Ginseng tea: weight loss properties and how to drink it

Ginseng tea has many properties for the body that improve our health, what not many people know is that it is also slimming. Many of its beneficial properties are related to losing weight , without having to lose energy. However, ginseng tea, like everything, is not a miracle, so to lose weight, it must be accompanied by a balanced and healthy diet and some exercise:

• Increases physical and mental performance: it is a root that provides a lot of energy, therefore, as we mentioned, even if you lose weight, your body will not notice any energetic wear. It reduces the feeling of tiredness and acts as a general restorative. In addition, this increase in energy will make you active throughout the day, which will make you have more strength to exercise and the activity itself will burn calories.
• Excellent diuretic: you will need to go to the bathroom, which will improve fluid retention.
• Very good to reduce cravings so you will eliminate any need to snack between meals.
• Improves digestion processes: after eating it will help to digest food well by making it processed in the stomach without accumulating for hours. Better digestion will also help convert those fats into energy.
• Accelerate metabolism: it has the ability to stimulate metabolic action, so that weight loss will be greater. This is closely linked to the energy it brings.
• Increases the level of insulin: therefore it helps in processes such as diabetes , which in many cases leads to weight gain. Having a good level of insulin is necessary for sugars to be processed in the best way in the body.

Preparing ginseng tea to lose weight is very simple and fast, however, like other teas, in order not to lose its properties it is advisable to take it within the next 24 hours or, better yet, freshly prepared. Of course, you can take it hot or cold so you can let it rest until it cools when you prepare it.

Ingredients

• 1 dried ginseng root
• 1 cup of water or the water necessary for the preparations you are going to make. Take as a reference one (large) cup of water per person.
• Optional: 2 branches of licorice. Licorice will add flavor to the tea and it is also a plant widely used for weight loss.
• Also optional some type of sweetener avoiding refined sugars. You can use stevia, for example.

Preparation

The preparation is so easy. The ideal would be to purify the water first by passing it through a filter, but it is something that not all of us have at home. That is why we can skip this step. You can also use mineral water , in fact this type of water will keep it better if you prepare it at night and drink it in the morning, for example.

The preparation of ginseng tea should be done in a clay container, which preserves its properties better, but nothing happens if you do it in a metal container. Put the water in a pot and bring it to a boil . You shouldn’t just let the water boil to reach a temperature of about 90 degrees just before it boils. Then add a piece of the dried ginseng root (you can save the rest for another preparation). Adding more or less will depend on how strong you want it and the amounts of water you have used. A piece of ginseng one finger or one centimeter high can make a cup.

Also add the licorice and leave it to maintain that temperature without boiling for at least 20 minutes . Then remove it from the heat and let it sit for another 10 minutes. Strain it and the resulting liquid will be your infusion. It is advisable to use a glass container avoiding plastic.

It is a fairly strong drink so you should not drink it on an empty stomach , as it could irritate the gastric mucosa and it is not recommended to drink more than two cups a day. It is better to take it before 6 in the afternoon to avoid making us lose sleep. Our recommendation is that you take it with breakfast (after having eaten something solid) or in the middle of the morning.

The ideal and recommended way to lose weight is to drink a cup of ginseng tea a day for a period of three months. Then take a break and if you want, go back to it for another three months.

Ginseng tea is quite a strong drink and that is why you have to take precautions and it is not recommended for certain people. The contraindications of ginseng are the following:

• Children, especially those under 12 years of age.
• Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
• People who are being treated with antidepressant or anticoagulant medications that thin the blood. In fact, if you are taking any type of strong medication, it is advisable to consult your doctor.
• People treated with hypoglycemics (such as diabetics), as ginseng contains hypoglycemics and could alter the medication.
• People with conditions such as multiple sclerosis or rheumatoid arthritis.

This article is merely informative, at FastlyHeal .com we do not have the power to prescribe medical treatments or make any type of diagnosis. We invite you to see a doctor in the case of presenting any type of condition or discomfort.

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