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【Slimming food】Eat snacks after dinner to relieve difficulties Traditional Chinese Medicine recommends 3 snacks for whitening, anti-oxidation, nourishing Qi and blood- Hong Kong Economic Daily- TOPick – Health – Food Safety

“I’m so sleepy, do you have any snacks?” “I just ate lunch and want to eat again, aren’t you afraid of getting fat?” Many office OLs, because of the excessive meal, tend to feel tired and eyeballs after lunch, so they will eat snacks, such as potato Chips, nuts, chocolate, etc., to refresh yourself. However, after you eat snacks, you will find it difficult to open your mouth. Eating more foods with high fat content, such as potato chips and chocolate, will lead to obesity; Dry stool, etc.

If you want to eat snacks after dinner, I suggest the following three snacks, so that you can not only relieve your troubles but also beautify and lose weight:

1. Cherry eggplant: slightly cold in nature, sweet and sour taste, enters the liver, spleen and stomach meridian, produces body fluid and quenches thirst. Modern medicine indicates that cherries contain lycopene, and some medical research reports indicate that lycopene has the effects of eliminating fatigue, whitening skin, anti-aging, and preventing cancer; it can also reduce calorie intake, reduce fat accumulation, and supplement various vitamins to maintain balanced body nutrition. Its unique sour taste can stimulate gastric juice secretion, promote gastrointestinal motility, and help burn fat. In addition, its dietary fiber helps absorb excess fat in the intestines and excrete it along with the waste. Cherry tomatoes not only have the effect of beautifying, but also help to digest the intestines, it is a fruit for self-treatment and beauty of women.

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2. Raisins: Grapes are flat and sweet. Enter the kidney, spleen, and lung meridians, and have the effects of invigorating qi and blood, benefiting the liver and kidney, and promoting body fluid. According to modern medicine, grape skin contains a variety of flavonoids (such as cyanidin, paeoniflorin) and anthocyanins (red pigment of grape skin), which can effectively resist oxidation. Grape pulp contains organic acids, mainly malic acid and tartaric acid, which can inhibit bacteria, anti-virus, and prevent the formation of lipid peroxides in brain tissue. The nutritional value of grape seeds is also remarkable. It mainly contains grape seed oil, which can reduce the level of low-density lipoprotein and increase the level of high-density lipoprotein, which can help prevent high blood pressure and prevent vascular embolism.

In addition, it is more effective in anti-oxidation and anti-aging. The other main component proanthocyanidins (one of the polyphenols) can scavenge free radicals, anti-tumor, anti-fatigue and anti-aging. But remember: eating more grapes can cause diarrhoea, it is recommended to take up to 20 capsules a day.

3. Jujube: warm in nature and sweet in taste. Enter the spleen and stomach meridians, benefit qi and blood, invigorate the spleen and harmonize the stomach, nourish blood and calm the nerves, and relieve medicine properties. Red dates are rich in vitamin C, which can promote the liver to synthesize albumin and protect the liver. In addition, cyclic adenosine monophosphate in jujube can dilate blood vessels, improve myocardial contractility, improve myocardial nutrition, and benefit the heart.

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Author: Doctor of Chinese Medicine Yang Mingxia