Modern science in recent decades has found greater application possibilities ginger root for medicinal purposes than traditional medicine - several centuries. Relatively recently, it has been found that ginger is a very effective means for reducing weight. How to prepare a drink for weight loss ginger, how it operates and how it needs to be taken?

Ginger is very few people indifferent. Someone loves it for the tart, spicy, distinctive taste, and some can not tolerate - for the same. This plant is a native of South Asia, but today it is also grown in East Africa and the Caribbean.

Fresh ginger 80.9% water, 0.9% from fat, 12% of carbohydrates, 2.3% of protein and 1.2% - of the minerals. Both fresh and dried ginger contains B vitamins, vitamins A and C, iron, potassium, phosphorus. In addition, it includes gingerol - the substance that gives ginger characteristic taste and aroma, but other than that - painkillers, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and anti-bacterial properties.

Preliminary results of studies that are under way, give reason to assume that gingerol may also have anti-cancer effect.

How to drink ginger helps lose weight?

• It improves digestion. Ginger root contains substances that increase the pH of the stomach and stimulate the activity of digestive enzymes. The combination of these two factors contribute to that contained in the food nutrients are assimilated faster, and chemicals, which can cause bloating and constipation, are rapidly cleared from the body. In this way the digestive system works better, and it helps reduce weight faster. In addition, efficient digestion means that the body will be the most efficient use of energy reserves.
• It improves metabolism. According to several studies, ginger has thermogenic properties, due to which it helps to burn fat. It can speed up metabolism How to speed up metabolism - the beginning of weight loss   approximately twenty percent, which not only leads to weight loss, but also to reduce the level of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood.
• It causes a strong feeling of satiety. The feeling of hunger, which is difficult to fight - one of the main reasons why many people can not be long enough to hold on low-calorie diets. Studies have shown that a variety of drinks and ginger help longer feeling of satiety, and also weaken the hunger before meals. Thus, ginger is an effective, safe and affordable way to control appetite.

How to cook and take a drink of ginger for weight loss?

You can use the beverage preparation both fresh and dried ginger. It is believed that dried ground ginger and the concentration of nutrients is somewhat higher than in fresh ginger root, but the difference is not very significant.

Currently, there are no official recommendations on this, how much you need to take ginger for weight loss, but most experts believe that the maximum dose - four grams of ginger a day.

• The easiest slimming drink with ginger - it is a regular ginger tea. To make it, you will need half a teaspoon of ground ginger, or three-quarters of a spoon finely chopped fresh ginger root and a cup of boiling water. (If the taste of the tea seems too burning, can be used for welding less ginger). Fill with ginger Ginger and the most unexpected, but pleasant useful properties   boiling water and let the tea brew for about ten minutes. Strain it and drink just like that, or a teaspoon of honey. Drink ginger tea before meals or with food. On the day you can drink two to four cups of ginger tea (two - if you prepare strong tea, four - if you put one cup about a quarter teaspoon of ground ginger).
• Drink diet ginger, lemon and chamomile pharmacy. To make one cup of drink, you will need to 0.25-0.3 teaspoon ground ginger, or about the same amount of finely chopped fresh ginger root, half a lemon, a pinch of dried chamomile or a bag of chamomile tea. Pour into a cup of ginger, dried chamomile, grate the zest of half a lemon, also put her cup and pour boiling water. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon. After ten or fifteen minutes, strain the tea and add the lemon juice. Take this remedy as well as ginger tea.
• Drink diet of ginger and cinnamon. Cinnamon also promotes weight loss, and in combination with ginger, it is particularly effective. Put a pinch of ginger in a cup or a few slices of ginger root, a quarter or third of a teaspoon of ground cinnamon or cinnamon stick, and pour boiling water over all. After ten minutes, strain the tea and drink it with honey, or just because.
• Drink ginger diet of yogurt. To make this drink, you will need half a teaspoon of ground ginger, one cup of yogurt and a banana Bananas: the benefits and harms health . Optionally you can also add a little ground cinnamon, lemon or orange peel and / or fresh berries. Grate banana grater and a large cup or glass mix it with the other ingredients, or chop all ingredients in a blender. This drink can be used as a snack - it contains protein, complex carbohydrates, a lot of vitamins and minerals, and because of long ginger nourishes and helps the body burn fat faster than fat.

In addition, ginger can be added to any tea - black, green or herbal, and mix it with fresh fruit and vegetable juices.

