Ginger - a perennial herb, known to us, primarily as a spice. Homeland of ginger is South Asia. It has a burning taste and a characteristic smell, which is easily recognizable in all kinds of products: tea, baked goods, spices. At the moment, ginger is widely used in cooking and medicine. This plant can often be found in the form of powder, fresh and in the form of various infusions.
What is useful for ginger?
The benefits of ginger can be said endlessly, it is widely used in the treatment of colds, atherosclerosis and many others. In addition, it is believed that this miracle plant has an anti-inflammatory effect for the oral cavity and throat. You can notice that lately ginger is in demand as a means for losing weight. Its effectiveness in fat burning is proven, but only when used as an auxiliary. The main way to reduce weight, as we remember, is proper nutrition, compliance with the regime and sport. Unfortunately, or fortunately, you can not get away from it.
Fat-burning ginger beverage
How can ginger lose weight? It turns out that it is possible to prepare a lot of useful drinks from it, which will help us in the fight against excess weight. The most famous ginger beverage for weight loss is tea with ginger and lemon. In addition, there are other varieties of ginger drinks: with mint, orange, green tea. With all the recipes we will definitely share.
What is useful for a ginger drink? It has a unique aroma and a whole "bouquet" of useful properties:
- perfectly tones up;
- increases appetite, improves digestion;
- Effective in the fight against colds;
- improves blood circulation, thereby accelerating all metabolic processes (due to which the weight loss occurs).
So, how to prepare a ginger drink? Let's consider some basic recipes.
Lemon-ginger beverage
Ingredients:
- ginger root - 2 cm;
- lemon juice - 60 ml;
- honey - 1 teaspoon;
- water - 1 liter.
Preparation
Take a small piece of ginger root, clean it and three on a small grater. In the grated form comes about 2 tablespoons. To them we add 60 ml of lemon juice, a spoonful of honey and the whole mixture is poured with boiling water. Leave to insist on an hour. Ginger tea is ready!
Tea with ginger and orange
Ingredients:
- ginger root - 2 cm;
- Peppermint - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- cardamom - 1 pinch;
- lemon juice - 85 ml;
- orange juice - 50 ml;
- boiling water - 1 l;
- honey - to taste.
Preparation
We clean, finely chop ginger. Add to it cardamom, mint, and mix everything in a blender. Next, pour the mixture with boiling water and let it brew for 30 minutes. Filter, give a little drink a little cool, then add to it lemon and orange juice. Honey is added to taste. This version of tea is preferable to drink in a cold form, it not only burns fat, but also freshens well in the heat.
Green tea with ginger
Ingredients:
- ginger root - 2 cm;
- green tea - 3 tsp.
- water - 1 l;
- honey - to taste.
Preparation
A small piece of ginger root is peeled and cut into thin slices. Immediately brew green tea . When the tea is brewed, we add ginger slices to it and insist for another 5-10 minutes. Ready tea filter through a strainer and poured into cups. If desired, a little honey can be added to the tea.
Ginger drink has almost zero caloric value. For example, in 100 grams of classic tea from ginger and lemon, without honey, contains only 1.78 calories.
Rules for the use of ginger drink
We learned about the benefits of ginger and how to make drinks from it. The question remains - how to drink a ginger drink, so that it has the maximum effect?
Drinks from ginger is better to use 2-3 times a day. This way you give the body a boost to its purification. If to you first of all important not taste, and advantage, use ginger only in a fresh kind. People who try ginger for the first time, it is recommended to reduce its amount when brewing beverages to get used to the taste.
Contraindications
Despite all the benefits of ginger,
- children under 2 years old, to avoid allergies;
- patients with ulcers, chronic gastrointestinal diseases and colitis;
- pregnant and lactating, ginger should be used with caution.
Even in healthy people, intolerance to this plant may occur, accompanied by allergies, nausea, vomiting. If you notice any of these symptoms, you should reduce or stop using this product.