Obesity has been rapidly developing in may countries. People tend to try many medications, treatments or natural tips to reduce weight. One of the many tactics for weight loss involves adding certain spices to your food. Turmeric is one of the newly proven spices to help in losing weight naturally.
Turmeric comes from the plant Curuma longa, a gold-colored spice used commonly in India for health care purposes and for food preservation. Curcumin, which give turmeric its yellow color, was discovered to have many therapeutic properties including antioxidant, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, anticancer and anti-fungal properties.
Indians usually add a pinch of turmeric into most of the foods. How can you lose weight with turmeric? Lets see:
Turmeric Tea, a simple drink, is one of the best kept secret of Okinawa islands of Japan, known as immortal land. The ancient people of Okinawa claim that taking turmeric tea one or two times a day is their secret to live healthily for more than 100 years.
Sip this delicious hot turmeric tea once or twice a day to burn fat faster and to stay healthily.
How to prepare? :-
Turmeric tea can be prepared from using fresh turmeric root or even with turmeric powder. Fresh/raw turmeric root can be bought from general stores or ayurvedic stores in India.
If you have a fresh turmeric root, cut a half inch piece, peel and crush it. You can use dried turmeric powder also.
- Boil 2 cups of water.
- Add half tbsp of turmeric to it and let the water boil for 10 minutes on low flame.
- Add honey, ginger, low fat milk or black pepper for taste or enjoy sipping as it is.
Enjoy this simple and easy tea one or two times a day to lose weight naturally and quickly. Remember not to take turmeric in more quantities. It is suggested that you have limited quantities of turmeric tea, not more than 3 times in a day.