The ‘golden’ food helps to lose weight and get in shape

Ms. Le Thi Thuy (Hoang Mai, Hanoi) said that sometimes she still drinks celery juice to purify her body for 7 days. Thuy drinks pure celery juice or adds apples and carrots early in the morning before waking up.

According to Ms. Thuy’s experience, every morning when she wakes up, she drinks 350 ml of celery juice to purify the body. The feeling of drinking the juice is difficult because of the pungent taste of celery. However, when drinking celery juice, Thuy found that she slept better, no longer felt cravings for snacks during the day. This is why drinking celery juice helps you lose weight better.

According to Thuy, if you want to keep weight or lose weight, you can drink celery juice during the day about 30 minutes before a meal. However, for newbies, drinking pure celery juice will be very difficult. You can drink celery juice mixed with fruit. When drinking celery juice with exercise, you will lose weight quickly.

Celery is a nutritious food. Some of the nutrients found in celery include folate, potassium, calcium, vitamins A, C, K, vitamin B6, pantothenic acid, magnesium, phosphorus, etc.

Celery users can also combine with some other fruits or vegetables to create juices that are not only delicious, attractive but also full of nutrients.

“Does celery juice lose weight” is an issue that many women care about, especially those who are planning a weight loss regimen.

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BS CKI. Nguyen Tran Nhu Thuy – University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, said that celery is also known as “han Can” (must be dry), “huong can” (need aromatic), “medicinal can” (need medicine), is trees living in temperate regions, later introduced into our country.

According to Doctor Thuy, in Eastern medicine, celery has a bitter orange taste (sweet and bitter), calculates salary (cool), the drug is used for the whole plant, referred to in the two meridians of Vi and Can, has the effect of clearing heat (cooling the liver). , brain and brain function (improves nerves), laxatives only (cools the lungs to stop coughing), low leprosy areas (except rheumatism), only blood (stops bleeding), detoxifies.

Can be used to treat high blood pressure, accompanied by dizziness, headache, pink face, red eyes; arteriosclerosis, nervous weakness, irregular menstruation…

The main component of celery is water (nearly 95%), vitamin or mineral content is not high.

According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), celery is a good source of vitamin K, with one cup containing about 30% of the recommended daily intake, celery can also help you get enough. folate, potassium, fiber and molybdenum. Celery also contains small amounts of vitamin C, vitamin A, and some B vitamins, and is low in calories, carbohydrates, fat, and cholesterol.

One celery plant provides about 4-5 calories, however, it takes 5 calories to chew celery and 5 more calories to digest, so the heat you have to spend on “this guy” is more than the amount of calories you eat. It provides, so that celery has a great role in fat loss and is chosen by many people as a daily weight loss food.

Despite the many health benefits, it is not advisable to drink too much and regularly celery juice. A normal person is best to drink 2 glasses of celery juice (about 500ml) per day.

The doctor noted that if you only drink celery juice, it will be difficult to achieve your weight loss goals. You need to have a scientific diet, choose healthy foods, combine with performing exercises suitable for health, and at the same time adjust the working regime and reasonable living habits. can achieve your weight loss goals and deliver sustainable health benefits.

Although it has many uses, according to Dr. Thuy, the following subjects should be noted when using celery: people with kidney failure – because celery contains a lot of water, it has a diuretic effect, so people who are treating kidney failure need to be careful. ; People with low blood pressure should limit the use of celery juice because of the antihypertensive effect of this vegetable; Mustard greens cause increased uterine contractions, so pregnant women should not use much.

Khanh Chi