Lose weight without starch? Nutritional imbalance may lead to leucorrhea and acne

Losing weight is an important issue for women throughout their lives! In order to successfully achieve their ideal slim figure, many female friends try every possible means. Recently, a "sugar-free diet" has been circulating among the public, which follows the principle of not eating starch but allowing meat and vegetables to be eaten in large quantities, and has received enthusiastic responses from many netizens. But does not eating starch really help you lose weight? Let’s hear what professional Chinese medicine practitioners say!

Is it really effective to lose weight by not eating starch and limiting sugar?

Chinese medicine practitioner Lai Ruixin said that from the perspective of Chinese medicine, the key to maintaining the normal functioning of the human body's physiological functions is to maintain the "golden mean". The "Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic" also recorded: "Eat grains, meat, fruits and vegetables to the fullest, but don't eat too much, otherwise it will harm the body's digestion and absorption. " In other words, grains, meat, vegetables, fruits and other foods should be consumed in moderation, and not too much, so as not to harm the body's digestion and absorption.

Therefore, people who want to lose weight should not try to lose weight through extreme diet patterns. In fact, whether it is a sugar-restricted diet or various extreme diets such as single food weight loss methods. Maintaining the above-mentioned biased eating habits for a long time will not only cause imbalance of the internal organs, Qi and blood, but will also interfere with and affect the physical constitution, and may even cause illness. Be careful!

Lose weight by eating only meat and vegetables? It may cause gastrointestinal digestive disorders, causing phlegm dampness and qi deficiency.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, every food, like Chinese medicine, has its own bias. Taking meat ingredients as an example, pork is relatively mild in nature; however, beef and mutton are more warming and nourishing ingredients. Once the human body consumes excessive warm foods, it will easily cause dry mouth, constipation, acne, pimples, bad breath and other symptoms of excessive stomach fire in the long run.

If you want to lose weight successfully, is it possible to not eat starch and only eat meat and vegetables?

As for vegetables and fruits, many of them are cool in nature, such as white radish, cabbage, greens, tomatoes, watermelon, etc. Consuming too many cold fruits and vegetables will not only harm the spleen and stomach yang energy, greatly reducing the digestive function, but over time it will also cause phlegm and dampness, resulting in insufficient qi in the body. Once the Qi is insufficient, it cannot provide the body with enough energy to maintain a normal metabolic rate.

If the human body is in a state of poor metabolic rate for a long time, not only will weight loss be ineffective, but it may also damage health and eventually cause a puffy physique due to phlegm, dampness and qi deficiency. Moreover, the eating habit of only eating vegetables and meat will cause disorders in the gastrointestinal digestive function. Once the digestive function is reduced, it will also cause the formation of phlegm and dampness, and its severity cannot be underestimated.

Phlegm-damp constitution is prone to acne and leucorrhea. It is not NG to eat starch to lose weight.

In addition to the inability to lose weight, Chinese medicine practitioner Lai Ruixin also reminds us that under the influence of phlegm-damp constitution, the water in the body cannot be discharged through normal metabolism and is retained in the body, which is more likely to cause phlegm-damp leucorrhea (increased vaginal secretions), excessive leucorrhea, and continuous dripping. In addition, moisture accumulated in the skin pores will cause skin circulation disorders and accumulation of metabolic waste, which will lead to skin problems such as acne, urticaria, and eczema. Be careful!

Therefore, if you want to lose weight successfully, lose weight healthily without harming your body, it is not enough to simply give up starch. Instead, you should carefully choose the types and sources of starch. Chinese medicine practitioner Lai Ruixin pointed out that it is generally recommended that people who want to lose weight should try to avoid the intake of refined starches such as noodles and white bread; instead, they should eat white rice, or starchy foods rich in dietary fiber such as whole-grain rice and brown rice. At the same time, keeping in mind the principle of eating until 80% full at each meal, not overeating, and developing regular exercise habits are good choices for losing weight safely and without burden.