1. Why is it better to eat vegetables to lose weight?
Because vegetables are rich in vitamins and plant fiber, and most vegetables contain much less calories than fruits with the same weight, it is very helpful to lose weight.
2. What vegetables should I eat to lose weight in summer?
1, tomato
Tomatoes are amphibious fruits and vegetables. Tomatoes are rich in dietary fiber such as pectin, which makes people feel full easily. Tomato fiber can not only be digested by intestine, but also absorb excess fat and excrete it together. Lycopene in tomatoes can also reduce calorie intake, reduce fat accumulation, supplement multivitamins and maintain a balanced nutrition.
Therefore, the best way for tomatoes to lose weight is to eat normally at breakfast and lunch, pay attention to nutrition, and consume about 600 calories per meal on average; Change the dinner to tomatoes. In this way, you can easily keep the daily calorie at around 1400.
2. wax gourd
Wax gourd contains no fat and low sodium salt, and has diuretic and dehydration effects. Most obese people have too much water in their bodies and their muscles are weak. Folk experience often uses white gourd soup to drink, which can excrete too much water in the body and has obvious weight loss effect.
Winter melon is cold, spleen and stomach qi deficiency, diarrhea loose stool, and people with stomach cold pain should not eat cold winter melon; During women's menstrual cramps and cold dysmenorrhea, it is not advisable to eat winter melon raw. People who have been ill for a long time and those who have a strong fire due to yin deficiency should eat less melons.
3. Cucumber
The water content of cucumber is still very high, reaching more than 96%, and it has diuretic effect. Cucumber contains a kind of propanol diacid, which can inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat. Obese people often eat cucumbers to lose weight. Cucumber also contains fine cellulose, which has a certain effect on promoting intestinal excretion and lowering cholesterol.
However, you must eat fresh cucumbers to lose weight, and pickled cucumbers will lose weight. Cucumber skin has stronger detumescence effect than yellow melon pulp. Put 30 grams of cucumber skin into 500 ml of water, fry with low fire until the water is half, and drink it 2~3 times a day.
4.purplish red
Eating amaranth regularly can reduce weight, keep fit, promote detoxification and prevent constipation. At the same time, eating amaranth regularly can enhance physical fitness. Amaranth is rich in protein and fat. Sugar, a variety of vitamins and minerals, its protein is more fully absorbed by the human body than milk, and its carotene is higher than eggplant, which can provide rich nutrition for the human body, help to strengthen the body and improve the body's immunity.
The common cooking methods of amaranth are frying, frying, mixing and making soup, but the cooking time should not be too long. When cooking amaranth, it is best to add some garlic before cooking, which can not only keep the fragrance of lips and teeth, but also play a role in sterilization, which is very beneficial to prevent intestinal diseases in summer.
5.celery
The water content in celery is 95%, and a celery contains about 4 to 5 calories. But people need 4 to 5 calories to chew it, and it takes about 5 calories to enter the stomach. The heat required to digest celery in this way exceeds the heat provided by celery itself to the human body.
In daily life, many people often remove the leaves when eating celery, which is actually an unscientific eating method and habit. Celery leaves have a certain inhibitory effect on cancer, and its inhibitory rate can reach 75%. Stir-frying celery leaves into juice to make drinks can also play a good exciting role.
6, bamboo sheng
Bamboo sheng has the effect of "scraping oil" and is a popular food in summer. Bamboo sheng, also known as dictyophora, is a precious fungus parasitic on the roots of dead bamboo. Its taste is crisp, tender and refreshing, and its nutritional value is high. Rich in colloidal fiber, it helps digestion and reduces the accumulation of abdominal fat, which is also commonly known as "scraping oil". According to China Pharmacopoeia, bamboo sheng has many functions, such as benefiting stomach and clearing intestines, resisting aging, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain, and losing weight.
When buying bamboo sheng, it is best to choose high-quality dictyophora with light yellow color, thick meat, softness and complete bacteria. Because salt water can retain the effective substances contained in dictyophora, it should be soaked in salt water for about 20 minutes before eating until it becomes soft.
7. Lettuce; lettuce
Lettuce is nutritious and delicious among vegetables. Its taste is fresh and slightly bitter, which can stimulate the taste and help digestion. Lettuce is high in potassium, which is beneficial to diuresis and relieve atrial pressure, and is extremely beneficial to patients with hypertension, heart disease and hyperlipidemia. It is also recorded in Chinese medicine that lettuce has the functions of clearing heat and resolving phlegm, purging fire and detoxifying, benefiting qi and broadening chest, and can eliminate fat and diminish inflammation.
Lettuce should generally be short, smooth, unbending and neat in size; Thin skin, crisp quality, sufficient moisture, bamboo shoots are not withered, not hollow, and there is no rust spot on the surface; No yellow leaves, rotten leaves, no aging and no bolting; Clean decoration, soilless quality is the best. Leaves wilting and soft, leaves yellow; The stem bark is thick and there are many fibers; Take the old roots as an example, the ones with soil are the second.
8.bean sprouts
Bean sprouts have more water and less calories, and it is not easy to form subcutaneous fat accumulation. Because it contains cellulose, mung bean sprouts and leeks are fried together, which can be used to prevent constipation in the elderly and children. Safe and lose weight. Americans admire mung bean sprouts very much and think that they are one of the most suitable vegetables for obese people.
Don't buy white bean sprouts, because such bean sprouts are bleached, and the bleached chemicals are industrial products, which are harmful to human health. Bean sprouts bleached with this substance will not turn black when left outside for a few days. Don't buy extra large ones, because these bean sprouts often use swelling agents. Second, smell it with your nose. Don't buy bean sprouts with obvious chemical smell.
3. What are the dietary taboos for losing weight?
1, all western food: Although there are many dishes, each dish only takes up a corner of the big plate, but the heat of western food is more amazing than that of Chinese food. An onion appetizer can have up to 800 calories, not to mention steak.
2. Disguised food: Many foods are characterized by health, but in fact they don't have much nutrition, such as various fruit drinks, vegetable biscuits and children's fruit desserts.
3. Big hamburger: increase the hamburger, double beef patties, and keep the price unchanged-can it really take advantage? The calories of a Big Mac can be as high as 1520 calories, which is all the calories a middle-aged woman needs in a day. Give up what she loves.
4. Stuffed bread: Bread itself is rich in nutrition, but it is different from chocolate, fruit and cream stuffing. Not only has sugar and calories doubled, but nutrition is also pitiful. Therefore, choosing the original whole wheat bread is a good performance for yourself.
5, a small cake with high calories: The cake doesn't seem to have so much fat and calories, but all kinds of high-calorie raw materials are added during the processing. Never let children get into the habit of eating cakes.
6, milk coffee: a cup of ordinary Starbucks white coffee is equivalent to two or two staple foods. But it's not the coffee's fault. Its calories are actually very low. If you like coffee, you'd better "slim down" it and choose a low-fat type without sugar and cream.
7. Food aroma in the supermarket: It is easiest to get hungry when shopping, and then being attracted by the aroma of snacks and meat products in the supermarket will make people eat twice as much at the next meal. Bring water and low-calorie biscuits when shopping, because you can't resist the temptation of food and avoid overeating.
8. Hard-to-refuse food around: There are more and more delicious foods, such as hamburgers, French fries, salads, barbecues, pizzas and desserts. When people are keen on new eating habits, they ignore the most fundamental sources of health: fruits and vegetables. These natural foods are the source of health.
9. Fried food: All fried food should be eaten less. Don't think that frying vegetables and bean products will be healthy. They also contain a lot of fat and should be removed from your menu.