In real life, winter melon is a very common ingredient. It has a high water content and is beneficial for clearing heat, detoxifying, and diuresis. Winter melon contains a variety of minerals that can effectively help the body burn fat and achieve weight loss. Regular consumption of winter melon can also effectively improve hypertension and high blood fat levels.

Slimming Winter Melon Soup

Ingredients: 200 grams of winter melon, one piece of young ginger, water.

Preparation method:

Peel and remove the seeds from the winter melon and set aside, and slice the winter melon meat for later use.

Blend the winter melon seeds and an appropriate amount of water with a blender and set aside.

Fill a soup pot with water to 7/10 full, heat it up, then add the winter melon meat and skin together, and after it boils, add the winter melon seed puree, and continue to cook until the winter melon meat is cooked through.

Remove the skin of the winter melon, add shredded young ginger, and continue to cook for 2 minutes.

The cool taste and nature of winter melon should not exceed 600 grams per week

There are many types of obesity, and weight loss with winter melon is only suitable for people with edema-type obesity, and should not be consumed excessively to avoid damaging the function of the spleen and stomach. Eating winter melon can help with weight loss, but how to eat it correctly? Many people cook winter melon into braised winter melon or make winter melon mixed with seafood and other dishes, but this will not help with weight loss; instead, it may lead to weight gain because other ingredients and seasonings will increase the calorie content.

To make the most of the weight loss function of winter melon, it should be steamed or sliced and cooked into soup without any seasonings or other ingredients. However, winter melon has a cool taste and nature, and should not be eaten frequently to avoid accumulating coldness and being harmful to the spleen and stomach. It is not recommended to eat winter melon more than 3 times a week, even when made into soup, and the amount should be about 200 grams or less each time.

Simultaneously to neutralize the cold nature of winter melon, add bones and hot ginger, scallion whites to the soup when cooking, and mix with warm sweet potatoes when making congee, all of which can achieve the effect of warming the stomach.