​I succeeded in losing weight with red bean soup

Red bean is a relatively nutritious food. It contains vitamins B1 and B2, and is rich in protein, multiple minerals and other nutrients. Red bean can replenish blood, act as a diuretic, and promote heart activation. Eating red beans regularly can improve swollen feet. Red beans can help you lose weight, and the effect is quite obvious. People who want to lose weight can try it. I have successfully lost weight with red bean soup. Let’s learn about how red beans can help you lose weight.

1. Specific steps to use red beans to lose weight:

1. Buy red beans, also called azuki beans, adzuki beans, and red adzuki beans. They are called differently in different places.

2. Soak red beans for 24 hours

3. It is best to cook red beans in a casserole, but I use a pressure cooker, which is faster and can cook them into red bean paste. It takes 2.5 hours in a casserole and 10 minutes in a pressure cooker, and then you can eat it.

2. Materia Medica

Red beans are also known as adzuki beans. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that red beans have a downward nature and can clear the small intestine, promote urination and reduce swelling. In addition, they have the function of regulating menstruation and promoting lactation. They are effective in treating women with irregular menstruation and poor milk flow in lactating women. In addition, tangerine peel has the effect of resolving phlegm, relieving cough and aiding digestion. It has a good therapeutic effect on food stagnation and indigestion.

3. Production method

1. Materials

200g red beans, 5g tangerine peel, a pinch of salt

2. Specific practices

01. Soak the red beans for half an hour, add them into 500cc of boiling water, and cook for about 30 minutes until the red beans are cooked, then turn off the heat. Soak the tangerine peel in hot water until it is soft. When the red beans are cooked and the heat is turned off, put the tangerine peel into the red bean soup, cover it and simmer for ten minutes, then add a little salt. Drink after meals daily for at least 2 weeks.

02. The red bean weight loss method is suitable for people of all ages and for both men and women. It is an absolutely safe weight loss method with no side effects. Try it now.

4. Say goodbye to a big belly - tangerine peel and red bean paste

Preparation: Soak the red beans until soft, steam them, add water and sugar and cook them into red bean paste. Then filter out the bean skins with a fine sieve, add chopped tangerine peel and cook for about ten minutes. The sweet red bean paste has a slight hint of tangerine peel flavor when chewed.

5. Benefits of Red Beans

1. Strengthen the spleen and kidney

Red beans have the effects of clearing the heart and nourishing the mind, strengthening the spleen and benefiting the kidneys. Adding lotus seeds and lilies can further consolidate the essence and replenish qi, stop bleeding, strengthen the muscles and bones, etc. It can treat dry lungs, dry coughs, enhance the vitality of internal organs, and enhance physical strength.

2. Clear away heat and detoxify

Red beans have a strong antibacterial effect and can be used as an auxiliary treatment for sores and other diseases; red beans can sober up, detoxify, and are beneficial to patients with heart disease, kidney disease, and edema.

3. Diuretic and detumescent

Red beans contain more protosaponins, which can stimulate the intestines and have a good diuretic effect. They are very suitable for auxiliary diet therapy for cardiac and renal edema, ascites due to cirrhosis, edema due to beriberi, etc.

4. Regulates Blood Sugar

Potassium deficiency in the body can cause a decrease in sugar levels, making blood sugar difficult to control, and red beans are a typical high-potassium food that can help diabetic patients better control blood sugar. In addition, red beans contain more dietary fiber, which has good effects on moisturizing the intestines, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, and regulating blood sugar.

5. Nourish blood

Red beans are rich in iron and have the effects of nourishing blood, promoting blood circulation, increasing physical strength and enhancing resistance. They are an ideal food for anemia. Anemia patients who are afraid to eat pork liver can eat red beans to replenish blood. In ancient times, people would drink red bean soup to replenish blood after giving birth, and the effect was very good.

6. Promote milk secretion

Red beans are food rich in folic acid. Postpartum women and nursing mothers should eat more red beans to promote milk secretion.