When it comes to weight loss,
substituting healthy drinks for those sugary sodas and energy drinks can have a
drastic effect on your weight loss goals. Most people don't realize how many calories
they take in each day from drinks alone. For instance, a caffe mocha with all
the fixings can pack in over 500 calories! So as you can see, switching to
healthier drinks and ditching the "junk drinks" will greatly reduce
your daily caloric intake and in return start shredding those unwanted pounds.
Check out this list of the top 10 healthy drinks that can help you reach your
weight loss goals...
1.
Vegetable Juice
Vegetable juice is every bit as
nutritious as fruit juice but with about half the calories. Most vegetable
juices are also rich in fiber which can help make you feel full and in turn eat
less.
2.
Fruit Smoothies
Mix-up a delicious batch of smoothies
using your favorite fruits and a little bit of skim milk. Do not consume
smoothies with added sugar, whipped cream, honey, or other sweeteners that can
add hundreds of calories-in other words, don't eat smoothies from your favorite
local restaurant or ice-cream shop and think that you're eating healthy because
you're not!
3. Fruit Juice
Fruit juices have loads of vitamins
and nutrients, but it's important to make sure that there's no added sugar...sorry
Sunny D and Tang! Also remember that the pulpier, the better. Fruit juice with
lots of pulp contains added fiber that can help you feel more full and eat
less.
4.
Black Coffee
Coffee has plenty of positive health
benefits and best of all, it contains no calories! Black coffee is rich in
antioxidants that can help boost your mood, improve concentration, reduce the
risk of diabetes and cancer, as well as many other benefits. Keep you coffee consumption
at 4 cups or less per day-as with anything, moderation is the key.
5.
Green Tea
Like coffee, green tea has a plethora
of positive health benefits and contains plenty of helpful antioxidants. It
also helps to boost your metabolism if consumed on a daily basis, which can
help to speed up your body's fat-burning mechanism-as much as a 40% increase in
some cases!
6.
Milk
The calcium in Low-fat or skim milk
can help contribute to the breakdown of fat cells in your body. Too much milk,
though, can pack on the pounds because it does contain a lot of calories, so
stick to 3-4 small servings per day in order to benefit from milk's weight loss
benefits.
7.
Protein Drinks
Protein drinks, such as from powders
or pre-mixed varieties, can have a great effect on your weight loss regiment,
because lean muscle is very efficient at burning fat. In other words, the more
muscle you have, the more fat your body will burn. Protein is a big part of
this equation, because it's the building block of muscle growth.
8.
Fiber Drinks
There's many fiber-rich drinks on the
market today, and they can be a great tool for any weight loss program. Fiber
helps to make your body feel full, and it also has plenty of other positive
health benefits as well.
9.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Sounds a little gross, and it may be
too gross for some people to try, but apple cider vinegar is a sort-of
"old school" health drink that was very popular in the '70s as a
weight loss tool. Although there aren't any scientific studies that actually prove
it works, many fitness gurus swear by it, saying that it greatly boosts your
metabolism if taken regularly...Hey, it's worth a try!
10.
Ice Water
Probably the most powerful weight loss
tool at your disposal, and also the cheapest, is plain old ice water (who'd a
thunk!). Drinking plenty of water is great for your body because it helps you
feel full, boosts your metabolism, and it contains zero calories. Furthermore,
some studies suggest that drinking just two extra glasses of ice water per day
can help boost your metabolism by as much as 30%. This equates to about 5
pounds of fat loss per year!
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