The benefits of eating more lotus flowers

Eating more lotus flowers can promote blood circulation and stop bleeding, dispel dampness and dispel wind, clear heart and cool blood, and clear away heat and toxic materials.

In ancient China, there was a tradition of sending plums in spring and picking lotus in autumn. Since ancient times, Chinese people have regarded lotus seeds as precious food, and they are still high-grade nourishing nutrition. Many places specialize in producing lotus seeds.

Lotus root is the best vegetable and preserved fruit. Lotus leaves, lotus flowers and lotus plums are also popular medicated diets in China. It can be seen that the diet culture of lotus is rich and colorful. Traditional lotus seed porridge, preserved lotus seed, lotus seed powder, lotus root slices with meat, steamed lotus leaf meat, lotus leaf porridge, etc. Leaves are substitutes for tea and are also used as packaging materials.

The underground stem of lotus grows in silt and will be infected by toxic substances. Because the extremely fine epidermis tissue and tannin-containing lower epidermis of lotus root have certain barrier or absorption ability to toxic substances, most toxic substances adhere to or penetrate into the epidermis. Peel the lotus root when eating to prevent toxic substances from being eaten in the stomach.

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Lotus leaf alkaloids in lotus leaf tea contain a variety of effective lipid-lowering alkaloids, which can effectively decompose fat in the body and excrete it forcefully. Lotus leaf alkaloids can densely cover the human intestinal wall, forming a layer of fat isolation film to prevent fat absorption and accumulation.

It can improve greasy eating habits, and it has a strong oil repellent effect, which makes you feel disgusted with dirty and greasy food gradually. Therefore, it has excellent weight loss effect and excellent lipid-lowering health care effect.

1, promoting intestinal peristalsis and expelling toxins.

Lotus leaf tea contains a lot of fiber, which can promote large intestine peristalsis, help defecation and eliminate toxins. Lotus leaf tea has a more convenient effect than ordinary high-fiber food, which directly solves the trouble of constipation, so the swollen lower abdomen will gradually flatten out.

2, drainage diuretic, healthy fat.

Aromatic compounds in lotus leaf tea can effectively dissolve fat, remove turbidity and greasy, and prevent fat from accumulating in the body; Vitamins B 1, C and caffeine can promote the secretion of gastric juice and help digestion and fat elimination. For chronic fatigue, qi stagnation and obesity, pressure groups who drink less and exercise more but can't lose weight can play a double slimming effect.

3. It is rich in tea leptin and promotes metabolism.

Tea leptin is a natural protein component, which regulates appetite and energy balance. Without adding any harmful chemical components, it will not cause side effects such as diarrhea and abdominal pain. Lack of leptin in tea will inhibit metabolism, reduce energy consumption efficiency and lead to obesity. Drinking lotus leaf tea can supplement the leptin consumed by the human body in the intestine, improve the metabolism of the body and make you slim down.

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