Your waist, have you ever cared about it? People with slim waists, their waist can be held in one hand; people with thick waists, even two arms can’t wrap around. Those with a thick waist usually have a “stout” belly, with a volume more than twice as wide as others.
However, even if you don’t eat all day, you may still gain weight, not getting any thinner. Perhaps your method is wrong. How can women starve their stomachs? Consuming them, the nemesis of fat and oil, specially targeting “big bellies,” can help you slim your waist and flatten your stomach.
How can one not eat at all? Insufficient intake of fiber makes you particularly prone to constipation. Not going to the toilet for 3 days not only makes you uncomfortable but also prone to weight gain. Nuts and oatmeal, can be eaten dry or soaked, delicious and nutritious, specially designed to eliminate constipation.
Spring is like this, with a period of time that is damp and hot, making the whole body oily, face oily, hair oily, and the body swollen. Coix seed tea, one cup a day, drives away dampness from the body, gradually improving your body shape.
Lo Han Guo is not only good for moisturizing the throat; it has very low calories, almost negligible. It relieves thirst, promotes bowel movements, smoothens the intestines, and helps in losing weight.
Dampness and constipation are reasons for gaining weight. Consuming too much meat and too little fiber usually lead to constipation. Winter melon and lotus leaf tea have a refreshing taste, can eliminate greasiness, and reduce fat.
Hawthorn water can be consumed before or after meals, preventing food stagnation, reducing intestinal congestion, eliminating fat, and promoting good waste elimination from the body.
The effects of tangerine peel are diverse, balancing the body’s equilibrium, reducing swelling, promoting weight loss, and relieving greasiness.
Lemon slices help in removing greasiness, eliminating fat, and whitening the skin.
To reduce the abdomen, dampness must be removed, and proper dietary adjustments are essential.
Coix seed is an ancient grain and medicinal plant used in China. In the “Compendium of Materia Medica,” it is recorded to have various effects such as diuresis, reducing swelling, invigorating the spleen, dispelling dampness, relaxing tendons, removing obstruction, clearing heat, and draining pus, making it a commonly used diuretic and dampness-expelling medicine in folk medicine.
Choosing coix seeds to dispel dampness is not only practical but also highly nutritious.
Yam, coix seed, and lotus root soup
Ingredients:
– Dried yam 15g,
– Coix seeds 15g,
– Coix seeds 15g,
– Lotus seeds 15g,
– Astragalus 12g,
– Atractylodes 10g,
– 200g pork ribs.
1. Lightly fry the fresh coix seeds in a pan (to remove the coldness).
2. Soak the yam and lotus seeds in cold water for 2 hours in advance.
3. Rinse the pork ribs.
4. Rinse the lotus seeds, astragalus, and atractylodes, then put all ingredients into the pot.
5. Simmer over medium heat for 1.5 hours, season to taste.
Effects: Coix seeds dispel dampness, lotus seeds invigorate the spleen, help in spleen function, enhance dampness dissipation, aiding in dampness removal.
