With the continuous improvement of living standards, more and more people are becoming obese, which seriously affects people's physical health and quality of life. So what are the causes of obesity? And here are five kinds of traditional Chinese medicine weight loss drugs recommended by the old Chinese doctors.
Causes of Obesity
1. The cause of obesity is that the intake of calories is greater than the calories burned.
2. Weak liver function cannot metabolize excess fat.
3. Metabolic disorders, where the three major sources of nutrients (protein, fat, carbohydrates) are all converted into fat and stored, resulting in obesity.
4. Familial obesity caused by genetics, mainly due to inherited lifestyle habits.
5. Environmental factors, such as chefs who often inhale cooking fumes, leading to fat deposition.
6. Physiological effects, in men during middle age and women during menopause, obesity is caused by the decline of various physiological functions and reduced physical activity.
7. Lack of exercise, even unable to walk 500 meters a day, and any decrease in energy intake compared to body expenditure can lead to obesity.
Five Kinds of Weight Loss Drugs
Red bean: It has a sweet and sour taste and enters the spleen, heart, and small intestine meridians. It has a good diuretic and detoxifying effect. "Dietary Therapy Materia Medica" states: "Eating for a long time makes people thin." The use of red beans for weight loss is especially effective for obesity accompanied by edema.
Lotus leaf: It has a sweet and astringent taste and enters the spleen meridian. It is a very good heat-clearing drug. Some people have used dried lotus leaves to make daily soup instead of tea or to cook porridge. After continuous use for 3 months, their weight decreased significantly and there was a remarkable effect in lowering blood lipids.
Seaweed: It has a bitter and salty taste and enters the liver, stomach, and kidney meridians. It is good at resolving phlegm and softening hardness, promoting diuresis, and has a blood lipid-lowering effect. The alginic acid contained in seaweed, when combined with equimolar phenylpropanolamine, is an appetite suppressant that can reduce obesity without causing insomnia.
Kelp: It has a salty and cold taste and enters the liver, stomach, and kidney meridians. It has the functions of softening hardness, resolving phlegm, promoting diuresis, and slimming. Modern research has shown that kelp contains fucoidan, which is a polysaccharide. Its low concentration of sulfated compounds is similar to heparin and has a blood lipid-lowering effect.
Tea leaves: It has the functions of clearing the head, relieving thirst, resolving phlegm, promoting digestion, and diuresis. Modern research has shown that tea leaves can lower serum cholesterol levels and the ratio of cholesterol to phospholipids, and can prevent and treat hyperlipidemia. The caffeine contained in tea leaves has a stimulating effect on the central nervous system, reducing sleep and increasing energy consumption.
Precautions
1. Develop the habit of drinking a glass of salt water every morning to detoxify and benefit the intestines.
2. Eat more fruits, but avoid eating too many bananas and mangoes as they are high in calories. Bananas also have a laxative effect, but mangoes are completely harmful to weight loss. The calories in mangoes are equivalent to meat, so eating a large mango is equivalent to eating meat of the same size.
3. Eat more foods rich in dietary fiber, such as oatmeal, soy products, etc. You can eat steamed buns, preferably buckwheat steamed buns, but try not to eat dumplings. Do not eat fried foods.
