Traditional Chinese medicine can also help you lose weight! The secret of losing weight with whole foods from a female Chinese medicine practitioner

When trying to lose weight, people always calculate the calories in every meal, fearing that if they eat a little more starch, their waistline will increase by an inch. Nutritionists say that most people's understanding of weight loss is still limited to reducing calorie intake, focusing on short-term quick results and thus adopting drastic diet control methods. In fact, if you eat "whole foods" wisely and pay attention to balance and proper intake, eating these foods can also be a good helper for weight loss.

When thinking about losing weight, many people think of "dieting" and adopting the "apple diet", for example: eating one meal a day, eating only one apple per meal, or rinsing each dish before eating. Nutritionist Li Wanping said that although these methods can see results in the short term, they may lead to malnutrition in the long run, and even rapid weight gain after resuming a normal diet.

Eat smartly: Whole food starch and fat are not the root cause of obesity

In fact, losing weight does not have to be that hard. As long as you eat the right foods and eat three normal meals a day, you can reduce your calorie intake. Combined with normal exercise habits, it is easy to sculpt a slim and fit body. It is not difficult to choose regular exercise and develop good habits.

For example, starch can provide a sense of fullness, thereby controlling the amount of food intake. If you can replace white rice and noodles with low-GI brown rice, oats, etc., you can maintain a longer feeling of fullness and avoid hunger becoming the enemy of weight loss. As for oil, it can protect cell membranes and keep skin soft. Moderate intake can also help absorb fat-soluble vitamins. As long as you avoid excessive consumption of high-fat foods, such as cakes, biscuits, etc., you don’t have to worry about consuming too much oil.

Traditional Chinese medicine secret recipe for slimming and medicated diet to cultivate a slim body

Which foods can help you lose weight? In her book "The Whole Food Slimming Code", nutritionist Li Wanping teaches everyone how to eat the right foods without consuming too much fat and choose food wisely, so that they can lose weight and become beautiful. She also designs recipes for delicious home-cooked meals and controls the calories of three meals, so that you can not only eat well, but also lose weight the more you eat. In addition, several traditional Chinese medicine weight loss rules are introduced, namely, utilizing the characteristics of food ingredients to achieve diuretic and laxative effects; finally, through two dietary conditioning methods of removing dampness and resolving phlegm, and strengthening the spleen and kidneys, physical fitness can be effectively improved so that everyone can eat their way to a good figure.

Hawthorn and Winter Melon Soup (Photo provided by Kangjian Culture)

【Hawthorn and Winter Melon Soup】

Effect: Diuresis and swelling reduction + lowering blood lipids.

Ingredients: 300 grams of winter melon, 80 grams of mushrooms, appropriate amount of water, 6 grams of hawthorn, 1/2 lotus leaf.

Seasoning: salt to taste.

practice:

1 Peel the winter melon, wash and cut into pieces; soak the mushrooms and remove the stems.

2 Add water to hawthorn, lotus leaves and mushrooms, bring to boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 10 minutes, strain the juice and set aside.

3 Put the winter melon and medicinal juice into a ceramic pot and stew until the winter melon is cooked, add salt to taste.

Q&A: Why can hawthorn and winter melon soup promote diuresis and reduce swelling?

Winter melon can clear away heat, promote diuresis and reduce swelling, and can alleviate the edema symptoms of chronic nephritis. Lotus leaves and shiitake mushrooms can help lower blood pressure and blood lipids, while also boosting immunity.

【Traditional Chinese medicine diet therapy recipe】

Hawthorn can lower blood sugar and blood pressure. Making tea with 1 to 2 pieces of hawthorn and drinking it regularly can help patients with hypertension. When cooking meat, you can also add a few slices of hawthorn, which can make the meat easier to cook and benefit gastrointestinal digestion.

Polygonum multiflorum and purple rice porridge (Photo provided by Kangjian Culture)

【Polygonum multiflorum and purple rice porridge】

Effect: Nourishes blood and replenishes qi + delays aging.

Ingredients: 150 grams of purple rice, appropriate amount of water, 6 grams each of Polygonum multiflorum and lotus seeds.

Seasoning: appropriate amount of rock sugar.

practice:

1. Wash the Polygonum multiflorum, put it into a gauze bag and tie the bag tightly; wash the purple rice.

2 Put the medicine bag, purple rice and water into a ceramic pot, bring to boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.

3 Add lotus seeds and cook until well-cooked. Remove the medicine bag and add rock sugar to taste.

Q&A: Why can Polygonum multiflorum and purple rice porridge delay aging?

Polygonum multiflorum can strengthen the body, replenish essence and delay aging. Purple rice has the effect of nourishing blood. Lotus seeds can calm the mind, replenish the middle and benefit the qi, and also have the effect of astringing the intestines and stopping diarrhea.

【Traditional Chinese medicine diet therapy recipe】

Take 18 grams of Polygonum multiflorum, 35 grams of Salvia miltiorrhiza, and 8 grams of Panax notoginseng, decoct them in water to extract the juice and drink it, 1 dose per day for 10 days. Stop for 1 week and then take it for 10 days. It can improve poor blood circulation.

Poria cocos cake (Photo provided by Kangjian Culture)

【Fuling Cake】

Effect: Diuretic and detumescent + strengthening the spleen and stomach.

Ingredients: 300 grams each of ground white rice (old rice) and Poria cocos powder.

Seasoning: 300 grams of white sugar and appropriate amount of oil.

practice:

1 Add water to all ingredients and seasonings to make a paste.

2 Heat oil in a pan, add ingredients from step 1, fry over low heat until thin pancakes are ready to eat.

Q&A: Why can Poria cocos cake promote diuresis and reduce swelling?

Poria cocos can promote diuresis, reduce swelling, and calm the mind. White rice has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, improving the essence and strengthening the will, and harmonizing the five internal organs, and the effects of old rice are better than new rice.

【Traditional Chinese medicine diet therapy recipe】

Take 6 grams of Poria cocos and 1.5 grams of white cardamom, boil them in water to extract the juice, add sesame oil, soy sauce, sesame paste, sugar, and white vinegar to season, and then mix it with vermicelli and cucumber and eat it cold. It is not only refreshing and appetizing, but also can help digestion and eliminate edema.