The Osama Hamdiy diet is an original weight loss technique that was created for patients with diabetes. In some sources, this diet may be called “chemical” due to the fact that the author of the method focuses specifically on the chemical processes that occur in the human body when eating certain foods. The main goal of the technique is to launch natural metabolic reactions and produce fat-breaking enzymes.
The main principle of the diet is to eat large amounts of protein and almost completely exclude carbohydrates from the diet. This approach prevents muscle loss during dieting.
According to the completeness of the daily diet, the diet is divided into two types:
- egg;
- curd.
In the first case, eggs are the main component of the daily diet. If you have an individual intolerance to chicken eggs, you can use a more gentle option - a cottage cheese diet.
General rules
The Osama Hamdiy diet is an original weight loss method and was originally developed for diabetics ( diabetes ) who needed a significant reduction in body weight. The diet is sometimes called “chemical”, since the author believes that the human body, under certain conditions, can itself accelerate the chemical processes of metabolic reactions, in particular, the production of food enzymes, including lipase , which breaks down fats into fatty acids and glycerol .
In fact, Osama Hamdiy's egg diet is a type of protein diet, which is based on increasing protein in the diet and reducing carbohydrate intake. Due to the increased content of protein foods in the diet, muscle mass loss does not occur during weight loss, which helps maintain the elasticity of the skin and the absence of sagging. Suitable for patients with diabetes and pre-diabetic conditions.
In practice, there are two diet options:
- Egg, in which animal proteins in the form of chicken eggs, chicken meat, lean fish and seafood are present as a protein component of the diet.
- Curd diet Osama Hamdiy (authorship not confirmed), in which chicken eggs are replaced with low-fat cottage cheese. Intended primarily for persons allergic to chicken eggs.
An important feature is the mandatory accompaniment of dietary nutrition with moderate but regular physical activity, since an increased protein content in the diet can slow down the process of weight loss. The diet is long-term. A full cycle includes 4 weeks, but if necessary, you can use a 2-week cycle or, conversely, for people with body weight significantly higher than normal, increase its duration to 2-3 months.
Nutrition rules:
- The basis of the diet is animal proteins - chicken eggs/cottage cheese, lean meat and white fish.
- Inclusion in the diet of citrus fruits that accelerate the fat burning process - oranges, grapefruits and spices that speed up metabolism (onions, garlic, basil, cinnamon, cardamom, paprika, dill, parsley, cloves).
- Increasing free fluid intake to 2.5 l/day in the form of unsweetened herbal infusions and rosehip infusion. Pure warm water, mineral still water. Liquids can only be consumed between meals; food should not be washed down with liquid.
- Increasing the content of vegetables/fruits in the diet, while it is recommended to consume one type of vegetables/fruits at one meal. You can eat vegetables in different forms (boiled or stewed, raw, in salads) without adding vegetable oil. You can use lemon juice to dress salads. Recommended vegetables include zucchini, squash, zucchini, cucumbers, green peas, tomatoes, eggplants, legumes, and carrots.
The consumption of potatoes in any form is strictly prohibited. As for fruits, it is forbidden to eat grapes, bananas, mangoes, figs, and dates.
- If the menu does not indicate the exact quantity of products, you can consume them until you feel full, avoiding overeating.
- Food can be cooked only in water without adding oil.
- It is allowed to add a little salt to the food, but for taste it is preferable to use spices and herbs.
- If you feel a strong feeling of hunger, you can snack on permitted types of vegetables or salad leaves.
- All sweets, flour, animal and vegetable fats and fatty meats (pork, lamb) are completely excluded from the diet.
- Strict adherence to the menu; it is prohibited to add or replace products from the recommended list. If you don’t like something, you can exclude the product from the menu altogether, but you cannot replace it with something else.
- Culinary processing of food is reduced to steaming, grilling or boiling.
- Take tablets that contain a complete set of vitamins and minerals.
