Drink corn silk, winter melon and barley soup for lunch to reduce edema

If you want to lose weight, drink the right soup! People usually eat a large lunch and sit still for several hours in the office in the afternoon, which can easily lead to swollen calves. It is recommended to drink a bowl of "Corn Silk, Winter Melon and Coix Seed Soup" after lunch to remove dampness and promote diuresis. This is another way to maintain slender and beautiful legs! Nutritionists point out that these three ingredients can help reduce edema, and when added together to make soup, the effects are further enhanced!

Corn shoots are better eaten with corn silk

It is well known that corn silk has the function of promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. But do you know where corn silk comes from? Just go to the supermarket to buy fresh corn shoots, peel off the outermost green leaves, and you will see the silk covering the corn shoots. Those are the corn silks we are going to use to make soup!

Don't mistakenly use the silk of large corn, because the fiber is too coarse and difficult to eat. Choose the fine and soft silk of corn shoots, so that you can eat it together with the soup. It has a better effect in reducing edema and can also lower blood pressure.

Winter melon reduces swelling and helps whiten the skin, while coix seed promotes hydration and controls calories

In addition to corn silk, winter melon and coix seeds are also added to make the dish more flavorful! Nutritionist Zhang Wenyi said that winter melon is a low-sodium ingredient. In addition to helping eliminate edema, it should also contain vitamin C and oleic acid, active substances that can inhibit melanin deposition and prevent skin darkening. In addition to promoting diuresis and removing moisture, coix seed is also rich in water-soluble fiber, which can delay the rise in blood sugar after meals, increase satiety, and help control calories.

Winter melon with shredded ginger to remove coldness. Pregnant mothers should not touch coix seed.

It should be noted that winter melon is cold in nature, so people with weak constitution can add some shredded ginger when cooking it; Job's tears are also a cold food, so pregnant mothers and girls who are menstruating should avoid eating it. In addition, nutritionist Zhang Wenyi reminds that there are many types of coix seeds. Large coix seeds (coarse coix seeds) are used to make soup. Don’t buy small coix seeds (foreign coix seeds). The nutritional components of the two are not the same. The former has a better diuretic effect.

Corn silk, winter melon and barley soup combined with exercise can help reduce edema

Corn silk, winter melon, and coix seeds are all easy to obtain. Just cook these three ingredients together into soup (the proportion depends on personal preference), add some shredded ginger to dispel the cold, and you will have a refreshing, low-calorie soup that can promote diuresis and reduce swelling! Don’t forget that if you sit for a long time, you should get up and walk around often, and combine it with moderate exercise, the effect of reducing edema will be more obvious!