Agnipravo Sengupta
Shedding off that extra weight is not just about cutting items out of your daily diet or reducing the amount of intake. Doing these things are rather harmful. The lack of nutrients received daily from the foods you choose to stop consuming might make you weak and more susceptible to attacks which your antibodies won’t be able to handle.
If you have to lose weight, it has to be done in the most effective way. Yes, high-fat foods should be avoided. But that doesn’t mean that you should just exclude whatever you feel like. Instead, stick to eating healthy and add a few food items which will help in speeding up the process of losing weight.
#1. Grapefruit: Recent researches have revealed that eating half a grapefruit or drinking a glass of grapefruit juice before each meal helps in reducing weight. Phytochemicals present in the fruit decreases the level of insulin in the body. As a result, the calories get converted into energy.
#2. Celery: It helps in burning the excess calories in the body. Celery is extremely high on fiber which is great for digestion. Moreover, it is also super-rich in foliate which initiates the production of new cells in the body. Consuming a considerable amount of celery every day will also help in curbing the tendency of over-eating.
#3. Fennel Tea: Overflowing with a healthy dose of calcium, magnesium and potassium along with Vitamins B and C, fennel tea is great in boosting up metabolism of the body. Like celery, it also is an effective appetite suppressant. A cup of piping hot fennel tea does not only taste good, but also increases the rate of fuel burn.
#4. Cinnamon: Consuming just a quarter teaspoon of cinnamon is enough for a day. It control the sudden increase in insulin after every meal, and also lowers triglyceride, cholesterol and blood sugar levels. As a quarter teaspoon will do the job, you can either mix it into the morning milkshake or sprinkle it over the pre-lunch salad.
#5. Dark Chocolate: A surprise entrant in the list, most people will find it hard to believe how dark chocolate can initiate weight loss. What many of us do not know is that dark chocolates are high in antioxidants and quite low on calories. Whenever you have sweet cravings, break a few cubes from the block and put them in your mouth. Dark chocolate is filling and also keeps the calorie intake to the bare minimum.
Inclusion of these food items in the daily diet along with some lightweight exercises will bring down your weight in no time.
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