1. Lotus leaf is the leaf of perennial aquatic herb Nelumbo nucifera, and its chemical components mainly include nuciferine, citric acid, malic acid, gluconic acid, oxalic acid, succinic acid and other anti-mitotic alkaline components. Soaking and decocting lotus leaves can dilate blood vessels, clear away heat and relieve summer heat, lower blood pressure and be a good medicine for losing weight. As a kind of health tea, lotus leaf tea is not as immediate as medicine, but it has no side effects. It should be the best choice for people with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and high cholesterol, middle-aged and elderly friends, and women who want to keep slim.
2. The principle of losing weight
Lotus leaf alkaloids in lotus leaf tea contain a variety of effective lipid-lowering alkaloids, which can effectively decompose fat in the body and excrete it forcefully. Lotus leaf alkaloids can densely cover the human intestinal wall, forming a layer of fat isolation film to prevent fat absorption and accumulation. It can improve greasy eating habits, and it has a strong oil repellent effect, which makes you feel disgusted with dirty and greasy food gradually. Therefore, it has excellent weight loss effect and excellent lipid-lowering health care effect.
3, weight loss effect
1. Promote intestinal peristalsis and expel toxins.
Lotus leaf tea contains a lot of fiber, which can promote large intestine peristalsis, help defecation and eliminate toxins. Lotus leaf tea has a more convenient effect than ordinary high-fiber food, which directly solves the trouble of constipation, so the swollen lower abdomen will gradually flatten out.
2. Drainage and diuresis, healthy elimination of fat
Aromatic compounds in lotus leaf tea can effectively dissolve fat, remove turbidity and greasy, and prevent fat from accumulating in the body; Vitamins B 1, C and caffeine can promote the secretion of gastric juice and help digestion and fat elimination. For stressed people with chronic fatigue, qi stagnation obesity, which can't lose weight by drinking less and exercising more, can play a double slimming effect. At the same time, it also has excellent diuretic effect. Office workers who are sedentary and less active, MM who are prone to edema, spleen deficiency and qi deficiency, should drink more lotus leaf tea. When excess fat and retained electrolyte in the body are discharged, people will naturally become thinner.
3. It is rich in tea leptin and promotes metabolism.
Tea leptin is a natural protein component, which regulates appetite and energy balance. Without adding any harmful chemical components, it will not cause side effects such as diarrhea and abdominal pain. Lack of leptin in tea will inhibit metabolism, reduce energy consumption efficiency and lead to obesity. Drinking lotus leaf tea can supplement the leptin consumed by the human body in the intestine, improve the metabolism of the body and make you slim down.
4. How to drink is effective
1. Strong tea is preferred. The second brewing has no effect, and drinking the first brewing will have the effect of losing weight.
2. It is best to drink on an empty stomach before meals, which is most conducive to defecation and elimination of edema.
3. You can drink about 3-4 cups a day, in different time periods, and drink at tea time before three meals.
There is no need to go on a diet during drinking tea, because after a period of time, the hobby of food will naturally change, and many people don't like to eat dirty and greasy food.
5. Lotus leaf tea does not need to be boiled, but it can be boiled for about 5 minutes.
6. You don't have to drink hot tea. If it is cold, it will not affect the effect. It tastes better after being chilled in summer.
5. Side effects
Lotus leaf has antipyretic, antibacterial and spasmolytic effects. The processed lotus leaf tastes bitter, slightly salty and pungent, and has the functions of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting diuresis and activating yang, removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding, and has certain curative effects on various diseases. However, the lotus leaf is cold, so it is recommended to use Juewu decoction of cassia seed, poria cocos and black oolong. Poria cocos can strengthen the spleen and protect the liver, which will not affect the diet health, but also achieve the purpose of slimming. There are several points to pay attention to when drinking lotus leaf tea:
1, lotus leaf tea is cold and not suitable for women to drink during menstruation.
2, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not drink lotus leaf tea, and those with weak qi and blood should use it with caution.
3, drink lotus leaf tea in moderation, not excessive drinking.