1, the principle of bitter gourd diet
Bitter gourd can lose weight mainly because of the following key points:
1, low fever. 100 grams of bitter gourd has only 18 calories, so it is not easy to gain weight if you eat more;
2, containing 0.4% momordicin can prevent fat absorption. Bitter gourd contains high-energy lipids and is known as "fat killer", which can reduce the intake of fat and polysaccharide by about 40%-60%. According to the experiment, 1mg can prevent 100g fat absorption!
3. Contains ingredients that promote insulin secretion, which helps to lower blood sugar and blood lipid and prevent diabetes and hyperlipidemia.
4. Bitter gourd is rich in cellulose and a certain amount of water, which can moisten intestines and detoxify and provide us with a good feeling of fullness. Eating bitter gourd regularly can not only lose weight, but also delay aging.
2. How to eat bitter gourd diet?
Eating bitter gourd to lose weight can not copy the usual practice of frying bitter gourd to make a diet meal, but should refer to the following practices to make a diet meal, otherwise it will not achieve the effect of losing ten pounds a week.
Attention! Choose bitter gourd, bitter enough, yellow in color and not ripe. This bitter gourd has stronger scraping ability.
1. Eat bitter gourd raw before meals
Eating a raw bitter gourd before meals every day can not only prevent the body from absorbing part of the fat in the stomach and avoid fat accumulation, but also promote the detoxification effect of beauty beauty. However, eating bitter gourd raw is extremely challenging. If you really want to lose weight successfully, you have to suffer and be a master!
2. Bitter gourd juice as a drink
Give up high-sugar and high-calorie coffee and carbonated drinks, take bitter gourd juice as a daily drink, and drink it when you are thirsty.
Practice: Put bitter gourd and water into the juicer according to the ratio of 100 g: 200 ml. It's best not to add sugar. If you really can't stand the bitter taste, you can add a spoonful of honey.
Scald bitter gourd with boiling water
Many people can't accept eating bitter gourd raw. They feel too bitter, just like eating grass. You can slice bitter gourd and boil it in boiling water for a few minutes to remove some bitterness. You don't have to pour out the water for boiling bitter gourd. You can make soup.
Drink balsam pear tea.
After the bitter gourd is dried in the sun, the bitter gourd glycoside inside will not be completely lost, and it also has the function of losing weight, so it can also be dried in the sun to make tea, which is convenient and can be preserved for a long time without deterioration.
5. Eat1000g bitter gourd every day to lose weight.
Eating bitter gourd to lose weight does not require eating only bitter gourd all day, but the amount of fresh bitter gourd eaten every day should not be less than1000g. If you drink balsam pear tea or bitter gourd juice, drink 15000-2000ml every day.
3. Side effects of bitter gourd diet
1. It is easy to cause diarrhea.
Bitter gourd is cold, and eating more will easily aggravate spleen deficiency and stomach cold, causing diarrhea. Therefore, people who usually have loose stool, excessive urine, poor appetite, cold, pale face and heavy pulse should not try the bitter gourd diet.
2. Affect the absorption of calcium
Bitter gourd contains more oxalic acid, which can combine with calcium in food and affect the absorption of calcium by human body. Therefore, long-term consumption of bitter gourd, especially raw bitter gourd, has a great influence on calcium absorption. In order to reduce the influence, soak bitter gourd in boiling water before eating.
4. Who can't eat bitter gourd?
1, people with low blood pressure and hypoglycemia
Bitter gourd has the effects of lowering blood sugar and clearing fire, and is suitable for people with greasy diet and high blood sugar. However, if you blindly pursue the health benefits of bitter gourd, excessive intake may hurt your heart and have a negative impact on your heart health. Bitter gourd can lower blood pressure and blood sugar. If people with low blood pressure or blood sugar can't eat bitter gourd, then normal people who eat too much bitter gourd can. Bitter gourd can not only be eaten in large quantities!
2. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold
People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not eat more raw bitter gourd. Liao Hui reminded that bitter gourd is a cold product. Usually, people with loose stool, excessive urine, loss of appetite, fear of cold, pale complexion, pale tongue and heavy pulse are mostly yang deficiency or spleen and stomach weakness. Such people should not eat bitter gourd often, otherwise they are prone to stomach discomfort, abdominal distension and abdominal pain, and even vomiting and diarrhea.
3. People who need calcium supplements
Oxalic acid in bitter gourd will hinder the absorption of calcium in food. Therefore, before eating, the bitter gourd should be blanched in boiling water to remove oxalic acid. People who need a lot of calcium supplement should not eat too much bitter gourd.
4. Children
Preschool children should not eat too much bitter gourd. Children are the body of pure yang, and the stomach is often surplus and the spleen is often insufficient; In addition, children's self-control ability is poor, so overeating bitter gourd is easy to hurt the spleen and stomach.
5. Pregnant women
Pregnant women should be careful when eating bitter gourd. Bitter gourd contains quinine, which can stimulate uterine contraction and cause abortion. So some people advocate that pregnant women should not eat bitter gourd. Although the content of quinine in bitter gourd is very small, it is not serious for pregnant women to eat it in moderation, but for the sake of prudence, pregnant women still eat less bitter gourd.