1, the principle of eating grapefruit to lose weight
1. Grapefruit contains more dietary fiber, which absorbs water and swells in the stomach after eating, increasing satiety and reducing the consumption of other high-energy diets.
2. Grapefruit tastes sweet and sour, but the sugar content is not high. The carbohydrate in grapefruit only accounts for 65,438+02%, which belongs to low-energy fruit and will not lead to obesity.
3. Grapefruit is a cold food in food, which has the function of moistening intestines. Eating grapefruit after or before meals can promote defecation, reduce the residence time of food in gastrointestinal tract and reduce the absorption of energy components in food.
2. How to eat grapefruit to lose weight
Eat grapefruit before meals
Eat half or 1/4 grapefruit 15 five minutes before meals, and the weight is estimated to be more than half a catty. Sour and sweet grapefruit can effectively control your appetite and make you eat less when you eat. And grapefruit can absorb body fat. Eat this before every meal for a month, and your waistline and stomach will be significantly smaller.
3. Eat grapefruit as a snack
In the process of losing weight, you usually feel hungry quickly or you especially want to eat. At this time, you can choose grapefruit as a snack, throw away all the chocolate, biscuits, puffs and other foods, and make sweet and sour grapefruit a good helper for you to lose weight. This can reduce the accumulation of fat and help to excrete fat.
grapefruit juice
Ingredients: half a grapefruit, a little rock sugar, and a proper amount of purified water.
Exercise:
1. Peel grapefruit, divide it into small petals and put it in a bowl for later use.
2. Put grapefruit and water into a juice blender, pour the juice into a cup, and add a little rock sugar to drink.
Efficacy: Convenient, the dietary fiber utilization rate in grapefruit is high, and the weight loss effect is remarkable.
Grapefruit hot drink
Ingredients: half a grapefruit, appropriate amount of water (according to your own consumption), sugar 1 teaspoon.
Exercise:
1. Divide the grapefruit into small pieces, put it in a pot and add water to boil.
2. Turn to low heat and cook for 30-60 minutes. Add sugar.
4. Precautions for eating grapefruit
1. grapefruit is too cold to be eaten in large quantities, and people with deficiency of spleen and stomach are not suitable to eat grapefruit.
2. Grapefruit and many drugs have chemical effects. You must not take medicine while eating grapefruit, which may cause toxic reactions.
3. Acidic components and bitter glycosides in grapefruit have certain damage to gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, grapefruit should not be eaten in large quantities, but in moderation.
5. The benefits of eating grapefruit
1, Jianwei
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that grapefruit is sweet and sour, cold in nature, and has good effects of invigorating stomach, promoting digestion, resolving phlegm, relieving asthma and relieving alcoholism. Modern medical research shows that grapefruit has these extraordinary effects, mainly because it contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, crude fiber, rich vitamin C, vitamin B2, vitamin P, carotene and other substances.
2. Anti-thrombosis
Grapefruit is rich in trace elements such as calcium, potassium, phosphorus and iron, so grapefruit has the functions of lowering cholesterol, losing weight and beautifying. More importantly, these trace elements contained in grapefruit can also reduce blood viscosity and reduce thrombosis.
Step 3 treat diabetes
Potassium contained in grapefruit is an ideal diet fruit for patients with cerebrovascular disease and kidney disease, especially the insulin-like component contained in grapefruit, which is an ideal food for diabetic patients. It can prevent diabetes and help diabetic patients delay complications.
4. Beautiful and beautiful
Vitamin P contained in grapefruit can strengthen the function of skin pores and help the damaged skin tissue recover as soon as possible. Eating grapefruit regularly can make the skin reach a state of zero pores. Moreover, grapefruit only contains low calories, so it has enough weight loss effect, which conforms to the principle of "natural beauty" of women and is the most suitable fruit for women in autumn.