You will not have to go hungry to lose weight with these 12 'liposuction foods'

Keeping fit is not only about having an eye-catching appearance, but also helping to maintain your health. However, losing weight is often a difficult process with a rather strict diet. So add these 12 foods in your diet to make weight loss easier and more scientific.

Citrus peels contain volatile oils, which have a mild stimulating effect on the digestive tract, remove gas in the stomach, and reduce belly fat.

1. Bamboo shoots

Bamboo shoots have the characteristics of low fat, low sugar, and high fiber, so they have the effect of promoting intestinal peristalsis, helping digestion, eliminating food accumulation, preventing constipation, and preventing colorectal cancer. In addition, the amount of starch and sugar in bamboo shoots is very low, which helps in weight loss. It is a precious gift from nature. 

However, bamboo shoots contain quite a lot of toxins, the most dangerous is glucoside, this component will produce cyanhydric acid causing poisoning. But as long as you learn carefully and process bamboo shoots properly, the poison will disappear.

2. Papaya

Papaya is an extremely healthy tropical fruit. Papaya is rich in fiber, vitamin C and vitamin A. Papaya also contains many antioxidants that can reduce inflammation, and papain helps to break down fats into fatty acids. In papaya also contains an enzyme that helps to digest protein and tonify the spleen and stomach. It can also cure edema, beriberi (a cardiomyopathy caused by thiamin deficiency) and improve joints.

For choosing papaya, you should buy the fruit whose knob has turned yellow, this is a sign of natural ripe papaya. Should choose long fruit, heavy hand holding, stalk still sticky plastic, when eaten will be both sweet and delicious, few seeds, thick flesh.

3. Pineapple

Pineapple is rich in nutrients and contains essential vitamins such as vitamins A, B1, B3, vitamin C, and trace elements such as calcium, iron and magnesium that are easily absorbed by the human body. Protease found in pineapple juice, peel and stem, can help digest protein, digest meat and fish well, very suitable for eating after a big meal.

But it should be noted that pineapple is quite acidic, so eating too much pineapple can cause some people to have acid reflux, please eat a suitable amount.

4. Citrus peels 

Citrus peel contains volatile oil, hesperidin, vitamins B, C and other ingredients. Volatile oil has a slight stimulating effect on the digestive tract, promotes the secretion of digestive juices, helps with better digestion, removes gas in the stomach, reduces belly fat. 

One thing to keep in mind is to try to find organic tangerines where possible, because any pesticide residue from conventionally grown mandarins will be concentrated on the peel. Fresh mandarins are usually available during the winter months, but they can also be found at other times of the year.

5. Eggplant

Eggplant contains more selenium than other vegetables. Selenium has antioxidant effects, can maintain normal cell function, disease prevention and anti-aging, and helps fight cancer through metabolism in the body. 

Eggplant also provides the body with an abundant amount of potassium and fiber. And with only 25 Calories and less than 1 gram of fat per 100 grams, eggplant is an indispensable food in any slimming diet, as long as it's not fried with a lot of oil.

However, eggplant has a strong stimulant effect on the respiratory centers, has an anesthetic effect, so it can cause body poisoning when eaten in excess. To avoid toxicity, only eat eggplant 2-3 times a week, about 100-200g each time to eat with rice.

6. Oats

Oats have a sweet taste, are slightly cold, have diuretic effects, relieve swelling, tonic spleen, reduce moisture, relax tendons and muscles, cure joint pain, clear heat, drain pus . have the effect of treating edema.

Oats contain a large amount of soluble fiber beta-glucan, when eaten, it creates a gel-like substance in the intestines, which helps slow down the emptying of the stomach, making you feel fuller for longer, helping you to feel fuller longer. effective weight loss.

7. Cucumber

Cucumber is rich in nutrients, contains vitamin C, vitamin B group and many trace minerals, when eaten raw has a crisp, cool taste.

From a nutritional point of view, cucumber peels are rich in nutrients and should be eaten raw. But in order not to have pesticide residue, it is best to soak in salt water for 15 to 20 minutes, then rinse thoroughly. When soaking, the fruit should be kept intact, do not cut off the head and tail, to avoid losing nutrients in the cut. Making a salad should also be eaten immediately, should not be left for a long time, otherwise it will also lose vitamins.

8. Celery Vegetables

Celery is rich in crude fiber, potassium, niacin, vitamin B2 and other ingredients. In the summer, the weather is hot, easily prone to fire, leading to dry stools, when it is hot, the body loses a lot of water, easily losing the balance of sodium and potassium. Celery can help laxatives, regulate sodium and potassium balance.

 Vitamins have an impact on the skin, nervous system, affect appetite, if vitamin B2 deficiency is easy to cause fatigue and mouth ulcers. In particular, celery contains a lot of fiber and very few calories, making you fuller for longer and reducing cravings. Celery leaves contain more nutrients than the stem, so you can also blanch them to make salads.

However, too much celery can cause the body to absorb too much sodium. If the excess of sodium is prolonged, it can cause high blood pressure, which has certain health effects.

9. Tomatoes

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Tomatoes are rich in vitamin A, which is good for vision and restores skin after sun exposure. With low carb, rich in fiber and water but very few calories, tomatoes help increase feelings of fullness, reduce appetite, thereby supporting effective weight loss.

In addition, there are studies that show that tomatoes help stimulate the production of amino acids that play a role in burning fat in the body, also support to increase metabolism.

Particularly for fat loss, eating tomatoes about 30 minutes before meals is the best.

10. Green bean sprouts

Mung bean sprouts can help remove cholesterol and fat accumulation in the walls of blood vessels, preventing cardiovascular disease. Eating regularly can clear heat, detoxify, and diuretic. People who are addicted to tobacco, alcohol, and fat, if they regularly eat mung bean sprouts, have the effect of clearing the stomach, cleaning teeth, detoxifying, etc. and preventing the formation of subcutaneous fat.

11. Cabbage

The high amount of fiber in cabbage will be a nutrient that works to reduce blood sugar, reduce bad cholesterol, promote the conversion of fat into energy, prevent the accumulation of excess fat, and prevent obesity. and very effective weight loss.

Cabbage has a high vitamin A content, eating a lot of fresh cabbage in summer can protect eyes and beauty. However, do not eat cabbage that has been left for too long because it will lose a lot of nutrients. People with peptic ulcers should also not eat raw cabbage, so as not to irritate the wound in the digestive tract with crude fiber.

12. Frozen Tofu

Tofu is a great source of protein, providing the minerals calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, B vitamins, iron, manganese, copper and zinc. This dish is especially suitable for people with limited dairy and protein food groups.

Frozen tofu can produce sour substances, can destroy body fat, and is also very low in calories. If you eat frozen tofu regularly, it will be beneficial for fat excretion, thereby continuously reducing the amount of fat accumulated in the body. help with weight loss.

Too thin or too fat is not good, moreover, health is the most important thing. Therefore, it is very important to stay in shape properly to maintain a healthy body.