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shown promising results, but the data are they help to fill you up for few calories,
far from conclusive. encouraging an overall lower calorie intake.
However, chia is a super food for good Tomato juice could also help simply as a
reason, it has proven to reduce obesity and lower-sugar, lower-calorie alternative to
while you can sprinkle dry chia seeds on fruit juices or soft drinks.
almost anything you eat, it makes sense to The juice of tomatoes also helps reduce the
curate a detox drink with chia. resistance of leptin, which is an appetite-
There are groups who will vow it is controlling hormone. This, in turn, helps
effective on an empty stomach, first thing signal to the body the appropriate point
in the morning. And there is another at which it should stop eating food and
perspective that touts its efficacy before thereby control overall calorie consumption
bedtime. -- which makes it a potent fat fighter.
Whenever you choose to have the drink, How to drink it: Use 2 or 3 tomatoes,
know that it will definitely benefit you. cut and deseed. Grind the tomatoes add
Since the seeds form a gel when mixed some water to make a fine juice. Add 2
with a liquid (they can hold up to 10 times tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice,
their weight in liquid), they digest slowly, ½ tablespoon black pepper. Drink tomato
making them a powerful force against the juice daily as an aid to weight loss.
munchies—which is great news for those
looking to cut down on their portions. 6. Coconut water
How to drink it: Combine 1 cup of water
with 1 tablespoon of chia seeds. Let the
seeds soak overnight, add a squeeze of half
a lemon and slurp it down in the morning.
Some folks also add a teaspoon of ground
cinnamon powder for that added boost to
the metabolism.
5. Tomato Juice
One cannot deny the number of health
benefits you can derive from the juice of If you live in a place where you have
tomatoes. Rich in lycopene. Tomatoes are easy access to fresh coconut water, then
relatively low in calories and carbohydrates perhaps you should make sure you have a
and have high water content. This means glass every morning! As it is packed with
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