How to use ginger for weight loss
Many can cause a skeptical smile that the simple addition of some spice there will remove excess fat. But it really is. To be sure, it is even superficial to get acquainted with the principles of oriental medicine.
In the teachings of the Chinese and in Ayurveda, this plant takes a weighty place. They have been treated for respiratory diseases since ancient times, and also used to combat sea sickness or nausea in pregnant women.
Eastern spices also have warming properties. This feature was also the basis of the ginger diet. The fact is that the root of the plant increases the overall temperature of the body, thus speeding up the metabolism. In addition, a fairly sharp taste interrupts the appetite. And this is the main goal - regular consumption of ginger tea reduces appetite, the stomach decreases in size, as a result, with time, you need less and less food to satiate.
Of course, using ginger for weight loss, you should not expect that you will continue to eat harmful products, and spice will do everything for you. A little to reduce fat, flour and sweet food still have to. Also, do not wait for immediate effect. On average, these recommendations should be observed for several months. The weight goes off stably and it is easy to keep it within the norm in the future.
The only condition - you must constantly drink tea on one of the recipes listed below. Ideally, you need to drink one cup in the morning, one more time - slowly between meals and the last glass of tea - before going to bed.
Recipes for weight loss tea
Of course, the constant use of the same tea quickly gets boring. Therefore, we offer you several options at once, which you can alternate.
Ginger tea with lemon
Ingredients:
- 1-2 tbsp. l. grated ginger
- 1 large lemon
- honey
The root is rubbed on a grater, the lemon is cut into four parts together with the peel. Put the ingredients in the thermos and pour 1.5 liters of hot water. To insist tea it is necessary 4-6 hours. Before use, you can add honey to taste.
Toning tea from ginger and green tea
Brew as usual green tea. 2 tbsp. l. Spoons of grated ginger pour juice of one lemon. We pour tea and a shabby spine into the thermos and insist for a minimum of two hours. It is better to use a warm drink.
The most simple tea with ginger
The root is thinly sliced, put in a thermos bottle and steamed with hot water. It is insisted for half an hour, after which it should be gradually drunk at the same intervals throughout the day. For a liter of water, you need two tablespoons of ginger.
Ginger tea with garlic
Ingredients:
- ginger - 10 g
- garlic - 10 g
- boiling water - 250 ml
Ingredients finely chopped or grated. Put in a thermos and pour boiling water. Insist 15 minutes and drink a glass of this tea immediately before eating.
Despite a few very unusual components, this recipe is considered the most effective.
Results of using tea
If you review the reviews of girls who have already tried to lose weight in this way, you can see that most are satisfied with the effect. However, there are those who did not observe a noticeable improvement from this special tea.
The secret lies, most likely, in that it is not worth to absorb fast food, fatty foods and baked goods in unlimited quantities. In addition, the ginger diet requires patience. On average, a little more than a kilogram of weight is lost per week.
Oksana:
"At first, it irritated me terribly that I could not see any shift. But then I decided to have patience. I used to try to sit on more rigid diets, but then the weight returned anyway. And here not. Of course, I'm limiting myself to eating a little, but drinking ginger tea is not so difficult. Moreover, in two months the result still came. "
Daria:
"This tea helped me. But immediately I say - do not expect a quick effect, and you will not be able to drive your stomach a week before the wedding. We need to start beforehand. "
Eugene:
"I tried it. I was not consulted with a nutritionist and I started allergic. So I definitely can not say anything. The only thing that tastes like this tea, as for me, is a bit strange. I would say to an amateur. So you need to try. "