Drink unsweetened soy milk 30 minutes before meals to increase satiety

With the arrival of the long summer vacation, children spend more time at home. Many children prefer to drink sugary drinks, eat snacks and do not like to exercise. They inadvertently consume excessive calories and cause obesity. Hepatobiliary gastroenterologists remind parents with chubby children to make three rules with their children: drink sugar-free, high-fiber soy milk before meals to increase satiety and reduce food intake. If one of the parents accompanies the child to exercise outdoors, the child will have a chance to "lose" back to his or her ideal weight before school starts.

Currently, the problem of childhood obesity is becoming increasingly serious. Parents with obese children should accompany their children to implement weight loss plans and increase their exercise to achieve their ideal weight.

Dr. Xiao Dunren, vice president of the Obesity Research Society of the Republic of China and a hepatobiliary gastroenterologist, pointed out that some parents are worried that their children will suffer from malnutrition when losing weight. According to a 12-week "Parent-Child Weight Management Program", drinking a glass of unsweetened soy milk 30 minutes before breakfast and dinner every day can reduce appetite. By reducing the amount of regular meals and under the guidance of nutritionists and sports coaches, parents and children lost an average of 7 kilograms and grew 1.5 centimeters taller.

Drinking unsweetened soy milk before breakfast and dinner can help you feel full and not overeat

What’s special is that among the mother and son duo who participated in the parent-child weight loss program, there was a mother named Chen who thoroughly implemented the plan of drinking unsweetened soy milk before two meals a day for 12 weeks. As a result, she lost 8.9 kg in one go, and her son Chen Xiaodi also successfully lost 6.6 kg. In total, they lost 15.5 kg, which was the most impressive result. There is also a young man named Xie who successfully lost 6.7 kilograms in 12 weeks and even grew 5.5 centimeters taller.

Dr. Xiao Dunren explained that the average calorie content of every 100CC of unsweetened soy milk is about 46 calories. Parents should have their children drink 450CC of unsweetened soy milk before breakfast and dinner every day for 12 consecutive weeks, while children only need to drink 250CC. The water-soluble dietary fiber in soy milk can increase satiety. Drinking soy milk before a meal can help reduce food intake. Calories can then be consumed through physical fitness activities once a week. Without taking medicine or injections, as long as you persevere, you will naturally lose weight.

Drinking a glass of unsweetened soy milk before a meal can increase your sense of fullness, and the intake of dietary fiber can also help promote intestinal motility and bowel movements.

Drinking soy milk alone won’t help you lose weight. If you want to lose weight, you need to exercise.

Children who are in their developmental period need to take in adequate nutrients every day. Sugar-free soy milk contains high-quality plant protein. Soy protein can not only provide the nutrients needed for children's growth, but also takes about 3 hours to digest in the stomach. If you only drink water without sugar-free soy milk, you will not get enough dietary fiber and protein, and the time water stays in the gastrointestinal tract is shorter than soy milk, so it cannot achieve the same effect as sugar-free high-fiber soy milk.

Dr. Xiao Dunren said that in the past, some people mistakenly believed that drinking unsweetened soy milk could help them lose weight, and some even drank 3,000 CC of it every day. This excessive drinking would actually harm one's health. For ordinary adults, the daily intake of unsweetened soy milk should be controlled below 1000CC. As for children, 500CC a day is enough. Reducing calorie intake, increasing exercise and changing eating habits are the only ways to integrate correct dietary concepts into daily life and say goodbye to the preference for heavy-tasting, high-calorie foods in order to achieve the ideal weight loss goal.