Lose weight without losing energy! How to Eat Winter Melon Porridge for People with Obese Physique

As spring approaches, many people seek drastic weight loss methods such as fasting, single food, and vomiting in order to lose weight quickly. Although weight loss in a short period of time is as smooth as a slide, it is also prone to side effects such as malnutrition, lack of energy, and a haggard complexion. Losing fat means losing health and vitality. Chinese medicine practitioners recommend that people with a strong physical constitution and a large appetite should not be too hasty in losing weight, but should treat the symptoms accordingly in order to achieve the golden weight loss principle of losing weight while maintaining vitality.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that rice itself has the effect of nourishing the stomach. Cooking it into porridge with winter melon, which can clear the heat from the lungs and stomach, can help regulate stomach fire and eliminate excess fat.

Dr. Zhang Zheming, director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Tong General Hospital, said that there are many causes of obesity. Some people become obese due to overeating, some due to stress, and there are also edema obesity, fatigue obesity, etc. If you want to lose weight, Chinese medicine can be adjusted according to your personal constitution. After burning fat and removing oil, your body will become lighter and healthier.

When using traditional Chinese medicine to help lose weight, one must first distinguish whether the patient's constitution is "positive" or "negative" so that the right medicine can be prescribed. Among them, the empirical type of obesity is mostly related to eating habits high in fat, high in sugar, fried foods, gluttony, and large appetite. Dr. Zhang Zheming recommends that when losing weight, a detailed diagnosis of one's physical constitution and eating habits is also required in order to prescribe an appropriate weight loss method.

1. Excessive stomach fire

• Main symptoms: thirst, strong appetite, easy to get hungry, and may feel hungry again not long after eating. In clinical practice, drugs that clear stomach fire are used to regulate the physical condition.

• Diet therapy for weight loss: It is recommended to cook winter melon porridge for consumption, because winter melon itself is slightly cold, can clear the heat from the lungs and stomach, and can also promote diuresis and reduce swelling. Rice has the effect of nourishing the stomach, can protect the stomach qi from cold, and has the effect of regulating stomach fire.

Modern people prefer fried and grilled foods, which can easily lead to obesity with damp heat in the middle burner.

2. Middle-jiao damp-heat type

• Main manifestations: This type of obese people often have the habit of drinking, and like to eat fried, barbecued or cold drinks, which causes problems with dampness and heat in the spleen and stomach and dampness and heat in the liver and gallbladder. Clinically, drugs that clear heat and dampness and clear the liver and gallbladder are used to help remove moisture from the body.

• Diet therapy for weight loss: It is recommended to drink lotus leaf and cassia seed tea. Both can clear away dampness and heat in the liver and gallbladder. Lotus leaf has the effect of lowering blood lipids, while cassia seed can inhibit the increase of cholesterol.

3. Qi stagnation and blood stasis type

• Main manifestations: Due to qi stagnation, blood stasis and pain, this type of obese people will feel soreness in many parts of the body, resulting in reduced activity, and a decrease in metabolism and energy consumption. In clinical practice, drugs that promote blood circulation and qi circulation are used to promote metabolism, relieve pain, and allow people to maintain a rosy complexion while losing weight.

• Diet therapy for weight loss: Rose flowers can invigorate blood circulation and relieve depression. Drinking a small amount of rose flowers in hot tea every day can enhance blood circulation and metabolism. It can not only help to lose fat and reduce weight, but also make your complexion rosy and make you more confident.

【Health Tips】

Losing weight is good for health, but don't just starve yourself. In the past, models or celebrities often reduced their food intake to look thinner. Although they finally became "paper people" as they wished, they might suffer from anorexia and damage their bodies, which was not worth the loss. A healthier way to lose weight is recommended. In addition to following doctor's advice, people also need to control their diet, exercise more and change bad lifestyle habits, taking a multi-pronged approach.

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