Recipes of infusions and decoctions of ginger for weight loss

The fresh root of ginger is washed, cleaned and cut into pieces. Sometimes a whole spine is used, but it is best to take crushed - so useful substances from ginger will quickly pass into the liquid.

After that, all the pieces are densely packed in a glass container and filled with the necessary amount of water or alcohol. The container is tightly closed with a lid and placed in a cool dark place to insist. In a couple of weeks, or better in a month, the jar can be taken out of a secluded place and used tincture.

To lose weight with this tincture, it is recommended to add it to green and herbal tea.

Tincture for weight loss from ginger is good not only for these purposes. It can be treated with colds, flu and other viral diseases. In addition, it can enrich the taste of home-made syrups, which are used in the preparation of confectionery. In this alliance there is a double benefit - ginger not only decorates the taste of the dish, but also helps burn extra calories that will necessarily come into the body along with sweets.

How to insist ginger for weight loss?

In the previous sections on ginger beverages, a lot has been told how to insist ginger for weight loss. And at the same time, you need to understand that there are also other ways of making ginger drink.

Each method is also good in its own way. The fact is that with differences in the temperature of brewing and the duration of the process from the root of ginger into the liquid, different amounts of minerals, vitamins and essential oils can pass through.

It will be necessary to mention that not only fresh ginger root is suitable for these purposes. Also used is a dry crushed root, as well as ginger powder. As for the fresh roots of the plant, they can be used for brewing whole or in a crushed form.

The following ways of brewing ginger will be exhaustive in this matter.

• Recipe № 1. Ginger tea according to the recipe of Indian shamans.

The root of the ginger is four or five centimeters long. Ginger is washed, cleaned and crushed. One liter of water is brought to a boil, and then ginger and a little ground black pepper are poured into the tank with boiling water. After that the mixture is boiled for ten minutes. The next step is to remove the ginger from the broth or simply strain the broth. Then, when the liquid reaches a pleasant temperature, you can add honey and a piece of lemon to it.

• Recipe № 2. Ginger tea, cooked in a thermos.

For these purposes a thermos of a suitable volume is used and the water temperature is fifty to sixty degrees. In this case, to preserve the beneficial properties of ginger is much easier - because vitamins, amino acids and easily destroyed minerals are not subjected to strong heat treatment. But the acute taste of ginger in this case will not be so evident, as, for example, when preparing a decoction.

Insists so much ginger, how much you want - the allowable dose varies from five to fifty grams. It should be remembered that the longer the drink is brewed, the greater its strength. Therefore, the recommended time for brewing ginger - from half an hour to several hours - should be selected at its discretion. In addition, the longer the root is brewed, the stronger the taste of the drink, which begins to acquire bitterness.

• Recipe No. 3. A quick and easy way to brew ginger.

Ginger is washed and peeled. After that, the root rubbed on the grater or cut with a knife on cubes, slices or circles. A glass of boiling water is taken on a tablespoon of chopped ginger. After that, the liquid is infused in a wrapped glass or faience capacity (for this purpose, you can use a thermos bottle). The time for which ginger is brewed is from ten minutes to half an hour. Then the infusion is filtered and mixed with honey. There, lemon juice is squeezed out, or a slice of lemon is added.

It should be remembered that ginger drink can include spices, berries with dried fruits, and dog rose, and various herbs. It is only necessary to know that these components combine with each other and enhance the beneficial effect of the ginger root, and not vice versa.

Decoction of ginger for weight loss

Decoction of ginger for weight loss can act as an independent beverage for fat burning, and as a basis for other drinks with the addition of honey, spices, lemon, green tea and so on.

This broth is prepared simply. It takes a root of ginger length of four centimeters in one liter of clean water. The root of ginger is washed, cleaned and grinded on grater. You can also cut ginger in circles or go to straws. Water is poured into a container, which is put on the fire. After the liquid boils, crushed ginger is added to it, and the force of fire decreases to an average.

This time again it is necessary to bring water with ginger to a boil. After that, ginger broth is recommended to boil for a minute, and then remove from heat.

In some versions of the preparation of ginger broth after the liquid boiled for the second time, you can pour a teaspoon of fresh lemon juice into it. After that, the ginger-lemon drink is mixed, boiled for a minute and removed from the fire.

Then the broth is filtered and poured into the thermos to insist. After two hours the drink can already be consumed, adding to it, for example, a little honey. It's worth to be careful with honey, because a large amount of this product in the broth can reduce the effect of accelerating the metabolism and neutralizing excess body stocks.

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How to store the decoction or infusion of ginger?

Ginger broth or infusion retains its freshness for three hours at room temperature. In the refrigerator, this beverage can contain five hours in a glass or ceramic container with a tightly closed lid.

To use chilled in the refrigerator infusion or a decoction, it must be obtained from there at least for half an hour - an hour. It is best not to heat the liquid. Then all the useful substances will be maximally preserved in the ginger drug.

Also remember that ginger drinks need to be filtered, otherwise their sharp taste will eventually increase.