Can pears help you lose weight? Nutritionist's modified version makes you slimmer

The summer heat is unbearable. With a loss of appetite but a desire to lose weight, many people try to eat seasonal fruits instead of regular meals. The pear weight loss method, which can help people lose 5 kg quickly in 2 weeks, has been widely circulated on the Internet and has attracted heated discussion among netizens. However, experts point out that this way of losing weight is not healthy. Not only will it reduce the body's basal metabolic rate, but it will also lead to the risk of nutritional imbalance and weight gain.

Recently, there has been a rumor on the Internet that eating pears for 2 weeks can quickly reduce 5 kilograms.

The pear weight loss method, which is widely circulated on the Internet, emphasizes that pears are rich in water, contain a large amount of vitamins and dietary fiber, which can help reduce appetite. Therefore, as long as you follow the recommended daily diet menu, you can quickly lose 5 kilograms in about 2 weeks. The following is the 1-day menu of the pear weight loss method that is popular on the Internet:

[Pear weight loss method 1-day menu]:

Breakfast: 1 pear, 1 boiled egg, 1 cup of salt water (about 250cc, 3-5 grams of salt).

Lunch: Eat normally, but only until you are 70% full.

Dinner: 1 pear, a plate of blanched vegetables, or a bowl of mixed vegetable soup (about 450c.c.).

Pear weight loss method reduces metabolism and easily leads to nutritional imbalance

In response to this rumor, Dr. Wu Ying-jung, executive director of the Taiwan Nutrition Foundation, said that compared with other fruits, pears do have a lower sugar content, but there is currently no research showing that pears contain ingredients that can suppress or reduce appetite. She believes that the main purpose of this diet is to control and reduce daily calorie intake by eating seasonal pears with a lower GI (not likely to cause blood sugar to rise quickly) and low-calorie foods for two meals a day, morning and evening, in order to achieve the goal of losing weight.

If the calories consumed during weight loss are not enough to meet the needs of the body's physiological functions, the person losing weight will feel weak and powerless, and it will be more likely to lower the body's basal metabolic rate, making weight loss more difficult and the chance of regaining weight will be much higher.

However, Dr. Wu Yingrong emphasized that when calculating the total calories that can be consumed from this diet, it was found that the calories consumed with this diet are less than 1,000 calories. Not only can it fail to provide the nutrients needed for human activities, it will make the person losing weight feel weak and powerless, and it will also easily lower the body's basal metabolic rate, making weight loss more difficult. Even if the weight is successfully lost, the chance of gaining weight again is relatively much higher.

Most importantly, this diet lacks sufficient intake of carbohydrates, a source of energy required for the normal functioning of the human body. If this regimen is maintained for 2 weeks, it may cause nutritional imbalance and other problems, so people are advised not to try it lightly.

Improved eating method takes into account the needs of the human body for healthy weight loss

If people really want to lose weight but don't know how to eat, Dr. Wu Yingrong has made some slight improvements to this pear weight loss method. It not only takes into account the balanced intake of 6 major food groups and calorie control, but also provides a lot of variability. People may wish to use it as a reference. The following is the improved menu:

[Nutritionist-improved 1-day menu]:

Breakfast: 1 serving of low-GI fruit, a large plate of lettuce salad (about 100 grams), 1 boiled egg, 1 cup of low-fat milk (about 240c.c.), 200 grams of whole grains and root vegetables (pumpkin, sweet potato, potato, carrot, purple rice, brown rice, etc. can be interchangeable).

Lunch: Eat normally, but only until you are 60% full.

Dinner: 1 serving of low-GI fruit, 60 grams of lean meat or fish, a plate of blanched vegetables, or a bowl of mixed vegetable soup (about 450c.c.).

In addition to pears, beef tomatoes, guava, white dragon fruit, kiwi, apple, papaya, tangerine, orange, etc. are all low-GI fruits. By making simple changes in ingredients to make dietary options more diverse, it will help people control their food intake.