As the official website of the Osama Hamdiy diet points out, an important component of effective weight loss is preliminary cleansing of the body. To do this, 1-2 days before the start of the procedure, we remove all fatty, salty, smoked, sweets, baked goods and baked goods from the diet. We switch to vegetables, dietary meat, and dairy products. We increase fluid intake, and at night, give an enema. To get the maximum effect from the diet and prevent weight gain, it is important to exit the diet correctly. It is simple and comes down to following a number of rules:
- After completing the diet course, continue to include 2 eggs and 1 citrus fruit in your morning diet for 3-4 days.
- Expand your diet gradually, and you should also slowly increase portions: start with higher-fat fermented milk products, then dried bread, vegetable oil, lean pork, cheeses, and only 2-3 weeks after the end of the diet, introduce smoked and fried foods into the diet in small quantities , fatty foods.
- Do not overuse sugar/salt. Continue to consume increased amounts of free fluid.
Efficiency
If you follow all the rules of the diet, then there will certainly be an effect. First of all, such a diet was developed for people who suffer from diabetes and obesity.
But after numerous studies, it was proven that this nutritional system is also suitable for healthy people. The effect of burning fat occurs due to chemical reactions that occur in the human body. These reactions are provoked by the consumption of foods that must be eaten at certain times of the day. This diet is considered to be quite strict and requires a lot of stamina.
Dr. Osama Hamdiy claims that in just a month of his diet, you can lose up to 30 kilograms of excess weight. But for this result to happen, you will have to adhere to a strict diet for 4 weeks in a row.
At the same time, a person does not feel hungry, since he will need to eat at certain hours, and the nutrition itself is balanced.
Authorized Products
Osama Hamdiy's egg diet includes chicken eggs, which, due to better digestibility, are preferably soft-boiled. The protein component of the diet also includes products such as boiled skinless chicken breast, low-fat varieties of white sea and river fish, and lean red meat (mainly veal or beef). If you are allergic to chicken eggs, replace them with cottage cheese with 1-1.5% fat content.
Mandatory in the diet are citrus fruits (grapefruit, orange), as well as apple, plum, pear, peach, tangerine, watermelon, melon, pineapple, apricot, kiwi.
An important component of the diet are permitted vegetables: cucumber, asparagus, tomato, squash, zucchini, zucchini, all types of cabbage (except cauliflower), green peas, garlic, spinach, onions, leeks, shallots, lettuce, eggplant, sweet peppers, carrots, both raw and boiled, stewed and baked.
For drinking, it is recommended to use unsweetened herbal/green teas, rosehip decoction, still table water or purified boiled warm water.
Table of permitted products
Proteins, g | Fats, g | Carbohydrates, g | Calories, kcal | |
Vegetables and greens | ||||
eggplant | 1,2 | 0,1 | 4,5 | 24 |
green peas | 5,0 | 0,2 | 13,8 | 73 |
dried white cabbage | 15,0 | 1,4 | 48,0 | 278 |
Brussels sprouts | 4,8 | 0,0 | 8,0 | 43 |
red cabbage | 0,8 | 0,0 | 7,6 | 24 |
