Weight loss secrets: Enzyme detoxification, proper eating, and six key ingredients

**Mommy's Personal Experience with Soup Making** **Weight Loss Secrets**

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My two key dietary points for weight loss:

Enzyme detox and soup

Weight loss is largely about detoxification. Eliminating toxins from the body helps with metabolism, and a good metabolism naturally slows down the aging process. To slow down aging, the following principles must be followed:

Try to consume enzyme-rich foods at every meal.

If it's not possible to continue throughout the day, breakfast is the best time to eat enzyme meals.

You need to have stable emotions and high-quality, deep sleep.

You must engage in a moderate amount of aerobic exercise every day.

Avoid consuming too much heated food.

Avoid consuming processed foods or sweet snacks.

Avoid consuming oils that oxidize easily and genetically modified oils.

Avoid consuming excessive amounts of eggs and meat

It is important to manage stress appropriately.

After 8 p.m., you should either abstain from food or eat selectively.

Enzymes are the ninth nutrient, in addition to the eight basic nutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber, phytochemicals, and water. They are essential for respiration, digestion, eliminating waste products, converting food into energy with nutrients, and boosting the body's immunity. Therefore, maintaining your body's own enzyme levels and supplementing with new enzymes from food is crucial for detoxification. Many enzyme detoxification methods are available on the market; a simple approach is to regularly supplement with food enzymes on an empty stomach.

Eat fruit 20 minutes before each meal to replenish digestive enzymes. Papaya, pineapple, kiwi, banana, and apple are all good sources of slimming fruit enzymes. Enzymes stop functioning above 48 degrees Celsius, so eating them raw is ideal. Chew slowly to break down food cells and extract more enzymes. Those who don't chew thoroughly can juice or puree their food. After a while, eat meat or fish, which take longer to digest, along with animal proteins and carbohydrates.

In summary, my raw fruit and vegetable enzyme regimen is only done before 4 PM. After 4 PM, I replace the enzyme with blanched vegetables before meals. Miso is also a great enzyme condiment, which I then combine with my nutritious soup. The hot soup raises body temperature, promotes blood circulation, and warms the body, which is very helpful for boosting metabolism. Drinking soup before meals also increases satiety, preventing overeating later. High-fiber vegetables combined with appropriate medicinal herbs can adjust the body's constitution, achieving a healthy, balanced, and slimming effect. However, vegetables are considered cooling in nature, which is where ginger comes in handy. Ginger neutralizes the cooling properties, promoting metabolism without burdening the body, so you can drink several bowls without worry.

Drinking a bowl of hot soup when you're feeling weak can easily restore your strength and energy. Drinking more good soup has many benefits for your health, and warm, nourishing soups are gentle on the body, allowing the body to slowly absorb the nutrients. The effects may be even more effective than taking concentrated herbal decoctions.

**Sharing Mom's Tips on Making Soup**

Bad oils are the enemy of enzymes; oxidized oils are more time-consuming to digest and waste a lot of enzymes. We can change the oils we consume; flaxseed oil is a great choice, and its benefits include:

1. It has anti-inflammatory, anti-thrombotic, anti-arrhythmic, lipid-lowering, blood sugar-lowering, blood viscosity-reducing, cholesterol-lowering, blood-cleansing, blood vessel-washing and vasodilating effects, as well as the ability to prevent diabetes, hypertension, stroke and myocardial infarction.

2. It has the effects of supplementing brain cell nutrition, promoting intellectual development, improving memory, preventing brain atrophy and dementia in the elderly, enhancing stress resistance, and reducing depression and insomnia.

3. It has anti-cancer, antifungal, and anti-allergic effects.

4. Improves physical fitness, enhances skin's softness, radiance, and elasticity, boosts immunity, reduces oil buildup, and helps with weight loss.

5. Improves kidney function, alleviates asthma, increases intestinal motility, prevents constipation, prevents arthritis, and improves premenstrual syndrome symptoms in women.

Flaxseed oil oxidizes easily, so it's best not to heat it. It's great for cold dishes or as a light beverage. If you want to cook with it hot, you can use sesame oil, which is a heat-resistant oil.

**Correct Eating Methods**

**Mommy's Little Tips for Making Soup**

The correct way to eat is:

**1. Chew thoroughly.**

**2. Eat slowly**

**3. Vegetables and fruits 7: Rice 1: Meat 1: Oil**

(a) The order of eating for weight loss

1. Eat fruit 20 minutes before meals to allow your body to prepare digestive enzymes (pineapple, apple, kiwi, and papaya are all good choices).

2. Then drink a glass of water to slow down the digestion process.

3. Eat vegetables first on the table.

4. Drink soup after you're half full from eating vegetables.

5. Eat your meal after you finish the soup.

6. Eat meat last.

(ii) Remember to chew thoroughly and eat slowly.

