What are the symptoms of low metabolic rate?
1, cold limbs
Some women will have cold hands and feet even in warm weather. Chinese medicine believes that this is a manifestation of body deficiency and yang deficiency, and such people have low basal metabolic rate. As long as the body temperature can rise by 1℃, the basal metabolic rate can rise by about 12%.
2, the weight is floating.
There are two reasons for the erratic weight. One is that the metabolic rate of the body is abnormal, mainly in women over 20 years old. The other is abnormal water metabolism, and even the weight will suddenly increase or decrease by 5 kg in just one week.
3, always feel tired, no spirit.
General weakness and lack of spirit are symptoms of qi and blood weakness. This kind of people have poor metabolism, gain weight, and are accompanied by drowsiness. They can only improve their basal metabolic rate through exercise, but they can't do strenuous exercise to avoid reducing their immunity.
How to improve basal metabolic rate?
1, eat more vegetables and onions containing crude fiber.
Crude fiber can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and balance the flora environment in the intestine. At the same time, it can also give people a sense of fullness and help improve metabolism. Allicin is also contained in onion, which can inhibit fat absorption and increase metabolism. Try to eat it cold to prevent allicin from being destroyed. In addition, pepper is also a good choice. Pepper contains a lot of capsaicin, which can promote metabolism, help burn calories and lose weight.
2. Keep moderate exercise
At least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise every day can improve blood circulation and enhance metabolism, but it must be persisted for a long time. Taking a hot bath before going to bed every night can relax muscles and spirits, improve basal metabolic rate and help metabolize toxins and garbage in the body. Ensure that there is1500 ~ 2500ml water intake every day to avoid water shortage in the body.
Tips
During the period of losing weight, the principle of small amount and multiple meals can be adopted, and the interval between two meals should be at least 2~3 hours. You can't lose weight by dieting, so as not to slow down your metabolism, which will lead to obesity. Increase muscles through strength training, and muscles can consume calories. Doing strength training at least 2~3 times a week, preferably combined with aerobic exercise, can greatly accelerate metabolism. Reasonable supplementation of zinc-containing foods, such as seafood, can promote the operation of enzymes in the body, accelerate digestion, absorption and metabolic function, and help improve metabolism. In addition, you can also massage related acupoints such as Renzhong and Zusanli.