Are an alternative to weight loss diets, allow you to not make too many sacrifices, they are good and are invaluable allies of the line. They are slimming teas and draining, which in any season, but especially in the winter, we can drink from morning to evening, especially to break the hunger and before bed.
Do not allow - this is remarkable - a big weight loss: their main action is diuretic and purifying, but if they are not too many pounds to lose the diet of herbal teas is the easiest choice there is.
Or you can associate (from a minimum of 2 to a maximum of 4 cups per day) to the menu of a precise low calorie diet, increasing very effective.
Sure, you have to love the natural flavors and aroma of herbs, because it is not allowed to add sugar, honey and even sweetener - the latter calorie-free but harmful to the body.
The advantages of slimming teas are safe and without side effects. And among these, do not forget that every herbal tea gives us a moment of relaxation in the body and makes us introduce liquid low-calorie or calorie-free, which - along with 2 liters of water per day required by diets - are the first indication for rapid weight loss .
We know more closely the herbal teas that help you lose weight, remembering that it is always better to consult your herbalist of confidence.
First of all there are the so-called purifying, ie from the laxative effect, especially useful to those who make a very sedentary lifestyle. Among these are the teas that primarily use senna and rhubarb root, particularly useful to awaken and regularize bowel activity.
Another category of herbal tea useful in the process of weight loss is that of draining and cleansing herbs. In nature, in fact, there are many plants that have a strong diuretic action and are able, therefore, to deflate the body in a healthy way and help us recover a more toned and slender.
Herbal teas are used for draining the common aesthetic problems due to water retention in the body, water retention and bloating. They are therefore very good for cellulite and swelling of the belly and legs.
Particularly effective - for all this - are the herbal teas from the seeds of fennel, with the leaves of birch, with the root of the dandelion and the stem and roots of Asparagus.
Less known is the one that is prepared with horsetail - also known as horsetail grass - widely used in naturopathy and herbal medicine because it has a strong diuretic and draining, but at the same time is able to re-mineralize the body, thus avoiding the imbalance of fluids and minerals.
The Pilosella is another very herbaceous plant used in herbal medicine: it uses the entire flowering plant that is particularly effective against fatty deposits and accumulations of fluid, so it is able to fight cellulite and water retention, especially the legs and ankles.
Even the nettle - well known for other properties - is widely used in herbal teas to compose the diuretic, depurative and disinfiammanti.
Less well known is still the use of Cherry - the stalks of the fruits - the leaves and seeds of ash and stem of Weeden the powers diuretics such as herbal extracts and draining.
Too little consideration, however, is the plant of Parsley: its leaves and its roots can be used for diuretic infusions, but the parsley, in addition, has a strong antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, because it is a rich source of Vitamin C . Few people know that this plant contains - the same weight - a quantity of Vitamin C of oranges and 4 times greater is richer in calcium than milk and yogurt!
Then there is the Ortosiphon, a plant known for its potent diuretic properties, which then helps to eliminate excess and then - when combined with a low calorie diet with the intake of plenty of fluids - greatly enhances weight loss.
Another category of herbal teas are, finally, those with a power specifically anti-hunger and fat-burning. They are the real "slimming teas" and contain herbs and extracts of medicinal herbs that have the property of increasing the basal metabolic rate and burn more fat - through a thermogenic effect - and give an easy satiety, relieving the sense of hunger
The best known of these teas - because of this action - is the green tea, it is contemplated that in almost all weight loss diets.
Another plant is the most precious fucus: This is a seaweed found in temperate and cold seas of the North, which is used in all its parts in order to obtain an extract rich in iodine, which is essential for proper functioning of the thyroid and the basal metabolic rate.
In the context of a balanced low-calorie diet and regular exercise, the fucus is particularly suitable for weight loss because it increases fat metabolism and also helps to reduce levels of bad cholesterol in the blood.
Although we recommend that you contact a skilled herbalist or pharmacist, who will compose the ingredients of the herbal tea that's right for your needs, here is a great recipe to make your own herbal tea from the effects of both diuretics and purifying both diet (fat-burning ).
Ingredients:
- 10 grams of kelp (seaweed whole)
- 10 grams of burdock
- 5 grams of fennel seed
- 5 grams of green tea leaves
With these ingredients it is possible to prepare a decoction, which is much more concentrated than usual infused.
Just put all the dry ingredients in a saucepan with 100 ml of cold water and boil for 10 minutes. After this time, turn off the heat but leave to infuse for 10 minutes and - only then - you switch to filter the decoction squeezing all the herbs well. E 'enough for this, use a sieve and crush the ingredients with a spoon.
Good tea at all!
source : Herbal teas for weight loss, cleanse and drain
