Fasting can easily lead to weight regain. Detoxification meals can help you lose weight easily.

In recent years, "fasting to detoxify" has become very popular in the United States. Many people believe that the so-called "fasting method" can help the body detoxify. The famous singer Beyonce claimed to lose weight quickly with the "10-day fasting method", drinking lemon juice and maple syrup, which caused a follow-up trend. However, nutrition experts pointed out that if you imitate it rashly without considering your physical condition, it will not only fail to detoxify, but will hurt your body and make it easy to gain weight again.

Nutritionists recommend detoxification meals, among which aloe vera is an important detoxifying vegetable ingredient. (Photography by Huang Zhiwen)

Nutritionist Xie Yifang pointed out that "fasting method for weight loss" is mainly based on each person's physical condition. During this period, you cannot eat anything. You usually rely on drinking fruit juice to neutralize the acid toxins in the body, enhance the excretion function, and excrete a large amount of toxins out of the body. In order to replenish the essential nutrients that the human body lacks due to fasting, it is necessary to supplement nutritious food in appropriate amounts at this time.

In fact, detoxification can be divided into two stages: "liver nourishing stage" and "detoxification stage". When the liver is detoxifying, it is necessary to cooperate with high-fiber foods such as vegetables to discharge the toxins decomposed by the liver out of the body in a timely manner. If you believe the rumors and rely solely on drinking juice on an empty stomach to detoxify, it will not help your health. You should seek professional advice to design a complete diet, which is safer.

【Weight loss and detoxification meal】

1. Yam porridge: This dish is most suitable for office workers who have high work pressure, unstable emotions or even depression. Yam porridge is not only beneficial for balanced nutrition, but also helps to improve anemia and menstrual disorders, and can also solve constipation problems.

Ingredients: 80g each of fresh yam, polished rice and brown rice.

Method: Peel the fresh yam and wash the brown rice. Put the yam slices and rice into the pot, add water and boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat. It can be served in about 30 to 50 minutes.

2. Clam, radish, pork ribs and vegetable soup: If you want to nourish your body without adding burden to it, this dish is the best choice. Clams clear the liver and relieve heat, onions nourish yin and replenish yang, and wolfberries improve eyesight. Clam, radish, pork ribs and vegetable soup can enhance the liver's detoxification function and blood circulation. White-collar workers who often have cold hands and feet or sit for a long time should drink more of it.

Ingredients: 250g clams, 100g spinach, 5 asparagus, half an onion, 1 tomato, 5g wolfberry, 10g millet, half a carrot.

Preparation: Wash the millet and soak the clams in water until the sand is spit out and set aside. Blanch the ribs and set aside. Soak wolfberries in water and set aside. Wash the spinach, onion, asparagus, carrot and tomato, cut into pieces and sections in order and put them all into the pot. Bring to a boil over high heat first, then simmer over low heat for 15-20 minutes, adding a pinch of salt.

[Nutritionist’s Tips]: The top choice of vegetables for detox meals: sweet potato leaves, cabbage, and cauliflower. Fruits: bananas, oranges. Rice: Mainly brown rice. It is recommended to use vegetables and various mushrooms as the staple food of a meal, and you can eat as much as you want. The soup can be made with clear chicken broth or vegetable broth, with a small amount of lean pork slices. Do not add oil and other starchy foods. You can successfully control your calorie intake and lose weight easily.