Summer intestinal cleansing and detoxification for weight loss: eat more laxative foods and stick to exercise

If you only defecate twice a week, eat little, but your weight keeps increasing, then it is recommended that you should cleanse and detoxify. Traditional Chinese medicine warns us, 'To be free from disease, the intestines must be free of waste; to live a long life, the intestines must be kept clean.' Is the typical intestinal cleansing method really effective?

Clearing accumulated faeces in the body and reducing intestinal fat

Accumulated faeces are the faeces that remain in the body for too long. With age, the intestinal peristalsis ability weakens, and modern people eat more meat and fatty foods, which further inhibits intestinal peristalsis, making it easier to accumulate accumulated faeces. If not cleaned in time, it may even form faecal stones. Data shows that the defecation volume of modern people, especially urban people, has decreased by about 20% compared to 20 years ago. Our intestines are under unprecedented pressure from accumulated faeces. Intestinal cleansing experiments have found that after clearing accumulated faeces from the intestines, the weight can decrease by 1-15 kilograms.

Cleansing accumulated faeces can improve constipation, eliminate oral odor, and has a therapeutic effect on acne, facial freckles, dark spots, etc. It can also clear intestinal fat, lose weight, build a healthy body, prevent colorectal cancer, and regulate the body's immune function.

Comment on five intestinal cleansing and detoxification methods

One, Eating Apples

Apples have a higher fiber content than most fruits, and apples also contain some pectin, which will make the stool soft and help defecation.

Note: For those with severe intestinal problems, the effect of apple cleansing is not very obvious.

Two, Black Fungus and Yoga

Black fungus is also a very good intestinal cleansing food, and after being dried in the wind, it will expand after being exposed to water, bringing more moisture to the intestines.

Note: For those who have difficulty defecating, it is very difficult to relieve constipation by eating a meal of black fungus, unless a large amount is taken or assisted by exercise, such as practicing yoga, which is very helpful.

Three, Drinking Cold Milk on an Empty Stomach

Drinking cold milk on an empty stomach can relieve constipation, for two reasons: the cold stimulation accelerates intestinal movement, and milk contains a large amount of lactose, while more than half of the Chinese population lacks the lactase needed for milk absorption. Therefore, the lactose does not digest and enters the colon and is quickly excreted from the body after drinking milk.

Four, Drinking Honey on an Empty Stomach

The sugar content in honey is relatively rich, which can absorb body moisture and stay in the intestinal lumen, benefiting defecation. Because intestinal peristalsis is fastest when eating on an empty stomach.

Note: Honey should be diluted with cool warm water, because too hot or too cold will destroy the nutritional structure of honey.

Five, Weight Loss Tea

There are three hazards of weight loss tea sold on the market - 1. Long-term consumption will change the color of the intestinal mucosa; 2. Weight loss tea can damage the intestinal motor nerves, and once stopped, the intestinal function is not as good as before; 3. The substances in weight loss tea will carry away the originally useful fat-soluble vitamins in the intestines, and over time, the skin will become dry.