Lose weight by eating only vegetables and no meat? Drinking Astragalus Chicken Juice Porridge can prevent hidden anemia

Obesity is the root of all diseases. Chinese medicine practitioners remind women that if they lose weight indiscriminately, they may develop anemia and gynecological diseases. In particular, women aged 13 to 50 are a high-risk group for latent anemia. Those who want to lose weight may suffer from iron deficiency or anemia due to poor nutritional intake. The best way to lose weight is to have a balanced nutrition and double the exercise.

Dr. Zhou Zonghan from the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Ren'ai Branch of Taipei Municipal United Hospital pointed out that anemia is a common ailment in outpatient clinics. Surveys have found that more than 80% of women in the country have anemia of varying degrees of severity. They sometimes feel dizzy and short of breath when exercising. The symptoms may be aggravated, especially when menstruating, losing weight incorrectly, or when pregnant.

Hidden anemia is mostly caused by deficiency of qi and blood

In fact, according to traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis, most of these patients suffer from qi and blood deficiency, which is mainly caused by eating a lot of vegetables and no meat, or having a too monotonous diet. At the same time, if women lose weight quickly, they are likely to develop latent anemia, and long-term latent anemia will also affect the physiological functions of gynecology.

This is because women who lose weight quickly in a short period of time often lead to amenorrhea, a state of weak Qi and blood, which can easily cause the hypothalamus and pituitary gland to have secretion disorders. The brain will no longer secrete gonad-stimulating hormones, and the ovaries will shut down without the hormones, and the uterus will have to shut down as well. This is the main reason why incorrect weight loss often leads to amenorrhea.

Eating only vegetables and no meat will hurt your spleen and stomach

Chinese medicine practitioner Zhou Zonghan emphasized that the spleen and stomach are the source of the production of qi and blood, and a poor spleen and stomach is closely related to anemia. Although losing weight too quickly can help you lose fat, there is a risk of regaining weight. If women use the "high-fiber weight loss method" for a long time and only eat vegetables without meat or starch, they will have too little menstrual blood and develop anemia.

In terms of traditional Chinese medicine treatment, you can use Siwu Decoction, which has the effect of nourishing blood, and add ginseng and astragalus, and Sijunzi Decoction, which can nourish the spleen and stomach qi. Combining blood-nourishing drugs with spleen-strengthening and qi-replenishing drugs can improve digestion and absorption functions, increase nutrient absorption, stimulate bone marrow hematopoiesis, promote red blood cell production, and reduce the risk of anemia.

You can’t lose weight quickly by dieting

Chinese medicine practitioner Zhou Zonghan believes that obesity cannot be improved by dieting. Obesity is related to the malfunctioning of the spleen and stomach in the body. Fat and water cannot be metabolized effectively, leading to an imbalance in water and fat metabolism in the body, causing excessive nutrients and waste to accumulate in the body. Therefore, weight loss must focus on promoting metabolism and adjusting the body's spleen and stomach functions. The only right way is diet control and regular exercise.

2 Medicinal Diet Therapy to Replenish Qi and Blood

Astragalus Chicken Congee:

Ingredients: 1 hen (about 1000 to 1500 grams), 15 grams of astragalus, 100 grams of white rice.

Preparation: Cut open the hen, clean it, boil it in water to make chicken juice, then boil the astragalus root in water to make juice, and cook it with 100 grams of rice each time to make porridge.

Efficacy: Nourishes Qi and blood.

Lotus seed and longan porridge:

Ingredients: 20 grams of lotus seeds, 15 grams of longan, and 30 grams of glutinous rice.

Method: Cook lotus seeds, longan and glutinous rice into porridge.

Efficacy: It can replenish the qi of the spleen and stomach and replenish blood.