Chicory is a weed plant whose delicate blue flowers are often
can be seen on the roadsides or in the fields. From its roots
the bitterish drink reminds taste of made
burnt coffee.
Recently, it has become fashionable to use chicory for weight loss.
But to lose weight with a bitter drink does not work at all.
Why?
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What is contained in chicory
Chicory roots contain a huge amount of inulin, very
beneficial substance for weight loss. Although inulin itself does not burn
fat, it really helps in losing weight. This is due to his
unique ability to maintain normal glucose levels
blood, which is essential for those who want to lose weight. Inulin not
gives glucose to fall, and thereby reduces the feeling of hunger. BUT
lowering the increased glucose, inulin fights fat deposition.
In addition, inulin helps to absorb healthy vitamins from food,
various minerals and trace elements. In obese he
cleans the vessels of harmful cholesterol, preventing heart attacks and
strokes.
Inulin is included in many dietary supplements for weight loss, for example, in
Turboslim appetite control.
The content of inulin in drinks from chicory
Chicory drinks sold in stores are produced by two
different ways. Brown extract is
concentrated decoction of roasted roots. He is practically deprived
fiber, and hence the main dietary component – inulin.
Therefore, it is suitable only to replace them with natural coffee.
those who suffer from insomnia or increased arterial
pressure.
Moreover, devoid of inulin, a drink from chicory, like any
product with a bitter taste, does not suppress, but on the contrary – increases
appetite. Therefore, if on the fasting day try to replace them
food intake, as is often advised in the forums, you can not handle
with the feeling of hunger and gorging. This chicory does not lose weight
will help.
In the second method of manufacturing dried and roasted roots
milled to form a powder. In it from 15 to 60% of the volume falls
on valuable fiber and inulin. Soluble Chicory Root Powder
can be easily found in stores, but you need to pay attention to
his package was necessarily the inscription: “100% ground chicory.”
Those who want to lose weight, you need to buy just such
powder, not an extract, and drink 100 ml for 30 minutes before a meal for
loss of appetite. In this case, you can add lemon to chicory,
orange syrup, honey, ginger, milk.
This package, for example, contains exactly crushed
root, high inulin content.
Is chicory harmful?
When you look at the dark brown color of a chicory drink,
you begin to doubt, and is it not harmful? Not otherwise manufacturers
overcook the root to make your product more like
natural coffe. But in fact, in the plant itself there is
natural dye. You can easily verify this. Even raw
white chicory root quickly paints boiling water, as if into it
poured tea leaves. When drying and boiling color,
naturally it will be even darker. So the fears are in vain.
Salad chicory – for fasting days
In addition to weed, there is also a cultivated salad variety
chicory, in which not only the roots are suitable for food, but also juicy
pale green leaves, called “frieze.” In the leaves of chicory
contains a lot of vitamin C and folic acid.
It is very useful to add green leaves of chicory to salads or
cook soups with the addition of wild chicory or salad. is he
blends well with celery, parsley, any leaf
lettuce, apples, walnuts, yogurt, cucumber.
If you decide to make a drink or soup with wild root
chicory, most importantly, do not tear it on the sides of the roads. All that grows
close to the track, poisoned by strontium.
