Korean stars love to drink cucumber lemonade, can it reduce edema and lose weight? Doctor: Beware of 5 major side effects such as protein deficiency

There are many reasons for obesity, and water retention in the body is one of them. Do you have the following experience: your face always feels swollen when you wake up in the morning, and when you put on shoes when going out, you can obviously feel that the shoes become tighter and smaller? Be careful, it may be caused by edema-type obesity! To confirm whether there is edema, you can press the calf. If the mark disappears very slowly, you may be suffering from edema-type obesity!

To deal with edema-type obesity, it is popular in the Korean entertainment industry to drink "cucumber lemonade" or "green tea lemonade". It is said that it can quickly detoxify, eliminate edema, and make the weight drop rapidly in a short period of time, achieving the effect of weight loss. Many people have also shared their successful experiences. But are these two drinks really magic weapons for weight loss?

Cucumber contains potassium, which helps diuresis and eliminate edema

In their co-authored new book "Successfully Lose Weight in One Go without Pain: Famous Weight Loss Doctors Decipher the NG Weight Loss Methods That Make You Fail Again and Again", Liu Bowen, a famous weight loss doctor, and Pan Junheng, an obstetrician and gynecologist, stated that first of all, let's look at the nutritional content of cucumbers. Its head contains bitter cucurbitacin, and the melon body contains potassium, which helps diuresis and eliminates edema. Eating more cucumbers can help the body excrete excess old waste, and naturally it will be less prone to edema.

In addition, cucumbers are 95% water and have very low calories, with only about 15 calories per 100 grams. Some people even suggest that cucumbers are "negative calorie foods" and eating more of them can help you lose weight.

The so-called "negative calorie food" refers to food that accounts for 10% of the amount eaten during the digestion process, but is far lower than the calories consumed. But in fact, eating "negative calorie food" will not make people thinner. So far, there is no objective scientific research to confirm that the calories consumed after digestion of the food eaten will be more than the calories consumed, so don't listen to these rumors without scientific basis.

The antioxidant effect of green tea lemonade helps metabolism and beauty. There are also many beauty-conscious women who control their weight by drinking green tea lemonade. Green tea is rich in catechins, a sympathetic stimulant ingredient that helps increase the metabolic rate. Especially when green tea meets lemonade, the tea aroma will be more mellow and refreshing. Not only is it delicious, it can also promote blood circulation and metabolism, and enhance weight loss effects! In addition, because lemon is rich in vitamin C, adding lemon to green tea can have a better antioxidant effect, and has many benefits such as anti-aging, beauty care, helping wound healing and increasing immunity! But please note that lemon is slightly sour and people with peptic ulcers should not eat too much.

Cucumber lemon water plus vinegar doubles the weight loss effect?

In order to improve the weight loss effect, some people add vinegar to cucumber water or cold cucumber lemon water, believing that vinegar can inhibit enzyme activity and increase the metabolic rate. Theoretically, drinking a little vinegar before meals can help delay the time it takes for the stomach and intestines to empty food, thereby increasing the sense of fullness; while drinking a little vinegar after meals can help lower blood sugar and insulin, and thereby help break down fat.

Vinegar contains citric acid, and excess body fat or glucose needs the help of the citric acid cycle (also known as the Klebsiella cycle) to be effectively broken down into ATP (adenosine triphosphate), which can also generate energy and achieve the effect of fat burning. Another function of vinegar is that it can prolong the time it takes for food to be empty in the stomach, which not only increases the feeling of fullness, but also allows insulin sufficient time to break down starch and fat.

Drinking vinegar water before meals can suppress appetite, and drinking vinegar water within 1 hour after meals can help calcium absorption. However, be careful not to drink it on an empty stomach to avoid excessive stimulation of the gastrointestinal mucosa, causing inflammation and ulcer reactions. In addition, raw vinegar cannot be drunk directly, but needs to be diluted with plenty of boiled water to reduce the damage of acetic acid to the stomach and intestines.

Most of the vinegar drinks available on the market are brewed with fruits. In addition to the sugar contained in the fruits themselves, a large amount of sugar is added during the production process to neutralize the acidity of the vinegar and make the vinegar drink more delicious. Drinking too much will lead to excessive intake of sugar and calories, increase the chance of obesity, and may also increase blood lipid levels and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.

[Five major side effects of long-term drinking of cucumber lemonade]:

When consuming cucumber lemonade or green tea lemonade for weight loss, it is important to pay attention to the "moderation". Some people replace all three meals with cucumber and lemonade in order to achieve the goal of rapid weight loss, but this may cause the following 5 major side effects, so you must be extra careful:

1. Protein deficiency:

Although there may not be any obvious discomfort in the body in the short term, "protein deficiency syndrome" and even low albumin may occur over time.

2. Edema:

Edema is related to too little albumin. Albumin in the body can maintain the constant osmotic pressure in the blood. It is also a very important carrier for transporting protein in the blood. It can carry water-insoluble substances to other places in the body where they are needed. For example, exogenous drugs, hormones, etc. all need to rely on albumin to transport. Therefore, if the albumin level in the body is too low, it may cause edema symptoms.

3. Menstrual period disorders:

Drinking cucumber lemonade or green tea lemonade may lead to long-term serious nutrition and calorie deficiencies, cause changes in hormone secretion, and cause menstrual disorders in women.

4. Hair loss:

Malnutrition, hormonal imbalance, genetics and poor hair care are some of the reasons for hair loss.

5. Depression:

Long-term severe nutritional and calorie deficiencies may even lead to depression due to insufficient endorphin secretion.