How to brew rosehip for weight loss and when to drink it: at night or in the morning

Author: Kristina Lobanovskaya, doctor, practicing nutritionist Article updated: 11/10/2020

The healing properties of wild roses have been successfully used by humanity for several millennia: the first mention of them was found in the book of Theophrastus, dating back to the 4th century BC. But the use of rose hips for weight loss began only in our times, when scientists discovered that the active substances contained in it have a positive effect on the processes necessary for this. By correctly consuming the fruits of the plant, you can significantly speed up metabolism, normalize blood circulation and lymph flow, and also improve fluid excretion, reducing swelling and congestion, which together can provide rapid and effective weight loss.

Benefits of rose hips for weight loss

Berries have many beneficial properties:

• antibacterial;
• antiseptic;
• soothing;
• restorative;
• choleretic;
• diuretic;
• stimulating;
• strengthening;
• anti-inflammatory;
• antioxidant.

Note! Rosehip speeds up metabolic processes, allowing food to be digested faster and nutrients to be absorbed. In addition, the decoction destroys fat cells and removes excess fluid from the body. Since the composition contains vitamins and minerals, a strict diet does not weaken the immune system or deteriorate well-being.

Does rose hips help you lose weight: effects on the body

Rosehip is not a plant for weight loss; rather, it is a stimulant of the dietary process. Overweight people suffer from excessive weight gain not only from overeating. Obesity is often associated with improper metabolism, disruption of the digestive system, and intestinal blockage.

Rosehip helps the body cope with these problems. A person who wants to get rid of extra pounds does not need to adhere to a strict diet, drink all kinds of pills and dietary supplements for weight loss.

Fans of spicy and salty foods often suffer from excess weight, which is associated with fluid retention in the body. The presence of potassium in rose hips will help restore the water-salt balance, relieve swelling and activate the excretory system.

Overweight people, after losing weight, begin to fight cellulite. Rosehip will serve as a preventive remedy to eliminate the “orange peel”.

The basis of any diet is cleansing. Rose hips provide invaluable benefits in ridding the body of toxins, toxins, salts and harmful elements.

Rose hips are consumed fresh, dried, or used in drinks: tea, syrup, juice, decoction, infusion. To lose weight in a short time, you need to brew the plant correctly.

Harm, contraindications

Fruits and drinks should not be consumed if you have an individual intolerance to the components or an increased tendency to allergies. 100 g of berries contain a daily dose of vitamin C. In this regard, it is not recommended to combine them with products that also contain ascorbic acid. First of all, these are citrus fruits. Rose hips should not be consumed with milk or fermented milk products. In this case, indigestion, diarrhea, bloating, and increased gas formation occur.

You should not drink decoctions or tinctures based on rose hips for chronic diseases accompanied by excessive secretion of gastric juice. Drinks increase the amount of hydrochloric acid, which leads to exacerbation of gastritis and peptic ulcers. Decoctions will be useful for gastritis with low acidity and congestion in the gallbladder.

Rose hips can harm your health if you overdose or ignore chronic diseases. Acidity increases, constipation, diarrhea, abdominal pain, bloating, and increased gas formation appear. After giving up the drink, the condition gradually normalizes.

Wraps

For anti-cellulite and lifting wraps, oil infusions based on fresh or dried fruits or ready-made cosmetic rosehip oil are used. The procedure can be carried out in several ways:

• apply the oil as an independent remedy, rubbing into problem areas, and then covering with film for 1–2 hours;
• add to ready-made mixtures in a 1:1 ratio and wrap in accordance with the recommendations for the main components;
• Place gauze pads soaked in the oil mixture on the body, secure with film on top and leave for 30 minutes.

It is also recommended to enrich any body care products with rosehip oil, including massage.

How to brew to preserve vitamins

The fruits retain their beneficial properties when heat treated with cold or heat. Rose hips can be frozen, canned, dried, or boiled. As a rule, decoctions are used during the diet. You can prepare them in different ways.

• On the stove

The fruits are thoroughly washed under running water, thrown into a saucepan, and filled with water. The daily dose for an adult is 10 berries. Pour in 1 liter of water. After boiling, cook over low heat for 15 minutes. Infuse under a closed lid for half an hour. You can drink it warm or cold. If you are on a strict diet, you should not add sugar, but you can sweeten the drink with honey. Drink half an hour before meals or in between meals. The decoction stimulates the secretion of gastric juice and speeds up the digestion of food.

