In the summer heat, choosing a livelihood weight loss method is the best and driest way to lose weight. Here are three weight loss recipes: Lily stir-fried with pumpkin, where pumpkin has the effect of weight loss and lowering blood sugar; Lean meat and yam stir-fried with black fungus, where yam has the effect of slimming and lowering blood sugar; Shrimp fried bitter melon, where bitter melon has the effects of slimming, preventing cancer, and lowering blood sugar. In summer weight loss, these three Western recipes must not be overlooked - shrimp fried bitter melon. Ingredients include one bitter melon and a little shrimp.
Steps:
1. Wash the bitter melon, cut it in half, and remove the inner pulp.
2. Slice the bitter melon thinly.
3. Wash and drain the shrimp.
4. Heat oil in the pan, add the shrimp and stir fry evenly.
5. Add the bitter melon and stir fry evenly.
6. Add salt and chicken essence for seasoning.
Bitter melon has the effects of slimming, preventing cancer, and lowering blood sugar. It contains abundant vitamins, calcium, and iron. Li Shizhen said that bitter melon has the effects of removing evil heat, relieving fatigue, refreshing the mind, enhancing intelligence, and invigorating yang energy. Studies have found that it has a vague hypoglycemic effect, which is particularly effective for diabetes. It also has specific antiviral and anti-cancer effects. Bitter melon is warm when cooked and cold when eaten raw, so people with weak spleen and stomach should not eat it raw. Therefore, pregnant women should be cautious. A single bitter melon contains precious high-efficiency fat-clearing factors. Eating a few bitter melons a day will prevent weight gain regardless of how you eat or sleep.
Lily stir-fried with pumpkin ingredients include half a pumpkin, lilies, salt, oil. Cut the pumpkin in half, peel it, remove the inner pulp, and slice it into appropriate thickness. Peel the lilies into petals, remove the brown parts if any, and wash them. Boil water over high heat, blanch the lily petals for two seconds, then remove and drain. Heat oil in the wok until seven-tenths hot, then add the pumpkin slices and stir fry evenly. Add an appropriate amount of water to just cover the pumpkin, boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for seven to eight seconds until the pumpkin is soft. If there is still a little soup left in the pot, add the lilies and simmer for two seconds, then add salt and stir fry over high heat for two seconds to dry the soup.
Pumpkin has the effects of weight loss and lowering blood sugar. It contains abundant trace elements such as cobalt and pectin. The content of cobalt is relatively high, surpassing any other vegetable, which helps the liver metabolize fats normally. Cobalt is an essential trace element for the synthesis of insulin by pancreatic cells, so eating pumpkin regularly can help prevent diabetes. Pectin can delay the absorption of sugar and lipids in the intestine. Lily has nourishing, calming, and blood sugar-lowering effects. Besides containing starch, protein, fat, and nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins, etc., lilies also contain some special nutrients like colchicine and various alkaloids. These factors work together to provide good nutritional nourishment and also have specific preventive effects on diseases caused by autumn coolness. Traditional Chinese medicine states that fresh lilies have the effects of nourishing the spirit, moistening the lungs, and quenching thirst, which is beneficial for those who are weak after illness.