Mung bean sprouts help! Anthony Wong lost 15 kg in a month

Have some mung bean sprouts with your meal! Bean sprouts are rich in dietary fiber and low in calories. They were once used as the main ingredient by Hong Kong movie star Anthony Wong for weight loss. He ate fried bean sprouts for a diet meal every day and lost 15 kilograms in one month. Chinese medicine practitioners remind us that although mung bean sprouts can promote bowel movements and help with weight loss, they are cold in nature and are best blanched before eating.

Bean sprouts are high in fiber and low in calories, and were once used by movie star Anthony Wong as a weight loss ingredient. (Left picture/taken from Baidu Encyclopedia website)

According to the Food Nutrition Database of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, for every 100 grams of mung bean sprouts, 92 grams are water, 1.4 grams of dietary fiber and rich nutrients such as vitamin C, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, etc., but the calories are only 25 calories. It tastes delicious and crisp, and has the functions of promoting intestinal peristalsis, burning fat and facilitating bowel movements, and beautifying and detoxifying. Eating some mung bean sprouts with meals or snacks can help improve the weight loss effect.

Mung bean sprouts are high in fiber and are healthier when eaten cold

Chinese medicine practitioner Huang Huijuan said that although the large amount of fiber and water in mung bean sprouts can improve constipation, promote bowel movements, and thus help lose weight, the properties of mung bean sprouts are relatively cold, especially the sprout part. People with weak stomachs or chronic gastroenteritis should not consume them to avoid damaging the stomach qi by eating too much, and the fiber accelerates intestinal peristalsis and causes diarrhea.

In addition, sprout ingredients such as mung bean sprouts and bean sprouts are fermented plants and contain special enzymes. Chinese medicine believes that they have the characteristics of "irritating foods" and are not suitable for eating raw, so as not to aggravate symptoms such as acne and boils.

The healthy vegetable rolls contain mung bean sprouts and other colorful vegetables, which are nutritious and healthy. (Photo/taken from Food and Drug Consumer Knowledge Service Network)

Chinese medicine practitioner Huang Huijuan recommends that when eating mung bean sprouts to lose weight, it is best to blanch and boil them first to "denature" them and reduce their cold nature. If you want to eat them raw, you can refer to the Japanese way of eating lettuce with ginger tea, using hot foods to strengthen the stomach and balance the cold nature of raw mung bean sprouts, avoiding increasing the burden on gastrointestinal function and symptoms.

【Cooking Demonstration/Healthy Vegetable Rolls】 (6 servings)

• Ingredients: 3 sheets of bean curd skin (45 grams), 150 grams of mung bean sprouts, 70 grams of carrots, 100 grams of enoki mushrooms, 30 grams of young ginger, 100 grams of green beans, 50 grams of black fungus, and appropriate amount of oil.

• practice:

  1. Chop carrots, black fungus and green beans into shreds, put them into boiling water with bean sprouts, remove from the pot and drain; chop young ginger, wash and separate enoki mushrooms, and set aside.

  2. Spread out the bean curd skin, put various materials on it, roll it into long strips, and seal the opening with some batter.

  3. Heat oil in a pan, add the vegetables and fry until golden brown, then serve.

• Nutritional Analysis:

Each serving of vegetable rolls contains 92.5 calories, 26.9 grams of dietary fiber, 4.3 grams of protein, and 6.5 grams of fat.

• Source: Food and Drug Consumer Information Service Network, Nantou County Health Bureau National Nutrition Food Handbook.