ginger diet

Ginger root - is the eastern spice that came to us from tropical Asia. Since ancient times, a useful root was used by healers - he helped in many diseases and even delivered from excessive obesity. Diet lose weight ginger and today attracts by its simplicity about it, and we'll tell you.

How helpful ginger root?

Ginger root increases the internal heat, driving the blood through the veins and speeding up the metabolism. It was on this property and it is based diet. In general, the ginger is of great benefit - it is rich in organic acids, proteins, carbohydrates useful, as well as dietary fiber. The root consists of a group of rich minerals (is to provide iron, calcium, potassium, chromium, phosphorus). It also contains vitamins (A, C and B). The essential oil provides a pungent ginger aroma and pungent taste of the root must gingerol. Online you can find black and white ginger root. In the black ("Barbados") ginger preserved more useful items, as it is subjected to heat, rather than chemical treatment (white "Bengal" root treated with a solution of sulfurous acid or bleach).

Recommendations diet to lose weight ginger

This diet does not offer a ready-made menu - one of his very own, in agreement with the following rules:

- Throughout the day on an empty stomach (30 minutes before meals or one hour after it) you need to drink a drink based on ginger, cooked by one of the following recipes (supposed to drink per day up to 2 liters usable drink);
- Caloric intake is reduced to 1600-1800 kcal;
- For the duration of the diet will have to give up sweets, smoked, fat and salt (salt dish can be, but moderate).

Recipes from the drink ginger root

Option number 1

Shredded ginger root - 10 g, placed in a flask, pour boiling water - 750 ml and left overnight. On a warm drink add a small amount of honey (if desired), and lemon juice. To enhance the healing properties of the drink in a thermos often add herbs (lemon balm, peppermint, chamomile, leaves of bilberry). In the absence of a thermos, a drink prepared on the stove, putting the ginger and herbs into an enamel bowl, the bay water and boil for a while on low heat. After cooling drink, and in either case, filter, or else he is too busy.

Option number 2

Crushed using a blender fresh peppermint leaves - 60 grams of mixed small amount of ground cardamom and? tbs minced ginger root. The resulting mixture is poured boiling water and allow to stand for 30 minutes. Then strain the drink, add 50 ml of orange juice, 85 ml of lemon juice and 1 tsp honey.

Contraindications to the diet ginger

Diet ginger should not be used for peptic ulcer disease, and inflammation of the intestine and in cholelithiasis. It is contraindicated in hypersensitive ginger root and completely unacceptable during pregnancy and lactation. Do not abuse it, and in diseases of the cardiovascular system.

Diet ginger bring even greater benefit, if you combine it with exercise. Good luck!