Get rid of the dirty oil in your body! Black fungus can help you lose weight

eat! eat! eat! Taiwanese people love food, and their personal blogs or Facebook pages are filled with mouth-watering food photos. The consequence of not being able to control one's appetite, in addition to the food safety risks that have been making headlines recently, is the more direct accumulation of fat and cholesterol in the body, which causes obesity. How to get rid of the black oil in your body and make your body more "light and refreshed"? Nutritionists think that adding black fungus to dishes is a good idea.

Black fungus is rich in dietary fiber, which can moisturize the intestines and promote bowel movements, and also has the effect of lowering cholesterol. (Photography by Jiang Minjun)

High-fiber black fungus has a way to lower cholesterol and help lose weight

Nutritionist Zhao Hanying said that black fungus is rich in dietary fiber, which can act as an intestinal scavenger, help moisturize the intestines and promote bowel movements, and prevent the accumulation of stool during weight loss. In particular, the water-soluble fiber it contains has been proven by studies to have the effect of lowering cholesterol and preventing cardiovascular disease. In addition, black fungus is low in calories but can provide a feeling of fullness. Eating 1 to 2 large pieces a day can help control your weight.

Black fungus has a crisp taste and is suitable for pairing with other foods to add a rich experience to the taste buds. Nutritionist Zhao Hanying recommends that people who are fighting obesity can drink a glass of black fungus juice before breakfast to increase satiety, make a black fungus salad for lunch, and have a bowl of black fungus vegetable soup for dinner. Eat black fungus vegetable dishes first, and then consume meat or staple foods in moderation. A balanced and sufficient diet is the way to maintain normal metabolism and lose weight healthily.

Making good use of low-calorie, filling black fungus in cooking can help improve weight loss results.

[Black fungus weight loss recipe]:

【Black Fungus Salad】

• Ingredients: 50 grams of fresh romaine leaves, 1 piece of black fungus, half an apple, half a beef tomato, 20 grams of cucumber, 20 grams of purple onion, and appropriate amount of young ginger fruit vinegar.

• practice:

  1. When making young ginger fruit vinegar, first slice the young ginger, sprinkle salt on it and marinate until water comes out, wring the ginger slices dry and put them into the fruit vinegar, add some mirin and soak them together, waiting for the flavor to absorb.

  2. For the salad ingredients, wash the black fungus, blanch it and cut it into small pieces. Wash the other ingredients with cold boiled water and cut them into bite-sized pieces. After arranging them on a plate, drizzle with appropriate amount of young ginger fruit vinegar and serve.

• Note: The ginger fruit vinegar can also be replaced with lemon vinaigrette.

【Black Fungus Vegetable Soup】

• Ingredients: 100 grams of cabbage, 2 slices of black fungus, 50 grams of mixed mushrooms, 2 beef tomatoes, 1 piece of tofu, and appropriate amount of broth.

• Method: Wash the ingredients, cut into bite-sized pieces, put into broth and water and cook until soft before eating.

• Note: Vegetable soup is especially suitable for dinner. It can replenish the insufficient fiber intake during the day, increase satiety and help lose weight.