1, is the bitter gourd diet effective?
Bitter gourd contains 0.4% bitter gourd, which not only has the effects of detumescence, removing summer heat and lowering blood fat, but also can inhibit fat absorption and reduce calorie intake because of its ultra-low calorie, so it is a practical and effective method to lose weight.
Note: Bitter gourd is better to lose weight when it is green and yellow, and its bitterness is enough to lose weight.
2. How long does it take for bitter gourd to lose weight?
Bitter gourd does not need to go on a diet, nor does it require exercise. So it will take at least three months or even longer to see the effect of losing weight. If you take bitter gourd as the staple food and eat only bitter gourd and water for three days in a row, you will lose 5 pounds in three days, but it is really difficult for ordinary people to accept bitter gourd as a meal.
3. How to lose weight by bitter gourd diet?
Eat bitter gourd for three days in a row to lose weight
As mentioned above, if you only eat bitter gourd for three days in a row, you can lose 5 pounds if you stick to it. However, because bitter gourd is cold, eating bitter gourd only is harmful to the spleen and stomach and needs to be improved slightly.
Breakfast: 200 ml bitter gourd juice, whole wheat bread 1 slice, boiled eggs 1 piece.
Lunch: 300 grams of raw bitter gourd and a bowl of oatmeal.
Dinner: 200 grams of raw bitter gourd
Cooperate with exercise to enhance heat consumption
One way to lose weight is to control calorie intake, and another effective way is to increase calorie consumption. Exercise is the most effective way to consume calories. During the bitter gourd diet, you can consume about 500-600 calories by insisting on 1 hour aerobic exercise at 4 pm every day. According to the calculation of about 7200 calories per kilogram of fat, light exercise can consume half a catty of fat in three days.
Attention! Because protein's intake is limited, overload exercise is prone to hypoglycemia, so the exercise time should not exceed 1 hour.
4, bitter gourd diet precautions
1. Bitter gourd is a cold food, so it is not appropriate to eat only bitter gourd to lose weight for a long time.
2, the stomach is sensitive and fragile. During eating bitter gourd to lose weight, don't drink strong tea, so as not to stimulate the stomach with tea polyphenols in tea.
3. If diarrhea occurs in the process of eating bitter gourd to lose weight, it means that your stomach can't bear it, and you need to reduce your consumption or suspend weight loss.
4. Choose bitter gourd with green color instead of yellow to eat, and the weight loss effect is better.
5, bitter gourd is not suitable for people to eat.
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.