Infusions and plants that will help you lose weight

They have diuretic properties, improve digestion and will allow you to lose weight more easily, as long as you consume them in a balanced and healthy diet.


There are few months left for the summer and, during this time, searches for the term 'bikini operation' or 'how to lose weight' increase. However, when it comes to losing weight, everything is not valid and it is important to get good advice before starting a diet that puts your health at risk. The Spanish Society of Dietetics and Food Sciences (SEDCA) warns that rapid weight loss regimens do not solve the problem, are usually very restrictive and can lead to a deficit of nutrients and other health problems.

Therefore, together with the Phytotherapy Research Center (INFITO), they remember the importance of following healthy and sustainable programs over time. That is, follow a balanced diet and exercise regularly. Complementing this weight loss program with medicinal plants can help us achieve our goal.

“It is important that those people who go on fast diets take into account that there are no miracles, which, however easy they may seem, are not healthy and they must have the support of health professionals and nutritionists to be effective and comply with the desired objective ”, warns Andrea Calderón, nutritionist at SEDCA. Fast diets, he adds, “are usually too restrictive, too low in calories and quite monotonous. In the end, they allow to lose weight in the first two weeks mainly in the form of liquids, but they end up stalling and therefore, they end up leaving with great frustration, which leads to the so-called rebound effect and the consequent recovery of lost or more kilos”.

In relation to medicinal plants, "it is important to also bear in mind that medicinal plants are not a miracle product that allows us to reduce kilos more quickly," warns Teresa Ortega, Professor of Pharmacology at the Complutense University of Madrid and vice president of INFITO. “Plants such as green tea, glucomannan, garcinia, have properties that help the body to lose weight gradually and sustainably over time, together with a responsible reduction of calories in the diet and the practice of physical exercise regularly and daily, ”he adds.

In order for the use of medicinal plants to be responsible and effective, “they must be acquired in the pharmacy, under the advice of a pharmaceutical professional, since it is the way to use them with the due guarantees of safety and efficacy,” he recalls.

If you are going to take them in infusion

In addition to these plants, which you can find in your pharmacy in the form of supplements, infusions are also very effective to help you lose weight in a healthy way and without starving. In addition, it has been seen that drinking hot drinks helps to increase the feeling of satiety, so you will avoid snack at all hours.

These are some of the most effective infusions if you want to lose weight:

1. Green Tea
2. Red tea
3. Birch Infusion
4. Dandelion infusion
5.  Horsetail Infusion
6. Artichoke Infusion