Chinese medicine helps you lose weight

Author: Yu Shumei
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: "Happy Chef" has been in 9 weight-loss battles for 30 years since she was 18. This time, she finally succeeded under the guidance of Dr. Yu. This book will take you through the hardships of "Happy Chef's" 9 weight-loss battles and share the joy of success and the winning weight-loss strategies with you! While "Traditional Chinese Medicine Makes You Slim" takes traditional Chinese medicine as the method to guide readers on how to eliminate obesity, it also proposes how to avoid weight regain after successful weight loss. The so-called weight regain refers to the weight returning to 50% of the weight lost within one year of weight loss. "The reasons for weight regain, mainly incorrect weight-loss methods, improper dietary habits, and lack of exercise." One of the main purposes of this book is to establish the correct concept and attitude towards diet, supplemented by traditional Chinese medicine dietary therapy, to eliminate the risk of weight regain. The healthy meals introduced in this book to avoid weight regain follow the following principles:
(1) Low salt, low sugar, no greasy food.
(2) Steaming, boiling, stewing, and baking are more suitable.
(3) Minimize stir-frying and deep-frying.
(4) Avoid thickening, quick-frying, and braising.
(5) Avoid stimulating seasonings.
(6) Eating spicy food is even more dangerous. This healthy meal also has six other principles and two key tips. Want to know the answers? Please look in the book.