Liquid Diet
A Liquid Diet to Lose Weight
One of the easiest ways of getting tons of nutrition while helping your chances of losing weight is through a liquid diet. Now I’m not talking about packaged protein shakes or low calorie drinks but rather whole food smoothies and juices that pack tons of fruits and vegetables into a single glass.
The recommended daily intake of fruits and vegetables is 5-10 servings yet less than 20% of North Americans meet that requirement. The reasons are many but a very simple way to remedy this issue is to get a number of those servings by way of a single smoothie or juice.
This way not only will you get an abundance of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants but you also lessen the burden on your digestive system. I’m sure you can understand that anything liquid takes far less time to digest than a solid food. It just makes sense since the ingredients have already been “predigested” by the blending or juicing process.
This applies to weight loss in the following manner. When you eat foods, they are digested, broken down, and absorbed into the blood to go to their final destination. Much of the time, though, the meals many people eat are so heavy that it takes them hours to digest.
As a result, the body is required to divert huge amounts of energy to the digestion process. Fatigue and lethargy are usually the first signs that this is taking place. I’m sure you’ve experienced this after a big Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner.
Since most people have underactive digestive systems many of these solid meals don’t get properly digested. They place heavy demands on the stomach and digestive organs and ultimately don’t nourish the body as it needs to be. If foods come into your body and are not properly broken down they are more easily stored as fat (since they can’t be utilized) and have a tendency to clog up the intestinal tract, impeding proper elimination.
More foods being stored as fat (especially if they’re cooked foods) and an impaired ability to eliminate them can only mean that weight is being added (not lost) to your body. Food comes in but doesn’t go out – it’s got to go somewhere.
THE LIQUID SOLUTION
So if you want to lose weight and you can identify with the above scenarios, why not try a different approach?
Try incorporating more smoothies and fresh-pressed juices into your diet. Most of the smoothies and juices I make take no more than 5 minutes to prepare yet pack in about 4-8 servings of fruits and vegetables, and other superfoods!
This means that with just 2 smoothies or juices per day I can get more than my needed intake of fruits and vegetables. This has pretty obvious health benefits. It is also immensely beneficial for weight loss seekers.
Liquid meals reduce the load on your digestive system. It’s almost as if the nutrients bypass the entire process of digestion and get absorbed right to where they need to be.
The benefits to juicing and making your own smoothies are numerous, but needless to say you have to give them a shot to truly feel their full power.
Here are 2 recipes from Eating for Energy to get you started:
Spinach Pear Smoothie
Serves 1 to 2
3 cups spinach
1 pear
¼ cup parsley
1 cup celery juice
Juice of half a lemon
* Blend all ingredients into a blender until smooth.
Grape-Celery Cooler
Serves 1 to 2
1 cup sweet red grapes
3-4 celery stalks
Mint for garnish (optional)
* In a juicer, juice all ingredients and garnish with mint if desired.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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QUESTION:
liquid diet??
I am planning on doing a strictly liquid diet. I just want to know if this really works and if its healthy???-
ANSWER:
You have always heard… if it sounds to good to be true it usually is! This is also true with this diet. What happens to your body during this diet is… If you do not put food in your body for 48-72hrs like most liquid diets last you have no food in your body. All of it is passed out. Most all liquid diets make people sick giving them diraheal. After going to the bathroom over and over again you have no food in your body. (i know your thinking duh!) Foods give your body nurtrition and you need this to be healthy. You will become dehydrated from this diet because you also do don’t drink any other liquids including water. All the water you loss will be water weight. So when the diet is over you will regain the weight quickly as soon as you start to drink water again. Your body is 70% water weight. I do not suggest this diet or any other diet pills to anyone. If you want to loss weight make reasonsible goals 5-10lbs at a time-give your self time to reach the goals everyone losses at a different rate. Exerice is very important, watch how much you eat, drink lots of water, count calories it is the only way to loss weight and keep it off. 3,500 calories equal one pound. I have a formula that will help you figure out how many calorie you need everyday for you height and bone structure. This will also help you decide what is a healthy weight for you.
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QUESTION:
Liquid diet? ? ? ? ? ?
I am trying to fast for religious and to challenge myself. I was thinking what I would need.n I think its good to warm up with a liquid diet. Its for religious but also i wouldnt mind losing a few pounds.
any recommendations?
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My wife has tried all sorts to lose weight but nothing has worked nearly as effectively as the acai berry pills she drinks. She lost 5 pounds in three weeks. She gets them from a colleague at work but I discovered this site in Google; www.newloseweight.com they have a risk free trial on at the moment, maybe they’re worth a try?
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QUESTION:
Liquid Diet?
I’ve just read a few questions that asked about dieting, and some responses mentioned a liquid diet. I’ve heard of this before but I haven’t been able to some decent information about this. Can anyone explain how this diet works?
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ANSWER:
whatever the diet u r on – you should eat healthy food not junk food beside the diet.
according to my information – it means u drink a lot of warm water and other liquids that don’t contain gases ( like Pepsi ) or calories.
i advice u to check out oprah’s diet here : http://www.meltmorefat.com/
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QUESTION:
What kind of liquids are good for a liquid diet?
I’m wanting to do a liquid diet for a week, and I would like suggestions as to what kind of liquids would be good for this diet. I know water would be one, but I need others, ones that aren’t fattening and would speed the losing weight process, but at the same time keep me from feeling too hungry. I’m open for any suggestions. Thanks!-
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I’d go with juices with no added sugar. Pure juice like Juicy Juice (I know it’s for kids, but it’s still healthy) Carrot juice is filling, but healthy. You could also try V8. And remember that on a liquid diet you can have the broth from soups.
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QUESTION:
What is the best liquid diet available without a doctor?
I can’t afford a doctor, but the Atkins diet is not working for me. Is there a web site that offers a good liquid diet?-
ANSWER:
Liquid diets aren’t always the best because your body doesn’t digest it the same.
It’s similar to drinking V8 juice. That doesn’t count as a serving of fruit or vegetables because your body doesn’t recognize the nutrients as it would say, an apple.The best way to lose weight is to just eat low fat, low calorie foods.
Foods such as celery and cabbage make you lose a bit more weight because they keep you full with the fiber and they also burn more calories being digested than they actually contain.
Dairy is high in fat, so low fat cheese and skim milk are always an option along with water based soups.
Things like that should help lose weight.
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