Although honey contains fat, the fat in honey is fatty acid, which can effectively reduce your body's absorption of fat, expel toxins from the body and improve constipation. In addition, honey contains a variety of enzymes that can promote digestion and metabolism; Honey is an excellent detoxification food, which can promote the discharge of toxins and wastes in the body and kill bacteria.
Eating honey can also relax the bowels and prevent constipation; The monosaccharide component contained in honey can be immediately converted into energy after being ingested by the human body, which can increase satiety and help prevent overeating. Finally, because honey is easy to be absorbed and utilized, there is no need to worry about fat accumulation in the body when eating honey. Persistence is the key to losing weight, and so is diet. If the taste is too single, it is easy to stick to it, so diversity is also important.
Although honey is sweet, the sugar contained in it will not burden the stomach, and the calories are also very low. Even if you eat 200g of honey every day, the calories will not exceed 600 calories. So honey water won't affect your figure.
Recommended drinking methods of honey water:
Generally, honey water is brewed directly with warm water, and honey can be drunk after being diluted. This is the simplest way to drink. But if you drink it like this every day, you will get tired of it after a long time. So, it tastes good once in a while.
One: lemon bitter gourd honey water
Ingredients: bitter gourd 50g, lemon 30g, 10g acacia flower honey.
Exercise:
1. Peel the lemon and cut it into small pieces; Cut bitter gourd in half, remove seeds and cut into small pieces.
2. Put bitter gourd and lemon into the juicer, add honey and mix well.
Two: ginger juice honey water
Ingredients: ginger 1, honey, black tea 1.
1. Wash ginger and slice.
2. Put ginger slices and black tea bags into the pot and brew with 90-degree water.
3. In order to avoid damaging the nutrition of honey due to high temperature, honey should be put in after the water temperature is lowered, and can be drunk after being stirred evenly.
Three: Coix seed honey water
Ingredients: Coix seed 200g, half an apple, and proper amount of honey.
1. Wash and slice apples for later use.
2. Wash the coix seed, put it in a pressure cooker, add appropriate amount of water, cook for about 25 minutes and turn off the heat.
3. When the high-pressure pot cover can be opened, take out the coix seed water in the pot and cool it, then add a proper amount of honey and mix well, and add apple slices.
The best time to drink honey water
1. Get up and drink in the morning
Drinking a cup of honey water every morning can form a habit, moisten the intestines and relax the bowels, and can also quickly eliminate hunger and fatigue of the human body.
Specific practice: After getting up in the morning, scoop a spoonful of cold boiled water or 30-degree warm boiled water.
Drink after meals
Honey can regulate gastrointestinal function and make gastric acid secretion normal. After eating, especially after satiety, the digestive function of the stomach is easy to decline and the peristalsis of the large intestine is weakened.
3. Drink at three or four in the afternoon
At three or four o'clock every afternoon, people are most likely to be tired and hungry. This time period is just between lunch and dinner. At this time, you can soak a cup of warm honey water and replenish sugar and energy in time, so that you can be more energetic and reduce the amount of dinner.
Drink before going to bed.
It is a common saying in Chinese medicine to have a glass of normal saline on an empty stomach in the morning and a glass of honey water before going to bed at night. Glucose and vitamins in honey can relieve nervous tension, promote sleep and relieve mood, and there are no side effects.
Specific practice: drink a spoonful of honey to shower boiled water before going to bed.