Soup Nourishment for Facial Sagging

If you are concerned about facial sagging or nasolabial folds, it is a sign that your gastrointestinal tract is under stress.

Many stomach meridians run through the area around the mouth and cheeks, so when the stomach weakens, the muscles along these meridians lose their firmness and begin to sag.

Even I wake up the morning after eating a full meal out to find my nasolabial folds clearly visible, and when I look in the mirror, I scream. I look aged all at once.

The things that burden the gastrointestinal tract are "fatty, sweet, and heavy flavors." This includes greasy foods, sweets, strongly flavored foods, cold foods, and raw foods.

It is not that you cannot eat a single bite, but if you suspect you are eating too much, try cutting the amount in half.

If you try to endure by saying "I won't eat it," your cravings will explode, which will have the opposite effect.

When your stomach condition returns to normal, you won't find yourself intensely craving sweets or strongly flavored foods anymore.

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Even in a world overflowing with food, it is said that many Japanese people are in a state of malnutrition.

They are not eating things that build the body. They are just filling their stomachs with high-calorie items. They are just satisfying their appetite. After all, you cannot build a body with calories alone.

Sometimes, when I have no appetite, I might eat snacks or sweet bread as a meal replacement, but naturally, snacks cannot build your body, brain, skin, or hair.

When your stomach is in poor condition, your body's circulation also worsens, leaving you feeling heavy, sluggish, and gloomy. Your mind becomes gloomy in tandem. You might compare yourself to others, feel jealous, or get irritated. You might think, "I'm no good." You can get trapped in negative thinking. It even affects your personality. The balance between body and mind is the same thing. What you eat is important.

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When your gastrointestinal tract is not feeling well and you don't have much of an appetite, this is a soup nourishment method to create qi and blood as defined in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Even if you are busy or tired, with soup, you just put the ingredients in a pot. You can make it immediately with leftover vegetables from the refrigerator plus protein (meat, fish, or even canned goods). You can also make a large batch and store it.

For seasoning, I only use 1 tablespoon of salt koji in 3 cups of water. I don't use other seasonings, but instead add toppings like sesame seeds, sesame oil, bonito flakes, pickled plums, or seaweed to bring out richness and umami.

If even miso soup feels like a hassle, you can make it with 200cc of hot water, one packet of bonito flakes, and a teaspoon of miso. For ingredients, you can use seaweed, green onions, sea lettuce, dried young sardines, grated yam, natto, or pickled plums.

When you feel that making side dishes is too high a hurdle, replenish your nutrition with soup.

At any rate, be conscious of putting things into your mouth that build your body.

Thank you for reading until the end.