It’s no doubt that you have probably heard about all of the health benefits of juicing, but did you know that juicing can also help you to lose weight? Having a juice elixir, in complement with an existing weight-loss plan, provides a high-level of quality nutrition, which will assist in weight loss.
Here are 7 ways in which juicing helps you lose weight:
1. Easy Digestion
One of the best benefits is that drinking them (as opposed to eating them) makes them really easy for your body to digest. If you are to juice, for example, a couple of tomatoes, celery, cucumber, spinach, and a carrot, this easy-to-drink, delicious, fresh vegetable cocktail will provide multiple nutritional benefits to your body.
But consuming the same quantity in the form of raw vegetables takes a lot more effort and time to digest. Juicing helps you get a large quantity of vitamins, minerals, and nutrients in a single glass.
2. Reduction In Cravings
[pullquote]Juicing helps you stop eating unhealthy foods that increase your weight, and you won’t even feel like you’re depriving yourself of anything.[/pullquote]
When you drink a glass of freshly made vegetable or green juice, you load every cell of your body with detoxifying minerals and required nutrients. You also experience a reduction in cravings, particularly for sweets or processed foods, as you are feeding your body all that it needs.
Your body stops sending messages to your brain that make you crave for particular foods with the minerals or vitamins that you might be lacking. Thus, you start to lose weight, often quite quickly.
3. Better Taste
Green juices taste great! You can also increase the flavor by adding lemon, mint, or ginger. The good flavors can make you prefer this over any unhealthy snack.
Note that it is advisable to make the juice at home rather than buy it outside. Fresh juice made with a base of vegetables contains much more nutrition than that in the carton. Even fresh, store-bought juices often have sugars, additives, and preservatives, meaning a lot of unnecessary calorie intake.
On the other hand, a homemade vegetable and fruit juice delivers nothing but goodness that is healthy fuel for your body.
4. Filling Snack Or Dessert
[pullquote]You feel more satisfied and satiated than when you have empty calories from junk food.[/pullquote]
Drinking a freshly made juice shuts your appetite. This is because your body (which is amazing at knowing just what it needs) gets all that it requires.
Your body feels revitalized, not sluggish or heavy. And instead of searching for more food even after you have just eaten, you will find that you don’t really want or need anything more.
5. Not A Fad Diet
Once you make juicing a regular part of your lifestyle and experience weight loss without much of a struggle, you will realize that this is definitely not a diet fad.
Unlike regimented diets that are difficult to follow and often make you gain weight, juicing does not make you feel deprived or hungry. Other aspects of your health will also improve: clearer skin, brighter eyes, and faster growth of nails and hair. You will also have more energy and start to feel amazing.
6. Investing In Your Health
To start juicing regularly, you will need to invest in a juicer, which initially will mean setting aside a bit of money. You might feel like this is an expense you don’t want to have, but by doing so, you’re committing to your health and weight loss.
This gives you reason to stick to juicing for long enough to start noticing the difference in how you feel. It is also an investment in your health and well-being; it can even save some medical expenses in the future.
7. Fun And Variety
To lose weight and stay motivated, life needs to be fun, right? You can have a lot of fun juicing with new combinations of fruit and vegetables cocktails.
[pullquote]To keep yourself from getting bored, you can try an endless variety of beverages.[/pullquote]
You can get more support and encouragement from those around you to lose weight by sharing the drinks. Support is super important when it comes to making, and sticking to, healthy changes in life.
Juicing is a fun, easy, and healthy way to shed the unwanted pounds without any struggle or deprivation. You’ve got nothing to lose by making green juicing a regular part of your lifestyle.
To get you started, here is a delicious and easy juice to induce your weight-loss!
Trim And Delicious Green Juice Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 carrots
- 2 apples
- 1 cucumber
- ½ beetroot (peeled)
- 1 rib celery
- 1 lemon
- 1-inch piece of ginger
Directions
Run the ingredients through your juicer and enjoy!
