For facial muscle swelling, besides using massage to unblock meridians, promote blood flow, and expel toxins, the simplest method is chewing. This practice is commonplace in daily life yet often overlooked.
Modern life's fast pace leads many to adopt more convenient lifestyles, including dietary habits. Avoiding hard foods or swallowing food after just a few chews gradually diminishes opportunities for a slimmer face!
Before meals, gently massage your jaw joint: Spread your hands, keeping your thumb and index finger together while grouping your middle, ring, and pinky fingers. Place the space between your middle and index fingers just below your ear. Open your mouth while lightly stroking upward along both cheeks. Then close your mouth and gently massage your jawline from top to bottom, repeating this motion 10 times.
Different foods require varying chews per bite. Prioritizing foods that demand more chewing is an excellent exercise method!
Over 90 chews: Carrots, French bread, walnuts, crackers
80-89 chews: Peanuts, cabbage, pickles, seaweed
70-79 chews:Apples, mushrooms, lentils
60-69 times: Bread, glutinous rice, beef
50-59 times: Cucumber, daikon radish, fish cake, okara
40-49 times:Rice, pumpkin, cheese, konjac
Around 40 times: Banana, buckwheat noodles, tofu, meatballs, vegetable salad
Chew-to-Slim Face Recipes
menu1 Creamy Fresh Vegetables (406 kcal, 1.8g salt)
Ingredients (2 servings):1 garlic slice, 50ml milk, 25g anchovies, 80ml fresh cream, 2 tbsp olive oil, cabbage (as needed), 4 cherry radishes, 4 chicory leaves, 4 baby cucumbers, 2 carrots, 1/4 each red and yellow bell peppers.
Combine half the milk with the garlic slice and water in a saucepan. Simmer over low heat for 5 minutes. Pour in the remaining milk and bring to a boil. Add anchovy fillets and fresh cream, cooking until thickened to form a sauce. Finely chop all vegetables and serve with the creamy sauce for dipping.Chew each bite of carrot 125 times, bell pepper 64 times, and cabbage 80 times.
menu2 Salmon Pressed Sushi (397 kcal, 2.8g salt)
Ingredients (2 servings): 1 cup rice, small amount of kelp, 40g pickled vegetables,2-3 snow peas, 50g smoked salmon, 2½ tablespoons vinegar, 2 tablespoons sugar, salt to taste, 1 egg, ½ teaspoon cooking wine, 3-4 lotus root slices.
Mix 1.5 tablespoons vinegar, 1 tablespoon sugar, and ½ teaspoon salt to make sushi vinegar. Marinate lotus root slices in 1 tablespoon vinegar, 2 teaspoons sugar, and a pinch of salt. Add chopped seaweed to rice and cook until done, then mix in sushi vinegar. Beat egg with 1 teaspoon sugar, ½ teaspoon cooking wine, and a pinch of salt until well combined; scramble in a pan until soft.Line a dedicated airtight container with plastic wrap. Layer the vinegar-marinated lotus root and smoked salmon, then add one-third of the sushi rice. Press firmly with the back of a spoon. Add the scrambled eggs, followed by another third of the sushi rice,pickled vegetables, and another third of the sushi rice, pressing firmly with a spoon each time. Invert the container to release the roll, slice into portions, and garnish the top with snow peas.
menu3 Savory Bread Slices (240 calories, 1.1g salt)
Ingredients (2 servings): 18cm French baguette, 30g butter, pinch of cinnamon powder, 1.5 teaspoons sugar, pinch of garlic powder, pinch of chopped herbs, ½ teaspoon cheese powder, ½ teaspoon dried shrimp, pinch of nori flakes.
Slice the baguette into 8mm-thick pieces. Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes until crispy and dry, then spread butter on the surface. Prepare three flavor combinations: (1) Cinnamon-sugar; (2) Garlic-thyme; (3) Cheese-nori-dried shrimp. Return all slices to the oven and bake for an additional 8-10 minutes.