Quench your hunger! Ginger soup warms the stomach and increases satiety

As winter approaches, does your appetite increase? careful! Unconsciously consuming too many calories can lead to weight gain. Chinese medicine practitioners say that in autumn and winter, people should be more cautious in their diet, or choose low-calorie, high-fiber foods that can increase satiety to avoid consuming too many calories and causing a burden on the body. For example, tofu and clams are good choices.

Chinese medicine practitioner Nie Meihua mentioned that after the beginning of autumn, the weather gradually turns cooler and people's appetites gradually increase. In addition, if you often eat high-calorie foods such as ginger duck, mutton hotpot, and wine chicken during winter, you will often become fatter after a winter.

To avoid the above situation, people are advised to eat more low-calorie, high-fiber foods before meals to increase satiety and reduce subsequent food intake. Ingredients such as tofu, konjac, winter melon, and kelp are all good choices. Here are two soups that Chinese medicine practitioners recommend for increasing satiety:

★【Tofu and kelp soup】

Material:

1 piece of tofu, 15 grams of kelp, 1000cc of water, 1 small piece of ginger, and a little seasoning.

practice:

1.Cut tofu into cubes, kelp into sections, and ginger into shreds for later use.

2. Put the chopped ginger and kelp into water and boil until small bubbles appear in the water.

3. Then add the chopped tofu and cook until the water boils, then turn off the heat and add seasoning. (You can add konjac, winter melon and other ingredients according to your personal taste and preference and cook together.)

Effect:

Shredded ginger has a warming effect on the stomach. Kelp, tofu, konjac, etc. are all ingredients that are high in dietary fiber, low in calories, and high in nutritional value. Stewing it into soup and drinking it before meals can warm the stomach, increase satiety, reduce appetite, and avoid excessive calorie intake.

★【Ginger Clam Soup】

Material:

300 grams of clams, 1 small piece of ginger, 1000cc of water, and a little seasoning.

practice:

1.Spit out the sand from the clams and cut the ginger into shreds for later use.

2. Put the chopped ginger into water and cook until boiling.

3. Add clams, cover the pot and simmer for 1 minute. Open the lid to check if the clams are open. If they are all open, add seasonings and prepare to serve.

Effect:

Shredded ginger has a stomach-warming effect, and clams are low in calories and high in protein. Cook it into soup and drink it before meals. It can warm the stomach, increase satiety, reduce appetite, and avoid excessive calorie intake.

In addition, in addition to tofu and kelp soup and shredded ginger clam soup, you can also replace it with vegetable tofu soup, winter melon tofu soup, etc., which can increase the feeling of fullness, relieve cravings, warm the stomach and fill hunger, or eat it as a midnight snack. It is not only low in calories and full, but also can supplement the necessary nutrients.

【Tip from Chinese medicine practitioners】:

People are reminded that medicines and foods that can help people lose weight quickly are usually accompanied by certain side effects, and common herbs that can suppress appetite are usually slightly bitter and cold, and can easily damage the liver and kidneys. Long-term use may cause a burden on the human body. For example, ephedra, a common Chinese medicinal herb, can reduce appetite and help reduce food intake. Please note that excessive consumption may cause side effects such as excitement and insomnia, which may lead to physical abnormalities.

Therefore, people are urged to lose weight and slim down, and not to rely on folk remedies to lose weight. Before losing weight, you should seek diagnosis from a professional doctor, proceed step by step according to your personal constitution, and combine it with a balanced diet and moderate exercise to achieve weight loss in a healthy way without side effects.