• In a thermos

The easiest way. 10 rose hips are thrown into a thermos. Pour boiling water over and close the lid. The fat-burning drink is infused for 12 hours. Usually prepared in the evening, drunk in the morning on an empty stomach. Drink 150 ml of decoction at a time. To make the broth richer, add crushed berries to the thermos.

In addition to decoction and tinctures, when losing weight, drink tea with rose hips. Brew green tea. Throw in 2 berries, cover with a lid. After 5 minutes, pour into a cup, add honey or a spoonful of sugar.

Useful properties of rose hips

In addition to the fact that rosehip helps to correct the figure for the better, it also has a number of useful properties, including having a healing effect on various body systems. People have taken the fruits of the bush since ancient times. Even without knowing how many useful vitamins and microelements the berries contain, folk healers quickly appreciated the healing qualities and treated many diseases with decoctions and teas.

What do these small bright orange berries contain? First of all, it is a complex of vitamins (A, B, C, E), which contribute to a significant strengthening of the immune system, as a result of which the body gains greater resistance to disease.

Did you know? Rose hips contain a huge amount of ascorbic acid, which is 10 times more than in currants and 50 times more than in lemon.

Rosehip infusions are a unique preventative against vitamin deficiency, colds and flu. During a diet, when the body does not receive a full complex of vitamins, the plant will help replenish reserves.

In addition to vitamins, the chemical composition of fruits includes such useful biologically active components as:

• carotenes - substances that can significantly increase physical endurance, improve the general condition of the body, and help in regenerative cellular processes;
• pectins - have a positive effect on several body systems at once, including the circulatory system, where they improve blood circulation, and the digestive system, normalizing the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, removing toxins, cholesterol (just what you need when dieting);
• tannins - have a bactericidal effect. Due to their presence, rosehip is famous for its excellent adjuvant in the treatment of many diseases, and after recovery it promotes rapid recovery;
• iron - a macroelement plays a big role in improving blood composition, in particular, the production of hemoglobin, therefore rosehip decoctions are recommended for people suffering from anemia;
• sodium - improves the functioning of the excretory system, improves water-salt balance;
• Calcium is a well-known bone tissue restorer. But few people know that this element is able to fight cholesterol by blocking the body's absorption of saturated fats;
• organic acids (citric, malic, etc.) - help restore the acid-base balance of the blood, stimulate the secretion of gastric juice, and normalize daily bowel movements.

This is how useful rose hips can be. But that’s not all - in addition to the berries, other fragments of the bush also have beneficial properties. For example, the petals are included in vitamin and tonic tea, infusions from the root help with urolithiasis, and seed oil is an excellent assistant in the fight against inflammatory processes in the oral cavity and dermatoses.

Did you know? In Russia, rose hips were used back in the 17th century (during the war with the Turks) to treat wounded soldiers. Infusions were made from the petals, which were used to soak dressings applied to wounds, and the edges of wounds were treated with a decoction of the berries to prevent the development of gangrene.

Rosehip recipes for weight loss

Dry, fresh, frozen berries are used as raw materials.

• Classic recipe

Add 10 berries to 1 liter of water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cook for 15 minutes. Leave to infuse for half an hour under a closed lid. You can wrap it in a towel. Honey is added immediately before use.

• With ginger

To prepare a tasty, healthy, dietary drink you will need:

1. Rose hips - a handful;
2. Ginger root – 8 cm;
3. Water – 1.5 l;
4. Honey - to taste.

Cut the ginger root into several pieces or grind it using a coffee grinder. Pour boiling water over the ingredients and leave for 15 minutes. Strain, add honey. If the drink is prepared in a thermos, the berries and ginger root are placed in clean gauze, tied in a knot, and placed inside. In the morning, take out the gauze and add honey to taste. The finished drink has a rich amber color.

• Rose hip soup

Soak dried or frozen rose hips in water for a couple of hours. If fresh fruits are used, this point is missed. Boil the berries until tender until they become soft. Beat with a blender and pass through a sieve. Pour in a small amount of water and boil. Boil for 5 minutes, add honey to taste and spices. The dish is consumed as a dessert in the morning and evening.

