Ariel Lin doesn’t eat cold foods to lose weight, and only eats the stems of vegetables? Nutritionist: The key to success is...

Lin Yichen, who has been in the industry for many years, not only has first-class acting skills, but her unpretentious personality and high EQ have earned her the reputation of "the goddess with zero negative reviews"! However, when Ariel Lin first debuted, she suffered from baby fat. It was not until she found a weight loss secret that suited her that she got rid of the above problem. Recently, Hong Kong media reported extensively that the key to her successful weight loss was to avoid eating cold foods and to have the eating habit of "not eating the leaves but only the stems" when eating vegetables. However, does this method really help to lose weight? Let’s hear what professional nutritionists say!

Can eating more vegetable stems help you lose weight? Nutritionist: The key is that crude fiber can increase satiety and relieve constipation!

For Asians who love delicious food, are very particular about the taste of food, and always spend a lot of time picking out the hard stems of vegetables when cooking, the eating style of "eating the stems but not the leaves" may sound surprising at first. However, nutritionist Zhao Hanying said that from a nutritional point of view, eating vegetable stems can bring many benefits to the health of modern people. In particular, for people who want to lose weight or improve constipation problems, it is recommended to eat more.

In fact, dietary fiber can be divided into two types according to its different functions: water-soluble dietary fiber and water-insoluble dietary fiber (crude fiber). Generally speaking, leafy vegetables with a soft and tender texture are mainly rich in water-soluble dietary fiber. Moderate intake helps stabilize blood sugar and promote the growth of beneficial intestinal bacteria. As for the vegetable stems, they are rich in crude fiber that is not absorbed by the human body. Moderate intake can help increase satiety, promote gastrointestinal motility, increase stool volume, and improve constipation problems.

Therefore, for people who want to lose weight, when adding vegetables to their daily diet, not only eat the soft and tender leaves, but also eat the stems. This is indeed one of the effective weight loss diet tips to increase satiety! Among the many vegetables, if you want to get enough crude fiber, vegetables such as kale, sweet potato leaves, water spinach, spinach, broccoli, etc., which contain 0.8 to 1 gram of crude fiber per 100 grams, are good sources.

Recently, Hong Kong media reported extensively that the key to Ariel Lin's successful weight loss lies in not eating cold foods and her eating habit of "not eating leaves but only eating stems" when eating vegetables. (Photo/taken from Ariel Lin's Weibo)

The more crude fiber the better? People with stomach problems should take it in moderation; a balanced diet is the key to losing weight

However, nutritionist Zhao Hanying also reminded that although consuming more vegetable stems does help increase the intake of crude fiber, it can also promote intestinal motility and assist in weight loss. However, it is worth noting that this kind of diet may increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and aggravate discomfort for people with stomach diseases such as bloating, gastric ulcers, gastric bleeding, or patients who have recently undergone gastric surgery, as well as the elderly and children with poor digestive tract function. Therefore, it is recommended that the above-mentioned groups who want to take in dietary fiber should eat more leafy vegetables which are easier for the human body to absorb.

In addition to the above precautions, it also adds that the eating order of "eat vegetables first, then meat, and finally rice" has been widely recommended in recent days. Although it does help avoid rapid fluctuations in blood sugar and increase satiety, it can help lose weight successfully. But this way of eating may not be suitable for everyone, especially for modern people who generally have problems such as excessive stress and long working hours, and their gastrointestinal function is poor. If you continue to adopt this kind of diet and immediately eat vegetable foods that are not easily absorbed by the human body on an empty stomach, it will be more likely to aggravate gastrointestinal discomfort.

In fact, for those who experience gastrointestinal discomfort by adopting the above-mentioned eating habits, if they can first eat some meat rich in oil and protein, and then eat vegetables and starch, they can actually achieve the purpose of protecting the stomach and intestines and increasing satiety. Therefore, nutritionist Zhao Hanying emphasized that there is no perfect weight loss guide in the world, but it will vary according to each person's physique and physiological condition. If you want to lose weight successfully, the key is to find a diet that suits you based on your personal physique and physiological condition.

Eat lots of salad to lose weight? Be careful, the more you eat, the worse your metabolism will be! Nutritionist: Vegetables and spices are better

In addition, it should be reminded that even if eating more vegetables can indeed increase satiety, promote intestinal motility, and improve constipation discomfort. But people should not eat too much vegetables and ignore the importance of balanced nutrition! Nutritionist Zhao Hanying shared that she once admitted an overweight 45-year-old office lady to the weight loss clinic. She complained that she only ate lettuce salad for three meals a day, but she could not lose weight. Instead, she was always suffering from stomach pain and her menstruation had not come. She wondered what was wrong.

If you want to change the cold nature of fruits and vegetables, you may try adding warm spices such as garlic, ginger, chopped onion, white pepper, Sichuan pepper, shallot, turmeric powder, cinnamon powder, etc. when cooking. This is a good choice to help improve metabolism.

Nutritionist Zhao Hanying said that the reason why this OL couldn't lose weight and had many health problems one after another. In addition to excessive dieting causing malnutrition, which in turn affects endocrine balance, and consuming a large amount of crude fiber on an empty stomach, which creates a burden on the gastrointestinal digestive tract; it is also closely related to the excessive consumption of raw and cold lettuce salads, which leads to poor blood circulation and metabolic function in the body.

In fact, among the many weight loss secrets shared by Ariel Lin, she mentioned that she would try to avoid eating cold salads in the morning and evening, and instead eat fruits and vegetables during the warmer afternoon. In this regard, nutritionist Zhao Hanying pointed out that given the physique of Asians and their daily lack of activity and living habits of staying in air-conditioned rooms for a long time, if female friends consume excessive amounts of raw, cold food on a regular basis, it is indeed more likely that their metabolic rate will be significantly reduced.

Therefore, it is recommended that female friends supplement vegetables and fruits, and it is better to heat and cook them moderately. In addition to blanching vegetables and fruits slightly with oil, or simply roasting the skin before eating, people can also try adding warm spices such as garlic, ginger, chopped onion, white pepper, Sichuan pepper, shallots, turmeric powder, cinnamon powder, etc. when cooking. This is a good choice to effectively change the cold nature of fruits and vegetables and help improve metabolism.

Want to lose weight successfully? Nutritionist: Learning to relax and maintaining emotional balance is the key!

In addition to explaining why not eating cold foods and eating more vegetable stems can help lose weight, nutritionist Zhao Hanying also mentioned that she believes Lin Yichen has another unknown key to losing weight, which is to always maintain a high EQ and emotional balance!

In fact, a large part of the reason why the human body suffers from obesity is that modern people generally bear too much stress and fail to relieve it properly, which causes hormonal imbalance, a sharp drop in leptin that controls appetite (suppresses obesity), and an increase in ghrelin, leading to the accumulation of a large amount of fat.

Therefore, nutritionist Zhao Hanying emphasized that if female friends want to lose weight successfully, they must first learn to release and relieve the many stresses in daily life. It is suggested that when people become aware of their negative emotions, they may try to adjust their emotions by taking deep breaths, pouring water, going to the toilet, or listening to music, doing their favorite sports, etc. These are good ways to adjust.