1, the principle of bitter melon diet
Bitter melon can lose weight mainly because of the following key points:
1, low calorie. 100 grams of bitter melon is only 18 calories, and more than eat it is not easy to get fat;
2, containing 0.4% of the bitter melon pigment, can prevent fat absorption. Bitter melon contains biologically active high-energy lipids, this is known as the "fat killer" of the special ingredients can make the intake of fat and polysaccharide to reduce about 40% -60%. According to experiments, 1mg can prevent 100g of fat absorption!
3. It contains insulin-promoting ingredients that can help lower blood sugar and blood lipids, and prevent diabetes and hyperlipidemia.
4, bitter melon is rich in fiber and a certain amount of water, can laxative detoxification, and provide us with a good sense of satiety. Regularly eat bitter melon can both lose weight and delay aging.
2, bitter melon diet how to eat
Eating bitter melon to lose weight can not be copied from the usual fried bitter melon way to do weight loss meals, but to refer to the following way to do weight loss meals, otherwise not up to the effect of a week to lose ten pounds.
Note! Select bitter melon to choose bitter enough, color green end yellow, not cooked bitter melon. This kind of bitter melon fat scraping ability is stronger.
1. Raw bitter melon before meals
Eat a raw bitter melon before meals every day, not only can prevent the body from absorbing part of the oil in the stomach and intestines, to avoid fat accumulation, but also beauty, promote the body's detoxification effect. However, eating raw bitter melon is very challenging, if you really want to lose weight successfully, but also have to eat bitter, the party on the people!
2. Bitter melon juice as a drink
Give up the high sugar and high-calorie coffee, carbonated beverages, bitter melon juice as a daily drink, thirsty drink.
Practice: bitter melon and water in accordance with the ratio of 100 grams: 200 milliliters, into the juicer juice, it is best not to add sugar, if you really can not stand the bitter taste, you can add a small spoon of honey.
3. Boiling water hot bitter melon to eat
Many people can not accept raw bitter melon, feel too bitter with the same as eating grass, can be sliced, with boiling water for a few minutes, to remove some of the bitter flavor. The water used to cook the bitter melon does not have to be poured out, you can make soup.
4. Drink bitter melon tea
Bitter melon after drying, the bitter melon inside the bitter melon will not be completely lost, the same weight loss and slimming effect, so you can also dry the bitter melon tea, both convenient, but also a long time to save the non-perishable.
5. Eat 1000 grams of bitter melon every day to lose weight
Eating bitter melon to lose weight does not require only eating bitter melon throughout the day, but the amount of fresh bitter melon eaten every day can not be less than 1000 grams. If you are drinking bitter melon tea or bitter melon juice, you are required to drink 15,000-2,000 milliliters per day.
3, bitter melon diet side effects
1. easy to cause diarrhea
Bitter melon cold, eat more easy to aggravate the spleen and stomach cold, causing diarrhea. Therefore, it is not advisable to try the bitter melon diet for those who have loose stools, clear urine, poor taste and fear of cold, pale face, pale tongue and heavy pulse.
2. Impact on calcium absorption
Bitter melon contains more oxalic acid, oxalic acid can be combined with calcium in food, affecting the body's absorption of calcium. Therefore, long-term bitter melon diet, especially raw eating bitter melon has a great impact on calcium absorption. In order to reduce the impact, eat bitter melon before soaking in boiling water.
4, who can not eat bitter melon
1, low blood pressure and hypoglycemia
Bitter melon has the effect of lowering blood sugar, clearing the fire, for the diet of the more greasy people, people with high blood sugar are more suitable food. However, if the pursuit of bitter melon on the body's benefits and intake of excessive, it is possible to hurt the "heart", the heart health has a negative impact. Bitter melon can lower blood pressure and blood sugar, if the blood pressure or blood sugar is low people can not eat bitter melon, normal people overconsumption of bitter melon will be so, not only the bitter melon any food can not be consumed in large quantities!
2, spleen and stomach cold people
Spleen and stomach cold people should not eat more and raw bitter melon. Liao Hui reminded, bitter melon is cold products, vegetarian loose stools, urine clear long, poor cold, face white, tongue pale pulse sinking most of the deficiency of yang qi insufficient or body spleen and stomach cold, this kind of people should not eat bitter melon, otherwise easy to gastric discomfort, abdominal distension and abdominal pain, and even vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms.
3, need to supplement calcium people
Bitter melon oxalic acid in the food will hinder the absorption of calcium. Therefore, before eating should be blanched in boiling water to remove oxalic acid, people who need to supplement a lot of calcium can not eat too much bitter melon.
4, children
Preschool children should not eat too much bitter melon. Children for the pure Yang body, the stomach is often surplus, the spleen is often insufficient; coupled with the children's ability to control themselves and poor, so over-eating bitter melon easy to hurt the spleen and stomach.
5, pregnant women
Pregnant women should eat bitter melon. Bitter melon contains quinine, quinine will stimulate uterine contraction, causing miscarriage. So some people advocate that pregnant women should not eat bitter melon. Although the content of quinine in the bitter melon is very small, pregnant women eat a little in moderation and no harm, but, in order to be cautious, pregnant women or eat less bitter melon.