• Hibiscus with rose hips

You will need 2 g of hibiscus, 10 g of rose hips, 200 ml of water, 1 spoon of honey. Chopped rose hips and hibiscus flowers are thrown into the teapot and poured with boiling water. Cover with a lid and leave to steep for 10 minutes. Add honey. Drink warm.

• Vitamin drink

Tea with rosehip and lemon is easy and quick to prepare. The berries are poured with water and boiled for 15 minutes. Pass the drink through a sieve and add lemon juice. Add 1 spoon of honey. Pour into a cup. You can add a slice of lemon along with the peel. This drink dissolves fats, burns calories, tones, refreshes, adds energy, starts the metabolic process, and strengthens the immune system.

Baths

Add 1 liter of rosehip petal infusion to one bath of water at a comfortable temperature. You can increase the concentration as you wish, since this option for using rose water has no contraindications. The duration of the procedure is also not limited, but must be at least 30 minutes.

In addition, the infusion of the petals can be used in its pure form for regular application to the skin as a toner, applications or masks. In combination with baths, this will increase the firmness and elasticity of the skin, preventing the negative effects of weight loss, such as wrinkles and sagging.

Diet example

You can create a menu yourself from the list of permitted products. You are also allowed to use a ready-made plan.

Diet example:

In addition to the decoction, you are allowed to drink non-carbonated mineral water. Drink at least 1.5 liters of liquid per day.

Balanced diet:

As a snack, you are allowed to eat any fruits and berries except citrus fruits. With a balanced diet, you lose 2 kg of excess weight in a week. You are allowed to continue the diet for a month. In a month they lose weight by 8 kg on average. If you need to extend the course for another 30 days, stop drinking the rosehip decoction to avoid an overdose.

Important! You need to get out of the diet gradually. Every day, increase the calorie content of food by 100 units.

The permissible daily intake for a sedentary lifestyle is 1700 kcal. With increased physical activity and mental work, the norm increases to 1900 kcal per day.

Fasting days based on decoction are allowed 2 times a month. During the day they do not eat anything, only drink a drink. Sugar or honey can be added. Diets lose 1 kg of excess weight per day.

Using berry juice for weight loss

Concentrated juice is enriched with vitamins and minerals. The drink has a beneficial effect on the body when losing weight:

1. Rosehip juice improves liver and kidney functions;
2. The drink helps normalize blood circulation and supplies tissues with oxygen;
3. Juice made from wild roses activates the process of muscle tissue growth;
4. The drink has a pronounced antioxidant effect.

Rosehip juice not only helps you get rid of unwanted pounds, but also activates the process of producing digestive enzymes.

The process of preparing the drink is quite simple:

• You need to thoroughly wash the rose hips. They need to be cut in half.
• The seeds are carefully removed from the rose hips.
• The prepared plant material must be placed in a pan. Add water to the container: at the rate of 1 kg of rose hips per 0.25 liter of liquid.
• The resulting mixture must be heated to a temperature of 60º C.
• After this, the drink is cooled and filtered through thick cloth.

Reviews

Dear readers, was this article helpful? What do you think about rose hips for weight loss? Have you managed to lose weight? Leave your feedback in the comments! Your opinion is important to us, and it will be useful to other users!

Alina

“I really like tea with rose hips. Especially in winter. I also make jam from the fruit. Real jam! I lost 7 kg in a month. Now I periodically arrange fasting days, I try to eat right. The weight has remained normal for the third year.”

Svetlana

“They lose weight quickly on a diet with rose hips. My weight was melting right before my eyes. Every day I lost 500 g. In a month I managed to lose 10 kg of excess weight.”

general information

The low calorie content of its fruits and drinks made from them allows you to use rose hips for weight loss:

• calorie content of fresh fruits - 109 kcal;
• dry - 110;
• decoction - 18;
• infusion - 12;
• syrup - 285;
• tea - 50.

Most

high-calorie - rosehip syrup. However, you shouldn’t give it up while losing weight. It perfectly satisfies hunger, reduces cravings for sweets, saturates the body with various nutrients, preventing exhaustion. Moreover, the dosages are minimal and will not affect the figure. One teaspoon, consumed half an hour before a meal, contains only 28.5 kcal.

The glycemic index of fresh fruits is 25 units, which is quite acceptable for those losing weight.

The nutritional value and chemical composition of fresh rose hips prove that they are a real natural storehouse of vitamins and microelements.