Drink to stay slim! Tips on eating porridge and soup without gaining weight

During the Chinese New Year, meat and fish are indispensable on the table. After eating, you will regret it because you have consumed too many calories. You want to eat but are afraid of gaining weight. Drinking soup is the most suitable. In fact, as long as you choose the right ingredients, you can not only get balanced nutrition, but also easily drink a slim figure.

Why is it easier to lose weight by drinking hot soup? This is mainly because the temperature of the hot soup can help increase circulation in the body, accelerate metabolism, and drinking a bowl of hot soup before a meal will increase your sense of fullness, which will reduce your appetite. The following are 4 kinds of slimming soups to help you avoid gaining weight.

Radish and kelp soup:

• Effect: Radish can promote metabolism and clean the intestines and stomach; kelp is rich in iodine and a variety of trace elements, which can eliminate fat and cholesterol, and also has the effect of reducing weight.

• Ingredients: 100 grams of kelp, 100 grams of lean meat, 5 slices of ginger, and 1 radish.

• practice:

  1. Soak the kelp in water, peel the radish and cut it into small pieces.

  2. After washing the lean meat, blanch it with hot water to remove the blood.

  3. Put an appropriate amount of water in the pot and add all the above ingredients. Cook over high heat for 10 minutes, then simmer over low heat for 2 hours. Finally, add salt to taste.

Almond Whitening Porridge

• Effect: Constipation is one of the reasons for poor skin quality, and almonds have the effect of moisturizing the intestines and promoting bowel movements. In addition, coix seed can promote the metabolism of blood and water in the body, and also has the effect of whitening and nourishing the skin.

• Ingredients: 8 qian of almonds, 2 liang of coix seeds, 1 liang of rice, 1 can of broth, and a little rock sugar.

• Method: After washing all the ingredients, add appropriate amount of water and cook into porridge for consumption.

Mushroom and Tofu Soup

• Effect: Shiitake mushrooms can promote gastrointestinal motility and inhibit fat absorption. Tofu is a high-nutrition, low-fat food that is very suitable for weight loss. The acidic substances in tofu can also absorb fat in the gastrointestinal tract.

• Ingredients: half a pound of fresh mushrooms, 2 pieces of tofu, 6 taels of lean pork, 1 slice of ginger, and salt.

• practice:

  1. Wash and slice the pork, then blanch it in hot water to remove the blood.

  2. After the water boils, add fresh mushrooms, ginger, and tofu, cook over high heat for ten minutes, then switch to medium-low heat and cook until the mushrooms are cooked through. Then add the pork slices, and when the pork slices are cooked through, add salt to taste.

Winter melon, barley and lean meat soup

• Effect: The succinic acid contained in winter melon can effectively inhibit the conversion of carbohydrates into fat, and has the effect of reducing swelling and promoting diuresis.

• Ingredients: 1 jin of winter melon, 3 liang of coix seed, 6 liang of lean pork, 1 small piece of tangerine peel, and 1 slice of ginger.

• practice:

  1. Wash and slice the lean pork, then blanch it in hot water to remove the blood.

  2. Wash the coix seeds and cut the winter melon into pieces with the skin.

  3. Bring the water to a boil, add all the ingredients, cook over high heat for ten minutes, then simmer over low heat for two hours, add seasoning and serve.