HOLD your weight! Eat hot pot to nourish your body in winter, 10 rules to avoid gaining weight

The chilly winter is the season for eating hot pot, especially spicy hot pot, or if you love to eat hot pot with shacha sauce, hot sauce, or kimchi, once you consume too much salt, it is easy for water to be retained in the body and difficult to be discharged, which will cause swelling of the face (round eyes, round face) and lower body. Although you have a bowel movement the next morning, your weight will increase by 1-2 kg due to constitutional edema!

Eating strong-tasting food can easily cause water to be retained in the body. People who are worried about gaining weight and swelling should strictly adhere to a "low-salt" diet. How should you choose hot pot ingredients and dipping sauces? What if I'm swollen after eating it? How can I get rid of the edema? In case you eat too much and your stomach is bloated, how can you massage to relieve bloating and slim your belly? @@Dr. Zhang teaches you how to use some Chinese herbs to DIY a slimming tea that reduces swelling and removes fat^^

1. Follow a "low-salt diet" and lose weight with hot pot ingredients and dipping sauces

Eating strong-flavored foods can easily cause water to be retained in the body. People who are worried about gaining weight and edema should strictly adhere to a "low-salt" diet. Not only should they reduce the amount of salt added when cooking, but they should also avoid adding sauces such as chili sauce, shacha sauce, sweet noodle sauce, bean paste, and tomato sauce. In addition, many processed foods have already added large amounts of salt or MSG during the production process. These invisible salts can easily make people eat them unknowingly. For example, it is better to eat less cheese, various pickled foods, pickles, mustard tubers, smoked ham, sausage, fermented tofu, fish floss, processed hot pot ingredients (fish balls, meatballs, egg dumplings), and noodles.

2. I love to eat spicy hotpot in autumn and winter, which can cause my face to swell and my lower body to swell.

First aid acupuncture to eliminate edema! !

★Acupuncture points that must be pressed to reduce edema of the head and face and make you look radiant

Massage method and timing: Use the middle fingers of both hands to press until sore and swollen, press both sides at the same time, massage 20 times each time, at least once in the morning and evening

Yingxiang Point

[Location] 5 fen from the side of the nose, parallel to the lower edge of the nostril, at the junction of the nasolabial folds. There is a concave hole when pressed, with a sore and swollen feeling.

[Effects] Massaging this point can promote facial circulation, make people radiant, eliminate facial swelling, and effectively relieve nasal allergy symptoms and avoid panda eyes.

Four White

[Location] Directly below the pupil, at the infraorbital foramen

[Effects] Improve eye bags and lower eyelid swelling, reduce dark circles, and relieve eye fatigue

★Acupuncture points that must be pressed to reduce swelling in the lower body

You can massage the stress-relieving acupoints Sanyinjiao and Yinlingquan with your thumb, press each acupoint at least 20 times (alternately press left and right), and massage your calf to relieve the calf muscles and eliminate swelling.

Sanyinjiao acupoint

[Location] 3 inches above the tip of the inner ankle (about four finger widths), in the depression at the posterior edge of the tibia

[Effects] It promotes blood circulation, improves lower limb edema, and can also beautify and resist aging, regulate menstruation, improve gynecological diseases, and regulate hormone secretion. It is an important gynecological acupoint!

Yinlingquan Point

[Location] Bend your knee to the bottom, the depression at the end of the inner side of the knee

【Effects】Diuresis and swelling reduction, beautifying the calf curve

3. Choose meat wisely: White meat (chicken, duck, goose, fish, seafood) has lower fat content and is better than red meat (pork, beef, lamb)

4. The secret of choosing hot pot dipping sauce: Use natural spices, such as green onion, ginger, garlic, coriander, grated radish, lemon, vinegar, and diced onion, instead of high-calorie shacha sauce, hot sauce, and kimchi.

5. Smart eating order that won’t make you fat: drink clear soup first, then eat plenty of vegetables to increase your sense of fullness, then eat seafood (avoid oysters, shrimps and crabs that have high cholesterol content, and mainly eat fish and sea cucumbers), and finally eat meat (white meat is better than red meat). Remember to avoid starch as much as possible!

