Extreme liquid diets recommend just two ingredients – water and vitamin pills. This is a highly effective weight loss strategy that sheds pounds very quickly because you cut all calories from your diet the body then consumes your stored fat deposits instead. This extreme liquid diet however is take willpower to maintain and is not recommended as a long term remedy for weight loss. There are other similar diets like the lemon juice weight loss diet wherein the dieter restrict their three meals to lemon juice.
The lemon juice diet can backfire on your stomach because lemon juice is acidic. A stomach that is not filled with food accumulates stomach acids used to digest food with nothing to do. The stomach acids plus the added acid from lemon juice can cause a sensitive digestive system to erupt in heartburn or acid reflux. The lemon juice diet could be one of the most dangerous liquid diets for those with chronic hyper acidity.
A comfortable middle would be a liquid diet that uses fruits and vegetables creating juicing recipes that taste great and nourish the body while keeping the calories down. Fruits and vegetables do contain sugar and some calories, but it is very low compared to meat and grains. Adding sweeteners and milk will add calories but improve the taste sometimes. You can get accustomed to the plain taste of fruits and vegetables the longer you abstain from using sweeteners and milk.
Most fruits taste great without sweeteners and other added flavors. Create a fruit smoothie by adding some crushed ice and water. Juicing vegetables can be very difficult without a juicer, so it is highly recommended that you buy one before juicing for weight loss. Many vegetables taste good when juiced, such as carrots and beets. But other juiced vegetables need help, make the taste of juiced spinach and broccoli palatable by adding some citrus and herbs like basil or cilantro.
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Green leafy vegetable rich in fiber, vitamins and folic acid goes very well with orange juice and basil. Vegetables with a bitter aftertaste can be improved a little salt and a sweet fruit. Bland tasting vegetables like squash will adopt to any flavoring you want to add.
Most people develop a preference for tastes in juiced vegetables and fruits. They will repeat the same recipes over and over again. It is possible to drink as much as you want and still lose weight with a raw food juicing diet. That is because fruits and vegetable are low in calories but high in matter, meaning your digestive system works a bit harder to squeeze the calories it needs out of plant matter as compared to high protein meat and high carbohydrate grains.
Liquid also takes up more space in your stomach giving you a feeling of fullness. If you plan on trying a juicing diet to lose weight, take several meals a day instead of cutting down on your number of meals. This ensures that you get the minimum amount of calories needed by the body to loose weight safely.