If you crave something high in calories, don't force yourself to painfully resist. Follow this principle: resist three out of five cravings, and eat the last two cravings last, since you'll already be quite full and won't overeat. After that, eat a lighter diet for the next two days to reduce the chance of regaining the weight.

The most important dietary habit is "always eat breakfast, and eat a good one!" After a night's rest, the body's metabolism slows down, and it needs enough fuel to start the day. Eating a good breakfast doesn't mean indulging in a large meal without restraint; high-fat and high-calorie foods should still be avoided. High-quality raw fruits and vegetables are the best choice for breakfast, as they produce a lot of enzymes that help with detoxification throughout the day.

(III) Small, frequent meals

To lose weight, it's true that you should control your calorie intake and reduce your overall food intake. Weight loss requires energy to burn, and not eating can actually make you more prone to weight gain. Therefore, never use dieting as your only method of weight loss. When the body has no food to digest, metabolism slows down. Eating small, frequent meals helps maintain metabolic efficiency. The key is to avoid consuming too many calories at each meal and to pay attention to controlling your total calorie intake to prevent weight gain. Your stomach capacity will also gradually shrink, and your appetite will begin to decrease.

(iv) The myth that you will lose weight if you don't eat starch

I remember when I first tried to lose weight in Hong Kong, I used the starch-free diet that girls often talk about. It wasn't very effective, but I did it anyway. My mother-in-law was furious and even said some harsh things to me, saying that if I didn't eat, I wouldn't be her daughter-in-law. So I started eating five meals a day, every single one, and lost 15 kilograms in six months.

After reading many related reports, I realized that the myth that avoiding starches leads to weight loss should be dispelled. A basic amount of carbohydrates, roughly half a bowl of rice, helps burn fat. Fat burning in the body requires the help of carbohydrates; if there aren't enough carbohydrates, fat cannot be burned, or the burning rate slows down, making it easier to store.

In addition, if you exercise for more than 30 minutes, it is recommended to consume a carbohydrate half an hour before exercising to replenish energy and electrolytes, which will also make it easier to burn fat.

Many books on the market classify body types, such as fatty obesity, edema obesity, and pear-shaped obesity, offering a multitude of explanations for obesity. However, I believe there's no real classification of obesity; simply put, it's caused by an imbalance in the body. This imbalance doesn't have a single cause and can change depending on your psychological and physiological state at the time. For example, if you believe you have edema obesity and choose to eat foods that reduce swelling, the resulting imbalance might not only prevent weight loss but could also cause another symptom to appear.

Therefore, I think we should start with balancing bodily functions, and to achieve balance, we should pay attention to the following six key bodily functions.

**Six Key Elements for a Slim and Beautiful Body**

(I) Gastrointestinal System --- Defecation

Modern lifestyles, including refined diets, high work pressure, irregular sleep patterns, lack of sleep, and excessive liver heat, can all cause constipation. When feces remain in the body without being eliminated, toxins are reabsorbed, leading to bodily dysfunction and increased susceptibility to obesity. Therefore, for weight loss and beauty, a healthy digestive system is paramount.

(II) Lymphatic System – Defense Dysfunction

Certain cells in the lymphatic system have immune functions, deactivating or destroying foreign substances-this is known as immunity. A weakened immune system or lymphatic system dysfunction makes the body more susceptible to illness.

(III) Endocrine System – Regulation of Physiology

The human endocrine system secretes various hormones and works with the nervous system to regulate metabolism and physiological functions. Under normal circumstances, these hormones maintain a balance. If this balance is disrupted for any reason (too much or too little of a certain hormone), it will cause endocrine disorders, leading to corresponding clinical manifestations. Both men and women can experience endocrine disorders.

(iv) Kidney function – urination

The kidneys have a urination function, and urination is a way of detoxifying. When you're sick, doctors tell you to drink more water so that you can flush out toxins from germs through urination. When kidney function is impaired, metabolic waste accumulates in the body, leading to symptoms such as fatigue, loss of appetite, weakness, and insomnia.

(V) Liver function – detoxification

The liver plays a crucial role in converting toxins into non-toxic substances; it's known as the detoxification organ. When the liver malfunctions, it can easily lead to fatigue, allergies, and decreased immune function. In severe cases, it can cause loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting.

(VI) Spleen Function – Aging

To slow down aging, one must take good care of their "temperament." A weak spleen means that blood and energy cannot reach the brain, leading to muddled thinking and drowsiness; a weak spleen also results in insufficient muscle strength and slow bodily reactions; a weak spleen slows down the body's detoxification function, making constipation more likely. Good temper and good energy naturally slow down aging.