Rice water has become fashionable for many uses. Basically, it involves using the rice cooking water for example as a skin tonic or to make hair grow longer and stronger.

In the latter case, you put the rice in cold soak with orange peels for one night, then drain the rice and put the water in a spray container, with which you can spray your hair one to two times a day. .

But according to Bob Flaws , famous acupuncturist and expert in traditional Chinese medicine, whose beauty of 80 books he would have translated into English, as well as director of the Colorado Acupuncture Association, rice water would also make you lose weight. And judging from the experiences on the internet, this gimmick is very successful.

Let’s see how and especially why.

RICE WATER: THE ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION FOR SLIMMING

Rice water is simply the cooking water of rice, which is obtained by boiling about 200 grams of rice in one and a half liters of lightly salted water until the rice becomes very soft.

At that point, drain the rice and put it aside, perhaps seasoning it with a teaspoon of oil and using it for croquettes or other preparations or freezing it. The drained water is not thrown away. It can be kept in the fridge for half a day and then drunk as a substitute meal in the doses of one glass a day.

The rice water thus obtained provides about 150 calories per glass, all of which come from the starch released by the rice being cooked. This starch acts on digestion, especially for those suffering from intestinal colic and swollen belly, regulating the intestine.

At the same time, it provides us with slow-release energy in the form of starch.
A similar thing was discovered with the cooking water of sweet potatoes, according to a study. 

So if we want to cut calories, this expedient allows us to reduce calorie intake but at the same time feel less hungry.

You can also reheat the liquid obtained and combine with vegetables of your choice to make a soup. For example it can be blended with cooked zucchini or cooked celery or fennel or tomato sauce (not all together!).

The meal thus obtained works as a substitute meal and should preferably be eaten for lunch or dinner, without eating anything else. With a dose of 200 grams of rice you get about five portions of water. One serving is a full table glass.

HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT WITH RICE WATER

It is important that the rice water is put in the fridge after filtering it from the rice.
This changes starch to retrograde starch , a type of resistant starch that promotes good gut bacteria and weight loss.

The best rice is traditional white rice, but to further reduce the glycemic load of the water it is preferable to use basmati rice .

The substitute meal with rice water, which as I said we can combine with cooked vegetables with a diuretic effect to create a vegetable cream, can be used for lunch or dinner, but it would be better to consume it at dinner.

With the trick of cooling the water and using a basmati rice (but not brown rice), you get a liquid with a reduced glycemic index thanks to the modification of the starch.

By also adding vegetables, the overall glycemic load of our replacement meal is further reduced.

The deflating effect is practically immediate.

The rice water meal replacement menu can be as follows

Always inform your doctor before changing your diet.

Breakfast.
A glass of skim milk or low-fat yogurt or skimmed Greek yogurt, coffee or tea, a teaspoon of sugar or honey. 40 grams of fiber rich cereals or 30 grams of muesli or 3 wholemeal biscuits with fiber or two rusks with two teaspoons of jam.

Snack: a fruit of your choice of the season not too sugary from 200 grams.

Lunch. A portion of meat or fish as much as your palm or a ladle of legumes or a pound of skimmed ricotta or other skimmed dairy product or two eggs. Half a portion of pasta or brown rice (50 grams) with simple or vegetable sauce or a boiled potato or a small 50 gram wholemeal sandwich. A vegetable side dish of your choice with a teaspoon of oil.
A square of dark chocolate, fruit or 2-3 almonds.

Snack: 125 grams of low-fat yogurt or soy + 80 grams of low-sugar seasonal fruit of your choice or a wholemeal biscuit rich in fiber.

Dinner: rice cream obtained by blending cold rice water with a portion of cooked zucchini, cooked fennel or cooked celery. You can add parsley or basil but no oil or other seasonings or other salt. A sugar-free fennel seed tea can be sipped to finish the meal.

The diet thus composed allows you to cut about 500 calories per day.