It’s difficult to lose weight successfully, hormone imbalance and poor metabolism are to blame! Nutritionist Zhao Hanying: You must eat these foods to promote metabolism

Many women have trouble losing weight. No matter how much they reduce their food intake and increase their exercise, their weight and body fat remain unchanged, but their bodies frequently show symptoms of illness. Nutritionist Zhao Hanying reminded that it might be a hormonal imbalance that affects metabolic function. Women with this condition should pay attention to a balanced diet and moderately season their food with warm ingredients such as ginger, garlic or turmeric to promote blood circulation and hormone balance, making weight loss easier.

Take care of your hormones before losing weight

After the age of 30, the body's basal metabolic rate decreases. If you maintain the same lifestyle habits, the chance of obesity will increase instead of decrease. In pursuit of a slim figure and a healthy body, many women exercise crazily and go on an intense diet. This is effective in the early stages, but in the long run it causes hormone imbalances, cold hands and feet, anemia, amenorrhea, and even gynecological problems such as uterine fibroids. It is difficult to lose weight no matter how hard you try!

Nutritionist Zhao Hanying said that many women only eat vegetables and fruits in order to lose weight, without any fat. The body can easily lack essential fatty acids, which are precursors for the synthesis of hormones such as estrogen and prolactin. Once the essential fats are lacking, hormone secretion can easily become imbalanced, which may lead to less menstrual blood volume, delayed menstruation or even amenorrhea! Not only does edema cause weight gain, it also makes you easily irritable, and in the long run there is even a risk of early menopause.

To get rid of obesity, you must have enough hormone raw materials

Nutritionist Zhao Hanying said that "eating the right food" is more important than "eating less food". Women with light menstrual bleeding or delayed menstruation who want to get rid of obesity must adhere to the principle of a balanced diet and supplement with sufficient and diverse vegetable and fruit dietary fiber, high-quality protein and good fats to ensure sufficient hormone raw materials. In addition, they can also use ingredients such as brown sugar, ginger, garlic or turmeric in cooking to promote metabolism, and also combine it with exercise to help blood circulation, slowly recuperate, and let the body return to a balanced state.

【Rainbow Mixed Warm Salad】 (2 servings)

• Ingredients: half an apple, 1/3 purple onion, 1 romaine lettuce (about 50 grams), 2 king oyster mushrooms, half a red pepper, half a yellow pepper, 2 large pieces of wet black fungus, 1 tablespoon of unsalted mixed nuts, 1 ounce of chicken breast.

• Sauce: 1 piece of young ginger, 100cc fruit vinegar, and appropriate amount of sea salt.

• practice:

1. Prepare ginger fruit vinegar first and set aside. First, wash, peel and slice the young ginger, sprinkle with sea salt and stir until water comes out, soak in fruit vinegar for 1 hour, and the ginger fruit vinegar is ready.

2.Blanche the king oyster mushrooms and black fungus and set aside. Roast and slice the chicken breast and set aside.

3. Prepare a large bowl and put romaine lettuce, purple onion, apple, red pepper and yellow pepper. Steam them slightly in an electric rice cooker. Then add king oyster mushroom, black fungus and chicken breast.

4. Pour ginger fruit vinegar on top and sprinkle with mixed nuts.

• Function: Various rainbow fruits and vegetables are rich in phytochemicals and dietary fiber, which can resist oxidation and help gastrointestinal motility. They are refreshing and burden-free. Added warming ingredients such as nuts and young ginger are suitable for women with poor circulation. A rainbow mixed warm salad paired with a sweet potato, or a bowl of pumpkin as a staple food, and a tea egg, or a cup of soy milk is a balanced meal choice.

Rainbow Mixed Warm Salad. (Photo provided by nutritionist Zhao Hanying)

【Vitality Vegetable Hot Pot】

• Ingredients: 6 slices of beef (pork or lamb can be used instead), 50g cabbage, 100g mixed mushrooms (enoki mushrooms, snow white mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms), 50g bok choy, 1 tablespoon wolfberry, 200cc kelp broth.

• Dipping sauce: appropriate amount of onion paste, appropriate amount of garlic paste, 2 tablespoons of Japanese sesame paste, and a little turmeric powder.

• practice:

1.Put kelp broth into a pot, add wolfberry, cabbage, tomatoes and mushrooms and cook.

2. Add green leafy vegetables and beef slices and blanch until cooked before serving.

3. The dipping sauce can be matched according to personal preference.

• Function: Beef contains iron and protein, which can help replenish blood and physical strength. Mushrooms contain polysaccharide fiber, which can enhance immunity. The dipping sauce contains allicin, curcumin and sulfur-containing compounds, which can help the body improve its antioxidant capacity. It is very suitable for women who are prone to dizziness, often feel weak and have cold hands and feet.

Energetic vegetable hotpot. (Photo provided by nutritionist Zhao Hanying)