Salad for weight loss is one of the most popular recipes that people search on the internet.
It is assumed that any salad will help in weight loss.
The truth is that not all salads are made for weight loss.
If your salad has ingredients that have carbohydrates or a high quantity of fat then that salad is not made for weight loss.
But, a salad that has more raw vegetables and no or very less carbohydrate is excellent for weight loss.
A weight-loss salad recipe by Recipe Care is getting a lot of attention these days. The recipe is free of fat or carbs.
This salad has special natural ingredients that improve your metabolism and also control the insulin surges.
Let me explain the recipe and the benefits.
How to make a salad for weight loss?
The recipe care magic
Ingredients
2 cups finely chopped cabbage
1 cup finely chopped beetroot.
1 large size cucumber. Finely chopped.
1/2 cup of sprouted moong dal.
1 pinch of cinnamon
1 tsp of apple cider vinegar.
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 pinch black pepper powder (optional)
1-2 pinches of pink salt powder.
Preparation of the weight loss salad
Mix cabbage, beetroot, cucumber, and moong dal in a bowl.
Spread 1tsp of apple cider vinegar and mix again.
Add the black pepper, cinnamon, and pink salt and mix everything well.
Keep it in a normal freezer for 10-20 minutes before serving for the best taste experience.
Benefits of this salad
1- This salad is low in carbohydrates and has no fat. So there won’t be any glucose or insulin surge in your body after you consume it.
2- Apple cider vinegar and cinnamon, in the salad, both are known for their insulin control properties. They improve metabolism and also stop the surge of insulin in your body. Insulin surges usually happen when you eat something.
If you eat carbohydrates the rise in the level of insulin in. your blood is significant. The body releases insulin to burn down glucose produced out of what you ate.
Regular insulin surges lead to insulin resistance which in other words is nothing but type 2 diabetes.
Thus this weight loss salad is good for weight loss, diabetes, and fat loss.
3- Black pepper [1] is a good antioxidant. It also improves metabolism, controls blood pressure, and good for digestion.
4- Beetroot – This is one of the ingredients in this weight loss salad that contributes to the maximum carbohydrate. But, the major benefit of beetroot is to compensate your magnesium, phosphorous, and folate.
It improves digestion and makes your cells more sensitive to insulin. Thus it makes this salad safe for patients with diabetes.
If you have gall bladder stones or kidney stones then you should not add beetroot in the salad.
5- Pink salt or the Himalayan salt is full of potassium. This helps to keep the sodium-potassium balance in your body.
Pink salt in the salad is helpful in digestion and improves the functionality of the gastrointestinal tract.
It is a great substitute for normal salt for blood pressure patients because of the potassium content. Although, it contains an almost equal amount of sodium as compared to normal salt.
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