The weather is very hot in summer and people sweat easily, which is especially suitable for weight loss. Summer is also a time when many women put on their favorite clothes to show their charm, but there are also some women who are not very confident about their figures and always seek various ways to lose weight, such as exercising to lose weight, adjusting diet, etc. In fact, there are We grow a very common food, sweet potato, and we can drink sweet potato water to lose weight.

1. Drinking sweet potato water can help you lose weight

Researchers from Japan’s National Institute of Agriculture and Food believe that the reason why the water used to boil sweet potatoes can help lose weight is because of certain residues in it. Some proteases can effectively suppress appetite.

The researchers said that this discovery can not only avoid wasting the remaining water from cooking sweet potatoes, but also make full use of it to achieve weight loss. What are you waiting for? Don’t throw away this affordable and affordable weight-loss water. However, a friendly reminder, wash the skin of sweet potatoes before cooking them, otherwise you will be drinking "miracle water" for weight loss mixed with soil.

2. Low-fat makes people fatter

In this era when everyone cares about "fat", "low-fat" chocolate came into being. However, a piece of discouraging news is that a large number of scientific research results show that reducing the fat in a bar of Mars (a foreign brand of chocolate) chocolate by 10% may actually cause obesity.

A large number of medical studies believe that sugar and high-refined carbohydrates are the main causes of obesity, but fat itself does not cause obesity. At the same time, high sugar can also cause a series of diseases such as heart disease and cancer.

The British National Obesity Forum recently proposed that traditional ideas about fat are changing. There is a lot of evidence that naturally occurring lipids are not as scary as people previously thought. Some forms of saturated fat, such as The saturated fat found in cocoa butter may even be beneficial.

Low-fat chocolate, along with yoghurt, cheese, fast food, and chips, are placed in the "low-fat" aisles of supermarkets because these food manufacturers want people to believe that eating them will help reduce fat intake. . In fact, many medical experts believe that eating "low-fat" foods not only fails to reduce fat, but also makes people gain weight. A latest study by Dr. Walter Verritt of the Harvard School of Public Health shows that low-fat meals can make people gain weight. This is because low-fat foods cannot meet people's energy requirements like full-fat foods. Makes people full of desire to eat. In addition, over-processed so-called "low-fat" foods such as yogurt, biscuits, and fast food often have more sugar added to make up for the taste and flavor lost after the fat is removed. While it's unclear exactly how much sugar Mars "low-fat" chocolate contains, it's safe to say it contains at least as much sugar as full-fat chocolate.

Experts remind that it is best to eat one or two small pieces of dark chocolate. Although it has the same fat content as milk chocolate, it contains less sugar and has a richer chocolate flavor.