A treat and a medicinal plant - so you can call aromatic raspberries. Her juicy berries are a real storehouse of vitamins and other nutrients. Raspberry is considered one of the most useful berries for weight loss.
Properties and benefits of raspberry for weight loss
Regular use of these berries will help improve metabolic processes in the body. Raspberry has no direct fat-burning effect, but like other products of vegetable origin, it contains many vitamins, minerals, and other compounds, without which the biochemical processes in the human body are very sluggish. Periodically pampering yourself with raspberries, you will get a whole set of nutrients, and this will help improve metabolism, that is, indirectly affect the processes of burning fatty deposits. However, the benefits of all your favorite berries do not end there:
- they are a source of pectins and fiber, and therefore help to remove from the intestine toxic substances;
- In addition, raspberries contain various vitally important vitamins (ascorbic acid, B vitamins, retinol);
- Also, berries are very rich in minerals, they can find a large amount of iron, potassium, copper, magnesium and zinc;
- not deprived of raspberries and organic acids, and even in it there are anthocyanins - compounds that normalize the viscosity of the blood.
There are these fragrant berries one more property - to remove from the body excess fluid. Raspberry produces an easy diuretic effect, so sometimes it is recommended to brew raspberry leaves for weight loss and drink the resulting infusion as a tea. By the way, leaves are not deprived of all these useful compounds. Diet on raspberries is useful to those who encountered the problem of constipation, because due to the presence of fiber and pectin, it helps to cleanse the digestive system.
True, there are small limitations. Sweet taste of this berry is given by glucose and fructose - "fast" sugars, inclined to put in the form of lipids. Therefore, it is not worthwhile to lose weight to abuse raspberries.