Many people believe that being vegetarian can help with weight loss and choose this method, but there are many issues to pay attention to when losing weight as a vegetarian.
Actually, just being vegetarian alone doesn’t lead to weight loss for the following reasons: During the vegetarian diet, continuous eating is needed to replenish body nutrition, which can cause the stomach to expand continuously. Pure vegetarian dishes have a poor taste, and more oil is used in cooking, leading to unintentional intake of more fats, which are high in calories; in addition, many vegetarian foods use a lot of oil-fried bean products to improve taste, and these foods often contain a high content of starch and fats. Besides, vegetarians are less tolerant to hunger, especially starch can make people increase their food intake.
How to be a vegetarian scientifically:
1. Identify body constitution:
– Before being vegetarian, understand your body constitution. People with urinary calculi or prone to urinary calculi should not be vegetarians because most vegetables contain oxalic acid, and being vegetarian often supplements protein through tofu, which can worsen the formation of urinary calculi.
– Adolescents, children, those with qi deficiency, anemia, weakness, poor immunity, expectant mothers, pregnant women, lactating women, men engaged in physical work, and others are not suitable for being vegetarian.
– Even people suitable for being vegetarian need to choose according to their body constitution, such as blood stasis, phlegm-damp constitution, yang deficiency, yang-excess constitution, yin deficiency constitution, etc., depending on the specific situation.
2. Scientific selection:
– Vegetarian individuals should pay attention to a diversified diet, including grains, legumes, vegetables, nuts, and fruits throughout the day.
– Also, observe your own health reactions. If you experience weakness, dry and yellow hair, anemia, weak qi, or other unhealthy symptoms, you need to stop being vegetarian to ensure your health.
The key to weight loss lies in consuming fewer calories than those burnt to burn fat, but the premise is not to neglect sufficient nutrition intake, so the body has the energy to burn fat. When controlling vegetarian diet for weight loss based on quantity, it’s easy to feel hungry and can lead to health issues, outweighing the benefits.
Syle’s Warm Reminder: Correctly understanding vegetarian weight loss, scientifically choosing vegetarian ways to ensure health and weight loss effects.
