Chicory for weight loss

Chicory for weight loss is used as dietary additive to a diet thanks to the content in food fibers of polysaccharide of inulin and a glycoside of intybine. Inulin in a large number promotes more bystry emergence of feeling of saturation. The bitterness characteristic of intybine suppresses the flavoring receptors which are in language thanks to what any food after the drunk chicory cup, will seem tasteless.

In official medicine for weight loss the Soviet nutritionists of school of M. Pevzner (the famous developer of the dietary techniques used still) began to use chicory in the first half of the 20th century. It is possible to assume that at that time chicory found the popularity in the USSR on the ideological soil as proletarian drink, as opposed to bourgeois coffee. Though in Europe as coffee substitute chicory is known since the 16th century.

Chicory for weight loss in the presence of a hypertension, ischemia and diseases of a nervous system when coffee is categorically contraindicated is especially irreplaceable. Not containing caffeine and not exciting a nervous system drink from chicory is similar to coffee to taste, and at above-mentioned diseases – fine coffee substitute. Chicory does not influence the arterial pressure, thermogenesis and a metabolism.

Advantage of chicory for weight loss

The advantage of chicory for weight loss consists also in its additional curative qualities. Both national, and official medicine widely use the following properties and effects of chicory:

• Antimicrobic and anti-inflammatory;
• Calming;
• Diuretic and cholagogue;
• The stimulating strengthening of a metabolism;
• The accelerating removal of cholesterol, radioactive materials and slags;
• Febrifugal and vasodilating.

Best of all medicinal properties of chicory are shown at its use in case of diseases of digestive tract and liver. Chicory use considerably reduces perspiration, helps at heart diseases, diathesis and eczemas of various etiology.

The interesting fact – flowers of chicory stimulate appetite, and it does not contradict the concept of use of chicory for weight loss. According to reviews, due to the accelerated arrival of feeling of saturation at the use of a root and leaves of chicory, volumes of the eaten food considerably decrease.

Chicory for weight loss, recipes

Chicory is widely used in a diet thanks to the industry producing on the basis of this useful plant a set of special drinks, such as tea, "cappuccino" from chicory powder, other soluble drinks. In many countries chicory is grown up on agricultural grounds, and its leaves can be got in any market and in a supermarket in departments with "greens".

The special diets using chicory dishes for weight loss are developed. Recipes of these dishes are rather simple, generally it is soups, salads, drinks.

Several simple recipes of preparation of dishes with chicory for weight loss:

• Chicory soup low-calorie – chicory sheet salad (150 g), table white wine (0,5 Art.), champignons fresh (150 g), a celery root (100 g), the boiled brown rice (100 g), paprika of the average sizes (1 piece), soy sauce or low-fat yogurt. Chicory is extinguished in wine of minutes 10, then mushrooms, a celery, rice and pepper are added. About 3 l of water are added, cooks on slow fire to readiness. Yogurt or soy sauce is added to a plate;
• Chicory salad – green apple (1 piece), chicory leaves (100 g), a root celery or daikon (200 g). The root crop and apple are rubbed on a large grater, chicory small is cut, mixes up, refuels a tablespoon of mix of olive oil with lemon juice or white wine vinegar 1:1;
• Drink from a chicory root – a dry root of chicory (150 g), water (0,5 l). Small cut root is filled in with water and 20 minutes cook. Broth is accepted on 100-150 g before food in 25-30 minutes.

According to reviews, it is good to add chicory for weight loss to salads or to use crude. He is also trained, subjecting to heat treatment. Chicory can be extinguished (in broth, white wine or olive oil), to bake, soar. Salad chicory is perfectly combined with garlic, onions, a thyme. He moves usually to seafood, low-fat fish or with citruses. Chicory dishes well are suitable for the menu of fasting days or as a dietary dinner.

Chicory for weight loss can be used without special restrictions, an exception – individual intolerance. It is possible to buy chicory not only in drugstores, but also in shops.