6. Remedial exercise after a big meal: If you eat like a king at this meal, you should have a simpler meal for the next one, such as a serving of boiled vegetables and a tea egg. Of course, you should also do remedial exercise. Eating heavy food frequently causes physical edema of the lower body. You especially need to strengthen the muscles of the lower legs. You can do exercises such as treadmills, steppers, brisk walking, jogging, flywheels, etc. Through muscle contraction, you can promote blood and lymph circulation, eliminate edema, and promote fat burning. Don't wait until several days have passed before thinking about remedial exercise. Remember to do remedial exercise after digestion on the same day or at least the next day.

7. Take a bath, hot spring, oven or steam bath to improve metabolism: If you go to the gym, you can use an oven or steam bath after exercise to speed up metabolism and eliminate water, but remember to replenish water in moderation. Alternatively, you can take a bath or a hot spring bath. The thermal effect of warm water can help you sweat and lose weight, improve blood and lymphatic circulation, and promote metabolism. You can add Chinese herbal medicine to make the effective ingredients dissolve in the hot water, which can further warm the meridians, eliminate edema, and improve blood circulation. With the aroma surrounding you, you can relax while maintaining health and losing weight. (Please refer to Dr. Zhang’s article on how to boost metabolism with Chinese herbal baths)

8. DIY de-swelling and fat-removing slimming tea: DIY health tea to replace various sugary drinks, remove oil and greasiness, eliminate meat accumulation, and improve edema

【Hawthorn Oil Cut Tea】

• Ingredients: 3 qian of hawthorn, 1.5 qian of cassia seed, 1 qian of astragalus, 2 qian of poria, 1 qian of tangerine peel

• Method: Wash the herbs, wrap them in a filter bag for repeated rinsing, put them in a thermos cup, pour in 800cc of boiling water, and steep for 20 minutes before taking as tea. (This is a tea for one person. If you drink together, you can double the dosage of herbs and water.)

• Effect: Removes oil and greasiness, unclogs the intestines, promotes diuresis and reduces swelling

9. Drink a glass of unsweetened soy milk before a meal to slow down your eating speed

Before the dinner party, drink a glass of unsweetened soy milk to increase satiety. It is rich in protein and phytoestrogens, which can prevent the breasts from losing too much weight during the weight loss process.

Be sure to slow down your eating speed and chew each mouthful of food at least 20 times before swallowing. This will help you feel fuller and less likely to get bloated.

10. Don't sit hunched over after eating too much. Massage the acupuncture points to reduce bloating, reduce belly fat, and reduce bulging stomach.

(1) Sitting for long periods of time with a hunched back can easily lead to the accumulation of abdominal fat and cause a bulging stomach or a tuna belly. Always remind yourself to straighten your back, chest, abdomen, and back. Hunching back can easily lead to bloating. At least lean back or keep your back straight to avoid compressing your stomach and intestines and causing indigestion!

(2) Do not lie down to take a nap immediately after lunch, because lying down can easily compress the stomach and cause indigestion. It is best to get up and walk around a bit to help digestion.

(3) Promote gastrointestinal motility & slim abdomen acupoint massage

Massage timing: Use the middle finger to deeply massage the acupoints, press each acupoint deeply 20 times. There are 2 acupoints on the left and right of Tianshu acupoint. You can use the middle fingers of both hands to massage at the same time, press until you feel soreness and swelling. Do at least one round each morning and evening, especially before defecation or when you have bloating.

The acupuncture points around the abdomen can effectively strengthen the stomach and intestines, and sculpt the lower abdomen

A. Zhongwan acupoint

Effect: It belongs to the Ren Meridian and is the Mu point of the stomach. It can harmonize the stomach and strengthen the spleen, and promote the flow of stomach qi.

Point location: Just above the stomach, 4 inches above the navel (measure twice with three fingers’ width folded upwards)

B. Moisture hole

Effect: Belongs to the Ren Meridian, regulates qi and relieves pain, regulates water channels

Point location: 1 inch above the navel (the width of the thumb knuckle)

C. Tianshu Point

Effect: It belongs to the stomach meridian and is also a point for the large intestine, which can promote gastrointestinal motility.

Point location: 2 inches (three horizontal fingers) away from both sides of the navel

D. Guanyuan acupoint

Effect: It belongs to the Ren Meridian and is the gathering point of the small intestine. It is the place where the small intestine qi accumulates and can promote intestinal peristalsis.

Point location: 3 inches below the navel (four fingers’ width)

This article comes from: Beautiful and Sweet Love─Dr. Zhang Wenxin's Chinese Medicine Beauty Book

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