Side effects and precautions

Although herbs in whole, and are safer than pharmaceutical drugs, they can also cause a variety of side effects and most of them have contraindications. Ginger rarely causes side effects, but sometimes people who often drink beverages with ginger, complain of bloating, heartburn and indigestion.

People diagnosed with gallstone disease, before use of slimming drink ginger, it is necessary to consult with your doctor.

Pregnant and lactating women, and people with heart disease and diabetes should not take ginger without first consulting your doctor.

Drink ginger can also be contraindicated in people who are taking the following medicines:

• Blood thinners such as warfarin, aspirin or clopidogrel. Ginger also thins the blood and use it while taking these drugs may increase the risk of bleeding;
• Antidiabetic drugs. Ginger can reduce blood sugar levels Blood sugar - one of the main indicators of human health , Due to which increases the likelihood of hypoglycemia;
• Antihypertensive drugs. The composition of ginger also includes substances that reduce blood pressure, and when combined with these drugs it can lead a dangerous low blood pressure.

Calories are associated with food and weight for most people, but many of them can not accurately answer the question, what is a calorie and kilocalorie and how many calories you need a day to lose weight.

Calorie - a unit of measure which actually refers not to the weight and to energy. More specifically, a calorie is the amount of energy or heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. One calorie is equal to 4.184 joules. Thus, the caloric content of the product simply indicates the amount of energy that is produced after the consumption of food or beverage. A kilocalorie - is simply one thousand calories. Speaking of caloric, we often use the term calories instead of "kilocalorie." Thus, in the vernacular phrase "In this five hundred calorie chocolates" actually typically means that it 500.000 calories, or 500 kcal.

How many calories we need in life?

No matter how active or sedentary life leads people calories needed to sustain life. What is the number of calories a person needs to consume on a daily basis, depending on the level of physical activity, as well as the ratio of muscle and fat tissue in the body.

To lose weight, you need to spend more calories than you consume; for it is usually recommended to not only limit your diet and begin to exercise more.

Calories per day to lose weight

Calculate daily requirement of calories for weight loss is quite simple - it is done in three steps. First of all, you need to define the basic metabolism Improves metabolism and losing weight without dieting   - The number of calories that the body needs in order to maintain vital functions while at rest. For this purpose most often uses the following formula:

Option 1

• For women: 655.1 + (9.563 * weight (kg)) + (1.85 * Height (cm)) - (4.676 * age)
• Men: 66.5 + (13.75 * Weight (kg)) + (5.003 * height (cm)) - (6.775 * age)

Option 2

• Women: 9, 99 * Weight (kg) + 6.25 * height (cm) - 4 * age 92 - 161
• Men (9, 99 * weight) + (6.25 * height) - (4, 92 * age) +5

The second formula is now considered more accurate.

Thus, the thirty-year woman, weighing 60 kg and height - 165 cm, the base or basic metabolism Metabolism: The basis of life of all living things   (ERD) is about 1290 kcal.

Next calories are calculated based on the level of physical activity:

• Sedentary lifestyle: a man spends much time in front of the TV or at the computer, physical activity is minimal - CWA multiplied by 1.4;
• Light physical activity: sedentary work, and about an hour of moderately intensive exercise per day. BOV * 1.5;
• Moderate physical activity: light physical work and more active in their leisure time or sedentary work and intensive training, as well as leisure. BOV * 1.6;
• High physical activity: heavy physical labor or professional sport. BOV * 1.9.

Assessing the level of their physical activity, and performing calculations, you will know how many calories you need per day to maintain your current weight. To lose weight, you must consume fewer calories. How it less, you will learn in the next step.

Unfortunately, there is no simple and clear formulas. To determine the optimal caloric intake for weight loss, it is necessary to take into account the following factors:

• Type of physical activity

For the same power and duration of interval training allows to burn more calories than aerobic exercise.

• Type diet

For processing the proteins the body spends more total energy, respectively, people in the diet that many proteins per day burned more calories than those who eat more carbohydrates or fats.

• Number of extra kilos

If you need to lose more than eleven kilograms, probably your ERD is calculated according to the above formula is not true - it is too high. The fact that these formulas are established for determining basal metabolism, excluding the amount of fat in the body. This is their major disadvantage because the demand for energy in adipose tissue is much lower than that of muscles, bones, and internal organs. In the above formulas Thirty female Height 165 cm and weight 80 kg, performing sedentary work requires 2282 calories a day. However, as the percentage of fat in her body probably exceeds the norm (we do not take into account rare, especially in women, when a large body mass is achieved through muscle building), its actual daily rate of calories is about 2000 kcal.