Drinks for weight loss at home

Losing weight is a difficult task for many. The important thing is that man need to do to reduce weight is to reduce caloric intake, to enrich his fiber and proteins, and to speed up the metabolism. In this plan drink for weight loss play an equally important role, than the physical exercise and meals. They make use of ordinary products in various combinations, allowing you to diversify the menu and to accelerate weight loss.

Homemade drinks for weight loss

drinks for weight loss

The composition of drinks for weight loss include foods that affect the metabolism and the digestive system. The basis of their can be water, dairy products, vegetable and fruit juices, green tea. As additives are fruit, berries and vegetables, spices, and honey, vinegar and supplements (proteins, for example), grains, seeds and much more. Give the popular drink recipes for weight loss at home.

Water Sassi

Prepare the water:

  • 2 liters of water;
  • ginger root the size of your thumb;
  • large cucumber without the peel;
  • peppermint leaves — as desired.

In a glass container mix the pounded pulp in the root ginger and water, then dipped back slightly crumpled mint leaves and cut into thin circles of cucumber. Insist at least 10 hours in the cool. Drinking water is recommended for a few days before starting the diet instead of plain water. During the day you should drink at least 2 liters of drink.

Cinnamon with honey homemade drink for weight loss

Honey is a good remedy for removing from the body excess water, while the cinnamon speeds up digestion and stimulates peristalsis. Together they derive from the intestines of waste and toxins, revitalizes the body, stimulates metabolic processes and significantly reduce appetite.

For cooking product, you will need:

  • 200 ml of hot water;
  • cinnamon stick (or tsp of powder);
  • 1 tablespoon of honey;
  • lemon as desired.

In hot water, omit the cinnamon and insist in a thermos for at least 30 minutes. The beverage base is cooled, add honey. Drink sweet drink in the morning on an empty stomach and before dinner.

Drink for weight loss with grapefruit and sea buckthorn

Components of this drink accelerates metabolism and metabolic processes at the cellular level, significantly increases the consumption of the body and thus stimulate the breakdown of fatty tissue.

To prepare this drink you will need:

  • 1 liter of water;
  • a small piece of ginger root;
  • half a large grapefruit;
  • 100 ml sea buckthorn syrup or 100 g of mashed fresh berries;
  • honey if desired.

In water to dissolve the syrup of buckthorn, or berry juice, mashed ginger, mix well. Meanwhile, the grapefruit cut into small cubes and drop to the next drink. Insist at least one hour in the refrigerator. Drink with ice cubes in small portions during the day.

Herbal teas for weight loss

Herbal tea can be prepare with different recipes depending on the objectives pursued. For example, to reduce appetite with a drink one should add the roots of marshmallow, the herb St. John's wort or spirulina. To normalize the need for nutrients will help viburnum, rosehips, and sea buckthorn. To get rid of excess fluid and reduce the amount will help the roots of dandelion and ginger, Senna, anise seeds, Linden flowers and cowberry leaves. To speed up the weight loss help turmeric, green tea leaves, kelp, and pineapple. For flavor you can add a piece of currant, thyme, mint.

Tea for weight loss will need porcelain or ceramic teapot, 500 ml of water and the mixture of herbs. Variations can be very different:

  • Senna, buckthorn leaves, marshmallow root, Linden blossom and kelp in equal parts — 500 ml of water you will need 2 tbsp of the mixture;
  • cowberry leaves, grass Hypericum, chamomile, dried rose hips, stevia — 500 ml of water take 2 tablespoons of the mixture;
  • ginger, anise, black fruit viburnum and rose hips, marshmallow root, turmeric in 500 ml of water take 1 tbsp.

Insist herbal tea in a tightly sealed container for about 10 minutes. Drink warm or chilled in between meals.

Green tea for weight loss

Tea leaves have a slight diuretic action and accelerate metabolism. Which are included in their composition of polyphenolic compounds enhance energy metabolism and promote the breakdown of fatty tissue. In addition, alcohol consumed shortly before a meal, the drink reduces appetite.

To lose weight with green tea more effective it should be applied in the following variants:

  • chilled with lemon and ginger;
  • hot with the addition of milk (fat content should not exceed 0.5%);
  • with the warm lemon juice.

Those who lose weight with green tea, it is undesirable to take alcohol, but fiber-rich foods will strengthen the positive effect of the drink on the body.