cabbage | 1,2 | 0,2 | 2,0 | 16 |
watercress | 2,3 | 0,1 | 1,3 | 11 |
red onion | 1,4 | 0,0 | 9,1 | 42 |
bulb onions | 1,4 | 0,0 | 10,4 | 41 |
carrot | 1,3 | 0,1 | 6,9 | 32 |
cucumbers | 0,8 | 0,1 | 2,8 | 15 |
salad pepper | 1,3 | 0,0 | 5,3 | 27 |
tomatoes | 0,6 | 0,2 | 4,2 | 20 |
dill | 2,5 | 0,5 | 6,3 | 38 |
zucchini | 1,5 | 0,2 | 3,0 | 16 |
garlic | 6,5 | 0,5 | 29,9 | 143 |
Fruits | ||||
oranges | 0,9 | 0,2 | 8,1 | 36 |
watermelon | 0,6 | 0,1 | 5,8 | 25 |
grapefruit | 0,7 | 0,2 | 6,5 | 29 |
pears | 0,4 | 0,3 | 10,9 | 42 |
melon | 0,6 | 0,3 | 7,4 | 33 |
lemons | 0,9 | 0,1 | 3,0 | 16 |
tangerines | 0,8 | 0,2 | 7,5 | 33 |
plums | 0,8 | 0,3 | 9,6 | 42 |
apples | 0,4 | 0,4 | 9,8 | 47 |
Dairy | ||||
kefir 1% | 2,8 | 1,0 | 4,0 | 40 |
Meat products | ||||
rabbit | 21,0 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 156 |
Bird | ||||
steamed chicken breast | 23,6 | 1,9 | 0,0 | 113 |
Eggs | ||||
hard-boiled chicken eggs | 12,9 | 11,6 | 0,8 | 160 |
soft-boiled chicken eggs | 12,8 | 11,6 | 0,8 | 159 |
chicken eggs (poached) | 12,7 | 10,9 | 1,2 | 159 |
Fish and seafood | ||||
seaweed | 0,8 | 5,1 | 0,0 | 49 |
Non-alcoholic drinks | ||||
mineral water | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,0 | — |
instant chicory | 0,1 | 0,0 | 2,8 | 11 |
green tea | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,0 | — |
Juices and compotes | ||||
grapefruit juice | 0,9 | 0,2 | 6,5 | 30 |
rose hip juice | 0,1 | 0,0 | 17,6 | 70 |
* data is per 100 g of product |
Fully or partially limited products
The Osama Hamdiy diet does not allow the inclusion in the diet of fatty varieties of red meat and fish, as well as products based on them (sausages, offal, canned meat/fish, bacon, ham, sausages), all types of cereals, vegetable and animal fats, including including butter, margarine, mayonnaise. All salted vegetables, cereals, rice, canned food, pasta, smoked meats, potatoes in any form, beets, and baked goods are excluded.
It is prohibited to consume products containing easily digestible carbohydrates - jam, honey, cream-containing products, sugar, jam, chocolate, ice cream and sweets. As for fruits, you should not eat mangoes, grapes, dates, bananas, or figs.
Any fermented milk products are excluded from the diet - cream, sour cream, cheese, kefir/fermented baked milk with a high fat content. The consumption of black tea, coffee and caffeine-containing drinks, all types of alcohol, and carbonated drinks is prohibited. Limit the use of table salt.
Table of prohibited products
Proteins, g | Fats, g | Carbohydrates, g | Calories, kcal | |
Vegetables and greens | ||||
boiled potatoes | 2,0 | 0,4 | 16,7 | 82 |
fried potato | 2,8 | 9,5 | 23,4 | 192 |
Fruits | ||||
bananas | 1,5 | 0,2 | 21,8 | 95 |
figs | 0,7 | 0,2 | 13,7 | 49 |
mango | 0,5 | 0,3 | 11,5 | 67 |
Berries | ||||
grape | 0,6 | 0,2 | 16,8 | 65 |
Mushrooms | ||||
mushrooms | 3,5 | 2,0 | 2,5 | 30 |
Nuts and dried fruits | ||||
nuts | 15,0 | 40,0 | 20,0 | 500 |
dates | 2,5 | 0,5 | 69,2 | 274 |
Snacks | ||||
potato chips | 5,5 | 30,0 | 53,0 | 520 |
Cereals and porridges | ||||
porridge | 3,3 | 1,2 | 22,1 | 102 |
rice | 6,7 | 0,7 | 78,9 | 344 |
white rice | 6,7 | 0,7 | 78,9 | 344 |
Flour and pasta | ||||
pasta | 10,4 | 1,1 | 69,7 | 337 |
pancakes | 6,1 | 12,3 | 26,0 | 233 |
