Weight-loss people, Eating more alkaline foods means consuming more low-fat, high-fiber, and high-nutrient-density natural ingredients. This dietary pattern has the characteristics of low calories and high satiety. It can also regulate intestinal health, promote digestion and metabolism, and allow You can better stabilize blood sugar and insulin levels, reduce fat storage, and reduce edema-type obesity.
To lose weight, eat more of these alkaline foods and let your weight click:
1. Green vegetables
A variety of green leafy vegetables such as spinach, celery, broccoli, lettuce, cabbage, cabbage, etc., with low-calorie and high-fiber characteristics, can be boiled directly with a little oil and salt seasoning, low-calorie.
Eating 200-300 grams of vegetables per meal can supplement dietary fiber, promote intestinal peristalsis, help detoxify, adsorb intestinal fat excretion, and help reduce intake of high-calorie foods.
2. Mushroom foods
A variety of shiitake mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, king oyster mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, etc., contain almost no fat, are rich in dietary fiber, vegetable protein and a variety of trace elements, and have only 20-30 calories per 100 grams Satiety is stronger than vegetables.
Mushroom foods can be boiled in soup or stir-fried with shrimp and lean meat in low oil (2:1 ratio). They are nutritionally balanced, can regulate intestinal flora, help metabolism, and control overall caloric intake.
3. Root vegetables
All kinds of carrots, white radishes, lettuce, onions, etc., are root vegetables, some are slightly sweet but not high in calories overall. However, yam and lotus root are pseudo-vegetables with high starch content and cannot be eaten as vegetables, but can only be used as staple food to better control carbohydrate intake.
And “white radish, carrots, and lettuce can be boiled in soup, and carrots and onions can be stir-fried. They can replace high-calorie staple foods, increase dietary diversity, and help stabilize blood sugar”.
4. Whole grains
For obese people and people with high blood sugar, whole grains are chosen instead of refined staple foods, such as oats, brown rice, quinoa, millet, whole wheat bread, etc. These foods are slower to raise sugar, have a rough texture, and do not taste as delicate as rice.
However, whole grains are rich in dietary fiber, can carry hunger for a relatively long time, can provide long-lasting energy, help stabilize insulin levels, and better control weight.
5. Potatoes
A variety of sweet potatoes, purple potatoes, potatoes, taro, etc., which can partially replace refined rice noodles, elevate sugar slower than rice, help control weight, but pay attention to cooking style (avoid frying).
Sweet potatoes, It can “promote intestinal peristalsis, speed up metabolism, and effectively prevent constipation”. Purple sweet potato It has various effects such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
The starch in potatoes, after being properly cooked, releases energy slowly, keeping you full for longer periods of time. And taro also has a higher dietary fiber content, which helps promote digestion and weight loss.
How to scientifically combine alkaline foods to achieve weight loss?
- Preference for each meal :especially green vegetables and mushrooms, which make up more than 1/2 of the dinner plate;
- Replace polished rice flour with whole grains and potatoes :For example, eat oats for breakfast and sweet potatoes instead of rice for lunch;
- Moderate intake of high-quality protein : Such as beans, tofu, eggs, lean meat, etc., about 100-150 grams per meal;
- Cook in a healthy way : Steam, boil and stew more, fry, fry and roast less;
- Drink enough water every day : Drink more than 1500 ml of water every day to help help metabolism and promote the action of alkaline substances;
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Dr. Ashish Singh is not just a consultant orthopaedic surgeon but a visionary leader in the field. Serving as the Medical Director at Anup Institute of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation in Patna, Bihar, he holds an illustrious academic background with MBBS, MS Ortho, MCh.Orth. (UK), PG Diploma CAOS (UK), and SICOT Diploma Orth. (Sweden).