, 500 ml buttermilk.
After mixing, place in prepared baking pan and bake at 200 degrees Celsius for 1 hour.
You could add nuts, sun-dried tomatoes, olives or finely cut mixed vegetables to the mixture, or sprinkle some sesame seeds on top before baking.
Salad dressings
Michael's plain dressing
Place together: pinch of salt, freshly ground pepper, minced or pulverized sage, rosemary, oregano, ¼ teaspoon prepared Dijon mustard, 1 teaspoon honey, 1½ tablespoons apple cider vinegar, 5 tablespoons olive oil.
Mix well together, place in the refrigerator in a closed container and use on any of the salads when needed.
Avril's orange dressing
Mix together ½ cup fresh orange juice, ½ cup olive oil and 1 teaspoon prepared Dijon mustard, or substitute chopped fresh basil in the place of the Dijon mustard.
After mixing well, place in the refrigerator in a sealed container, and use on salads (try not to keep this dressing for too long)
Ilan's Blackcurrant dressing
Mix ¼ cup blackcurrant jam, ½ cup lemon juice, ½ cup olive oil, ½ teaspoon nutmeg as well as salt and pepper to taste.
This mixture should be kept in the refrigerator after mixing, in a closed container.
When making a special salad, you could slice onions and marinade in this mixture for 2 hours, before using the onions in the salad, and using the excess as a very special salad dressing.
Salad with egg
Make a fresh green salad with lettuce, radishes, tomatoes, cucumber, raw mushrooms and toss the ingredients.
Cut a hard-boiled egg into small pieces and place on top. Add some "Michael's plain dressing" or "Avril's orange dressing" and enjoy.
Health salad
Build a salad by taking lettuce, (or raw spinach leaves), tomatoes, raw mushrooms, radishes, onions, celery, cucumber, chives, red and yellow bell peppers and cutting into small pieces and slices.
Broccoli soup
Take 1½ pounds (750g) of fresh broccoli and cut into small pieces, (or use frozen broccoli), and place in a thick bottomed pan together with 2½ cups of chicken stock (commercially bought chicken stock cubes dissolved in water is in order) and bring to the boil, cover the pan, reduce the heat, and simmer for 15 minutes or until soft.
Let it cool, transfer it to a food processor and process it until smooth and of even consistency.
Transfer it to the pan again and heat slowly - do not let it boil. Add ½ cup of cream, salt and freshly ground pepper and nutmeg to taste (some people prefer just a pinch of nutmeg while others add ½ teaspoon).
PS: The same basic recipe can be used for a variety of vegetables - but try and stay with vegetables of a low carbohydrate content such as spinach, tomatoes, cabbage, Brussels sprouts or asparagus.
Tomato and rosemary pasta dish
Heat a large pan with olive oil and add: 3 finely cut leeks, 2 onions, and 1 clove garlic, and brown. Then add the following ingredients after slicing: 1 pound (500 g) mushrooms, 2 bell peppers (without the seeds), about 1 cup (250 ml) finely cut sun-dried tomatoes, 2 sprigs fresh rosemary and stir until shiny.
Add 2 tablespoons tomato paste and 2 cups (500 ml) beef stock (commercial cubes dissolved in water is in order), cover the pan and simmer for 15 minutes over low heat.
Cook pasta (any will do but good with fettuccine or spaghetti). In the meantime remove the rosemary from the sauce. Add ½ cup of sour cream to the sauce and let it simmer until thick. Drain pasta, and serve covered with the sauce.
Tuna salad
You can either use water-packed, or oil-packed tuna for this salad. If you have a problem with dietary fat, rather use the water-packed variety.
After draining excess water or oil from the tuna, add finely cut tomatoes, leeks or onions, parsley, freshly ground pepper, salt to taste, finely cut carrot pieces, a couple of capers if you want, and a dash of Worcestershire sauce and mix well with enough mayonnaise or salad dressing to bind together.
Serve on finely cut lettuce leaves and garnish with parsley and a slice of lemon.
Fresh fruit salad
Your imagination can guide you here, but cut a wide variety of fruits into small pieces to make a real interesting fruit salad.
Use pineapple (great for adding the enzyme bromelian to your diet), papaya (adds papain to your diet), apples, passion fruit, kiwi fruit, litchis, grapes, bananas, figs, orange or tangerine segments, cantaloupe, apricots, peaches, cherries, strawberries, plums, pears, guavas, etc in one salad.
You might not be able to get all of them together at any one time, but try to use at least five different fruits to make the salad interesting and varied in taste and texture.
A dressing of orange juice, with some lemon (will prevent the apples, pears and bananas from turning black) and honey is great to add some zest to your salad.
Try to eat the salad as soon as possible, and do not store for an extended time. Store in an airtight container in your refrigerator.
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