vareniki | 7,6 | 2,3 | 18,7 | 155 |
pancakes | 6,3 | 7,3 | 51,4 | 294 |
Bakery products | ||||
buns | 7,2 | 6,2 | 51,0 | 317 |
bread | 7,5 | 2,1 | 46,4 | 227 |
Confectionery | ||||
jam | 0,3 | 0,2 | 63,0 | 263 |
jam | 0,3 | 0,1 | 56,0 | 238 |
candies | 4,3 | 19,8 | 67,5 | 453 |
cookie | 7,5 | 11,8 | 74,9 | 417 |
cake | 3,8 | 22,6 | 47,0 | 397 |
dough | 7,9 | 1,4 | 50,6 | 234 |
Cakes | ||||
cake | 4,4 | 23,4 | 45,2 | 407 |
Chocolate | ||||
chocolate | 5,4 | 35,3 | 56,5 | 544 |
Raw materials and seasonings | ||||
honey | 0,8 | 0,0 | 81,5 | 329 |
Dairy | ||||
milk | 3,2 | 3,6 | 4,8 | 64 |
condensed milk | 7,2 | 8,5 | 56,0 | 320 |
Cheeses and cottage cheese | ||||
cheese | 24,1 | 29,5 | 0,3 | 363 |
cottage cheese 18% (fat) | 14,0 | 18,0 | 2,8 | 232 |
Meat products | ||||
fatty pork | 11,4 | 49,3 | 0,0 | 489 |
salo | 2,4 | 89,0 | 0,0 | 797 |
Sausages | ||||
boiled sausage | 13,7 | 22,8 | 0,0 | 260 |
smoked sausage | 28,2 | 27,5 | 0,0 | 360 |
smoked sausage | 9,9 | 63,2 | 0,3 | 608 |
sausages | 10,1 | 31,6 | 1,9 | 332 |
sausages | 12,3 | 25,3 | 0,0 | 277 |
Bird | ||||
smoked chicken | 27,5 | 8,2 | 0,0 | 184 |
duck | 16,5 | 61,2 | 0,0 | 346 |
goose | 16,1 | 33,3 | 0,0 | 364 |
Fish and seafood | ||||
salted fish | 19,2 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 190 |
caviar | 36,0 | 10,2 | 0,0 | 123 |
canned fish | 17,5 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 88 |
semi-finished fish products | 12,5 | 6,7 | 14,7 | 209 |
Oils and fats | ||||
butter | 0,5 | 82,5 | 0,8 | 748 |
creamy margarine | 0,5 | 82,0 | 0,0 | 745 |
coconut oil | 0,0 | 99,9 | 0,0 | 899 |
animal fat | 0,0 | 99,7 | 0,0 | 897 |
cooking fat | 0,0 | 99,7 | 0,0 | 897 |
Alcoholic drinks | ||||
white dessert wine 16% | 0,5 | 0,0 | 16,0 | 153 |
vodka | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,1 | 235 |
cognac | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,1 | 239 |
liquor | 0,3 | 1,1 | 17,2 | 242 |
beer | 0,3 | 0,0 | 4,6 | 42 |
Non-alcoholic drinks | ||||
cola | 0,0 | 0,0 | 10,4 | 42 |
coffee | 0,2 | 0,0 | 0,3 | 2 |
Pepsi | 0,0 | 0,0 | 8,7 | 38 |
sprite | 0,1 | 0,0 | 7,0 | 29 |
energy drink | 0,0 | 0,0 | 11,3 | 45 |
Juices and compotes | ||||
grape compote | 0,5 | 0,0 | 19,7 | 77 |
grape juice | 0,3 | 0,0 | 14,0 | 54 |
* data is per 100 g of product |
Why chemical?
Don't pay attention to these words. You don't have to swallow pills or other chemicals. The foods included in the menu will themselves increase metabolism, due to which a person will begin to lose excess fat. It is the fat layer that will “melt”, and not the muscles, as with other diets.
Why? Because the body will receive a lot of protein foods. The diet will include chicken eggs, cottage cheese, cheese, fruits, vegetables, meat and low-fat fish will be allowed. Due to the variety of products, your table will not be poor.
If you start to feel hungry, you can break for a snack - eat a carrot, cucumber or apple. You can drink tea or coffee without sugar and milk whenever you want. Any oil is prohibited, but you will need to drink 2 liters of water per day.
As you can see, the essence of the diet lies not in taking magic drugs, but in changing metabolism. This method is often called protein, since the menu contains a lot of protein foods, but practically no fats and carbohydrates.
