The main ingredients of this cucumber lemonade, ginger and mint can help the body effectively, since they have an anti-inflammatory effect and contribute to the proper functioning of the intestine, can also help you to belly disinflame and eliminate fats, ideal for when Have problems of flatulence.
To make this delicious lemonade we will use as a main ingredient the benefits of lemon, ideal for a flat stomach but also to deflate the abdomen, since many women, despite being thin, have a bulging abdomen, often a product of gas and stress, with this drink you can get a good result.
How to Make Cucumber Lemonade
Ingredients:
- 2 liters of water
- 1 medium cucumber
- 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
- 10 green mint leaves
Instructions:
In 2 liters of water add 1 medium cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced; 1 lemon thinly sliced; 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger and about 10 leaves of spearmint. Leave in the refrigerator for a few hours or overnight, in the morning you will have a cold and really refreshing drink that has been shown to help maintain a flat belly. Take during the day the two liters preferably without food.
Cucumber, lemon, ginger and water to deflate the belly
Know what the benefits of each of the ingredients in this lemonade are more than healthy, and you can add to any plan and routine to lose weight. It can also be used as a beverage to accompany an alkaline diet or any type of reducing diet.
Ginger is anti-inflammatory
One of the most prevalent ingredients in fresh ginger is the bitter gingerol substance. When ginger is dried and stored, some of the gingerol quickly turns into substances called shogaols. Research suggests that these chemicals work mainly in the stomach and intestines, but also have an effect on the nervous system. In addition, it is used as a treatment for indigestion and motion sickness (travel dizziness).
The cucumber
The fruit of the cucumber has digestive properties, reason why its consumption is highly recommended to treat cases of constipation, irregular digestions or digestive disorders in general.
Cucumber is highly diuretic, since it stimulates the elimination of accumulated liquids in the organism. Because of this it is recommended to use them to treat cases of urinary tract infections, cystitis and nephritis that usually inflame the belly.
The Mint
Mint is one of the best herbs that facilitates digestion and helps eliminate gas and flatulence while relieving heartburn, discomfort and nausea.
The lemon
The richness of aromas of this fruit stimulates the production of saliva and ascorbic acid contributes to increase the stomach acids and the production of the hormone pepsin. Thus, on the one hand, it awakens the appetite in case of in appetence and, on the other hand, helps digestion. The greater increase of hydrochloric acid helps to disaggregate the food better and the pepsin possesses proteolytic properties, that is, it helps to digest the proteins better. All this favors the digestion and avoids other secondary problems like the sensation of “filling” or the appearance of gases.
Also, lemon helps to “dissolve fats”, which has been used as a good resource in diets to lose weight. We must not forget that this fruit is very rich in components with slimming properties. Among these we have its richness in caffeine, a metabolic stimulant, its richness in fibers, especially pectin, which helps to decrease the absorption of fats.
It is essential that you also practice healthy eating, leaving processed foods, dairy, flour and sugars, bad combinations of foods and foods cooked with burned oils.
How do you take cucumber lemonade?
You can drink this lemonade as if it were a tonic that you can drink during the course of the day. Ideally, you can consume lemonade at the end of key food intake, such as breakfast, lunch and dinner, and you can also add the consumption of lukewarm water with lemon in the morning as the first drink of the day. It is recommended that you can consume this fresh drink, and if possible be able to prepare it in the day, to have more effective the properties of its ingredients and obtain better results.