Ginger lemonade for weight loss

cinnamon for weight loss

Which are part of the drink ingredients improve digestion, normalize metabolism, improve skin tone and promote efficiency. Also, this lemonade actively removes fluid from the tissues, helping to reduce weight. For its preparation you will need:

  • 3 large lemon;
  • 50 g ginger root;
  • 5 art. L. honey;
  • 3 liters of water.

From lemons to squeeze the juice and ginger root to make mashed potatoes using a fine grater. In the mixture pour 2 cups of water and put the future of lemonade on a weak fire. After boiling, is kept on the heat for about 20 minutes, then cooled, add the remaining water and honey. Drink this lemonade is recommended for between meals.

Water with lemon juice and honey

This drink is used for excretion of toxins, bowel cleansing. When taken shortly before a meal reduces appetite, thereby reducing the size of the portions. Due to this and achieved a slimming effect.

For making water you need to take a Cup of water, one lemon and a teaspoon of honey. From squeezed lemon juice and diluted it with water. Add honey and mix well. To drink preferably on an empty stomach.

Homemade drink for weight loss from Apple cider vinegar

Included in Apple cider vinegar organic acids reduce sugar cravings and regulate the appetite. Included in the vinegar substances help to break down carbohydrates, normalize intestinal microflora, improve overall body tone and increases stamina.

The drink should be prepared from natural Apple cider vinegar diluted in water (per Cup of liquid, take no more than a tablespoon of vinegar). Drink for weight loss is recommended in the morning on an empty stomach, before lunch and dinner, as well as through 60-90 minutes after them.

Kefir for weight loss with spices

Components of this drink are operating in several directions. Kefir normalizes microflora and activates intestinal peristalsis, supplying the body a lot of protein. Spices (it could be cinnamon, pepper or ginger) activate metabolism, reduce appetite, prevent deposition of fat in tissues. To prepare the cocktail, super models (so-called a drink made of yogurt and spices for weight loss), a glass of sour milk, simply add ½ teaspoon of cinnamon, a little grated ginger and a pinch of red pepper. Drinking cocktail after a meal (30-45 minutes) once a day.

Weight loss smoothies

In the cocktails for weight loss it is useful to include fiber (bran, cereals from whole grains, vegetables, greens and fruits), milk and/or mineral water, milk drinks, protein. Typically, these drinks are quite dense and nutrient, thereby they can replace a full meal. Recipes can be varied:

  • 100 g of pineapple and kiwi mixed in a blender with 100 ml of kefir;
  • 4-5 pieces of dried apricots and prunes, a tablespoon of bran and a pinch of cinnamon whipped with 150 ml of kefir;
  • in a blender mix 170 ml of milk, 60 ml of yogurt, 1 tablespoon of flax seeds and 50 g of strawberries;
  • beets, carrots, and celery to chop, puree, add a tablespoon of lemon juice and 150 ml of yogurt, whisking until smooth;
  • 130 g of cheese, 150 ml milk a sprig of parsley and celery root whipped in a blender, add to taste spices and garlic.

These cocktails create a feeling of fullness, stimulate metabolism, prevent the absorption of fat, purify the intestine. They help to restore the intestinal microflora and replenishes the body's need for nutrients but have minimal calories.

Conditions without which cocktails and drinks for weight loss will be useless

Despite the efficacy and benefits to the body, the abovementioned drinks for weight loss may not work. Most often this happens with people who lose weight, who felt that can lose weight only with the help of cocktails. Meanwhile, without dieting, increasing physical activity, the weight will hardly move down.

The main objective of drinks for fat burning — speed up the metabolism and to fill the human need for nutrients without increasing total calorie intake. If you continue to eat as usual, drinks will play the role of additional provider of calories. The same thing will happen in the absence of normal physical activity. That is why the fight against excess weight should go "on all fronts", and drinks for weight loss will provide the support, not the main function.

Use drinks for weight loss

That drinks for weight loss useful, no doubt gastroenterologists and nutritionists. First, they consist of natural and fresh ingredients that are a source of essential elements and dietary fiber. Second, they almost do not contain calories and unhealthy fats and carbohydrates.

green tea

In addition to the normalization of the digestive system homemade weight loss smoothies have some useful properties:

  • strengthen the immune system;
  • prevent the development of pathologies of the heart and blood vessels;
  • cause the body to more actively metabolize body fat;
  • normalize the blood;
  • improve the function of the nervous, urinary, reproductive and other systems.

With all the benefits of drinks and cocktails for weight loss it is worth remembering that they can cause a food Allergy. If there is intolerance to certain foods should be omitted from the recipe.