Diet menu Osama Hamdiy (Diet)
Osama Hamdiy's egg diet is based on the list of permitted/prohibited foods described above. Diet: 3 meals a day, last meal 3 hours before bedtime. Snacks on lettuce and carrots are allowed. Below is the egg diet menu for 28 days. The menu for the cottage cheese diet is similar, however, instead of two eggs, the diet includes 1% cottage cheese in an amount of 200 g.
Breakfasts throughout the diet are identical and consist of 2 soft-boiled/hard-boiled chicken eggs and one citrus fruit (orange or grapefruit). Breakfast is an important component of the diet and should not be skipped.
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Comments from nutritionists
Osama Hamdiy's egg diet contains foods that have high allergenic properties (chicken egg, grapefruit, orange). If you are prone to allergic reactions, it is better to refuse such a diet or be wary of the appearance of early manifestations of an allergic reaction. To reduce the risk it is recommended:
- Wash citrus fruits under hot water with a brush, since in many cases specific hypersensitivity develops not to the fruits themselves, but to the chemicals used to treat citrus fruits - paraffins, wax, biphenyl, sulfur dioxide, antiseptics and fungicides in order to prolong the shelf life and preservation attractive presentation.
- Do not overuse the amount of citrus fruits and chicken eggs in your diet, since a number of people experience the so-called pseudo-allergic “dose-dependent” type of food intolerance, in which an allergic reaction manifests itself when a certain quantitative threshold is reached for a specific human body (the amount of citrus fruits or chicken eggs consumed).
Contraindications
This power system has the following contraindications:
- Individual intolerance to foods included in the diet.
- Increased cholesterol levels.
- Disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Kidney and heart diseases.
- Oncological diseases.
- Pregnancy and lactation.
- Elderly age.
Important ! The Hamdiy egg diet is designed in such a way that the body connects all internal resources. Fat is burned, the body becomes slim and toned.
Diet of Professor Osama Hamdiy, reviews and results
Reviews about the Osama Hamdiy egg diet vary significantly, as do the weight loss results.
- “... Among the variety of dietary programs for weight loss, I was attracted by Osama Hamdiy’s egg diet, reviews from doctors about which are mostly positive. And the author of this diet himself is a doctor, which makes her credible. In principle, the range of products is sufficient and allows you to get enough. The only thing that confuses me is the complete absence of fat in the diet, which is somewhat alarming. The first week was psychologically the most difficult, but then it became easier. In the third week, weight loss slowed down and amounted to only 2.4 kg. In general, in 28 days I lost 13.6 kg: from 93 to 79 kg. Of course, I hoped for more, but I’m happy with this result. The main thing now is not to gain weight. I’ll repeat the diet next year”;
- “... Osama Hamdiy’s curd diet was more suitable for me and my friends, since we don’t really like chicken eggs. We carefully studied the official website and the entire forum dedicated to this diet and all the nuances of nutrition. We are pleased with the results. Our weight loss ranged from 9 to 15 kg over four weeks of being on a diet. My personal results with photos are presented below. Before the diet, my weight was 72 kg, and after - 59 kg. I am also glad that in addition to losing weight, my blood pressure has normalized, and cervical osteochondrosis is not so noticeable - my neck has become easier to turn, the crunching in the vertebrae has disappeared. I think that next year we will definitely repeat the diet.”
Photos before and after
Tips for quitting your diet
This diet, as already mentioned, is quite difficult and radical. Therefore, coming out of it is a real rehabilitation period for the body, necessary to restore strength and energy. The duration of this period should be at least three months and be based on the following principles:
- Going to a specialist and taking the necessary tests. The main task at the first stage is to make sure that the damage caused to the body can be eliminated without serious drug treatment. Doctors usually prescribe courses of vitamins, as well as a complete balanced diet.
- Throughout the entire period, you need to pay special attention to your own well-being.
- Do not immediately switch to products from the “prohibited” list. Use them occasionally, in small portions.
- Do not engage in heavy, intense sports. During the rehabilitation period, it is better to give preference to leisurely walks.
The main rule of exit is moderation in everything. The body needs a lot of time to recover.