The Hummus Diet: cause it works mate!
Yes, it sounds crazy, but you can eat hummus and actually get thin. Just don’t eat too much of them pita breads.
A friend of my parents (who’s a medical doctor, by the way) tried the Blood Type Diet a few years back. According to the theory, he was supposed to eat lots of proteins and very little carbohydrates if any. It didn’t go so well with meat so he tried hummus, and soon lost 16 kg (20 pounds).
It should come as no surprise to you if you know a bit about hummus. I already discussed the nutritional virtues of hummus in prior posts so I won’t go into too much details this time, but the fact is that hummus is really good for you. In every aspect.
Not only is it highly nutritional (as long as it’s made from dried chickpeas, not canned ones), but it’s also good for your metal health, and if it’s made properly (ok, recipe) than it should not make you heavy at all - just satiated for a few hours.
There have been times when I ate hummus and than couldn’t eat anything for 7 or 8 hours. That’s not bad for a 300-400 calories meal (a bowl of hummus, one pita, 2 falafel balls, lots of Arab/Israeli salad).
How does it work? Chickpeas, the main ingredient in hummus, contain complex carbohydrates, and has an extremely low glycemic index. In plain English: your body digests it slowly, giving you all the energy you need and keeping the level of suger in your blood balanced. Also, the rich content of tryptophan postpones the feeling of hunger.
I don’t think anybody can survive a diet built upon hummus alone. Anyhow, I’m eating hummus 3-5 times a week for some years now, and I haven’t gained weight. Most people in my family are overweighted, and I myself has a tendency to fatness. In the past I used various diets, but never has my weight been so stable as in these last few years.
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im pretty sure that 16 kg would equal 35.2 pounds not 20
Sounds cool! But 16 kg is actually 35 pounds. 20 pounds is only 9 kg. =)
I think the point is that he/she lost weight, does it really matter how much??
I ate hummus 1-2 times a day for about two weeks and lost just over 10 pounds. I wasn’t trying to loose the weight, I was just busy and didn’t have time to make fancy meals and really liked the way it tasted. My version is really plain…in a magick bullet, combine one can of chickpeas (yes canned), apple cider vinegar about 1/4 of the way up the container, little bit of olive oil and a little bit of sea salt. Add a clove of garlic if you aren’t going to see anybody for 24 hours (that’s how long you’ll smell for). I don’t have it with any bread, I just eat it like icecream on a spoon and love it.
It’s not for everybody, but it’s quick, easy and makes you feel full and satisfied. When I eat this once or twice a day for 2-3 days I really notice a difference in how flat my stomache is…it gets way flat, almost like it clears bloat or something.
Good luck and enjoy!
HG
So, I am a freshman in college and my college requires that first year students purchase the meal plan (which gives us free food from the school), but the food offered by the plan has made my health go down the drain. I recently bought a steamer and a mini food processor so that I can make basmati brown rice and hummus in my dorm and (hopefully) lose a few pounds. Unfortunately, I only have canned garbanzos at the moment, but my first experimental batch of hummus came out bland and grainy. Any suggestions?
With canned garbanzos, you can simply use it half of it and mix with olive oil and dried oregano. And half of lemon, too for a fresh taste. It always satisfy me.
ive been on a strictly hummus diet for almost a week now..
i only eat two meals a day this way, one bowl of hummus, i add foul beans or garbanzo beans, olive oil and paprika. on the side i make a salad and i eat everything with only one piece of bread or one pita, the rest with vegetables.
amazing!
I bought some hummas and the ingredients included tahini, lemon juice, grass roots sunflower oil (this will make the hummas smooth), garlic, cumin, coriander, cayenne, salt and pepper. This is the order the ingredients are listed so it would be most to least. Easy on the cayenne as it is overpowering. The texture is thick and smooth almost like natural peanut butter. Start with your organic cooked chick peas, then put into your food processor with a squeeze of lemon juice and add oil in small amounts until you get the right texture. The spices can be altered to suit your taste. I promise you it won’t be bland. Enjoy and Happy New Year!
The results of the hummus diet.
In about 40 days of eating just hummus and vegetables (I’m vegan so it wasn’t that hard), I lost 25 lbs.
The Hummus diet works!
Daniel Becker, could you send your diet to me?? I’d love to try this diet. I work all over the middle east and bring back dried chickpeas each time I come back from Afghanistan. I’ve ground some into flour (saw recipe for super creamy hummus using ground chickpeas) and have about 10 lbs of dried chickpeas from trip 6 weeks ago. I’d love to try your diet. I leave for Yemen in 1 month…so I’d love 4 weeks on your diet. (Amounts of salad/vegetables clarification would really help…and “1 bowl of hummus”, size of bowl or approximate amount would be great. THANKS!
I have been eating hummus 4 nights a week for dinner with homemade pita chips, made from pita and hummus purchased form aladdins eatery in my city and I have lost 37 lbs since nov, thats like 4 months. The weeks I eat other healthy food for dinner I gain 3 lbs, the weeks I go back to the hummus 4 nights a week I lose, I went from 163..11/02/2010 to 126 today 3/30/11 size 14 to a 4 and some 2′s. I have not started working out at all either. I feel so much better when I eat the hummus for dinner, i also eat raw cauliflower instead of snacking on junk food. I eat eggs for breakfast and a small lunch, but for dinner I probably have 300 calories worth of pita chips( i bake in the oven ) and at least 1/2 a cup or more of hummus. I do eat whatever I want friday thru Sunday. I just dont eat as much of my meals on the weekends, I get fuller faster!
I swear it works to help lose weight!!! I will eat this way for the rest of my life!!
..I just was introduced to hummus… havent made my own YET.. wondering, does it make you go to the bathroom a lot?! I’m losing weight, but it seems to be clearing things out.. i know it’s tmi but the people here seem they’d know……….. :/
Cherelle, maybe your body is just getting used to chock full of fiber which hummus is full of and thus the “clearing out” process, but I am sure its a good thing because it is also ridding your body of a lot of toxins etc
WOW! You are a fucking idiot, and what’s worse is you are clearly spreading bullshit that hummus helps you lose weight!
NO! Eating less calories than you burn or burning more calories than you eat makes you lose weight!
“Dieting” is not the way to lose weight (fat), make a lifestyle change.
You are all lazy SOBs trying to find a quick shortcut. Guess what, none of you will go far in life!