Best last-minute beach body diets

SUGAR DETOX

The sell
We are all addicted to sugar and sugar is not only fattening, it ages us and is a major cause of disease.  The only way to break this ‘addiction’ is to go ‘cold turkey’ and cut out not just what we know of as sugar  – sweets, biscuits etc – but foods that break down into sugar in the body, including fruits, bread, pasta, rice etc.

How it works:
The sugar detox is a three-day plan with no calorie counting. There is no swapping between more restricted and less restricted days.  Every day is a low-carb day. For example, you might have scrambled eggs for breakfast, a salad for lunch and a stir-fry (no rice) for dinner.

Pros:

• Sound nutritional basis and good variety of foods.
• Should deliver good initial weight loss because grain foods (bread, pasta, rice etc) are removed and this will make the body lose water.
• Good for stabilising blood sugar and mood because of protein and healthy fats content.

Cons:

• Tough to begin with as this really is carb cold turkey, so sugar cravings may be pretty extreme.
• Difficult to sustain in the long term