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Diet

Drink Up

to Lose

Weight

Deepa Desa lists 21 natural drinks, from juices to teas, that can help you stay
trim and fit

Watching what you put in your glass is as
important as what’s on your plate. If you’re
counting calories and watching your diet,
you’ll be pretty pleased with the drinks
we’ve lined up for you.
Here are 21 super easy drinks, which you
can make at home in less than 5 minutes to
start your day on a healthy note.
These include belly fat melters, effective hydrated you are, the more efficiently your
detoxifiers, and liquids which help quicken systems work at tasks that range from
your metabolism, helping to result in a thinking to burning body fat.
more toned and fit you. Drinking two glasses of water before a
Here’s our list of 21 drinks to help you meal may also help you feel full faster, so
shed a few kilos: you won’t eat as much. It can help speed
your metabolism, too.
1. Water Replacing sweetened soft drinks with
Water claims top spot on our list. 60% water will cut hundreds of calories from
- 70% of your body constitutes water, your diet each day.
meaning that the clear, calorie-free liquid Science suggests that water can help
plays a role in just about every bodily with weight loss in a variety of ways. It
function. Research point out that the more may suppress your appetite, boost your

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