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psyche truth life wisdom hey it's karena
your virtual health coach and today in
my mystery grocery bag my top six drinks
for weight loss and I'm pretty sure
there's at least one drink in here that
you've probably never considered
drinking so in previous videos I have
compared to some of the best and worst
drinks for weight loss out there on the
market but in this video I'm going to
focus on six drinks that actually can
help you lose weight so let's just dive
right in okay so let's start out with
one that you've probably heard of before
and that is green tea now green tea has
been getting a lot of tension lately and
I just want to tell you why green tea is
associated with weight loss so number
one the caffeine content in general
caffeine is known to give us energy
right and ideally that energy is
something we're going to use to go
workout so caffeine in and of itself can
boost metabolism give us energy help the
body metabolize fat but primarily I
think that the energy that we get from
caffeine we should be using to go and
workout with green tea also contains a
lot of antioxidants one of them is EGCG
I don't know the long name for it but
it's EGCG is known to boost metabolism
so this is why there are studies which
show that people who drink green tea
while working out actually burn more fat
so tea in general can offer a lot of
different benefits and I've brought a
few different teas to show you here is
an everyday detox type of tea and then
yerba mate a yerba monta is probably
even higher in caffeine than green tea
but again it's going to be way better
for you than soda or coffees or
something like that so I wanted to show
you the mottai and point out that there
also are other health benefits and
antioxidants that we get from drinking
Montay which we won't get again from
sodas or coca-cola or something like
that and then I wanted to also show you
some of these other tea products so
anything we drink that prevents us from
drinking sodas or is going to help with
weight loss
right so tea is a great thing to replace
and because that caffeine content it'll
still give you that energy that may be
you know a lot of us come to depend on
now my favorite kind of tea is loose tea
this actually comes from a place called
the tea embassy tea is great because you
get a lot of different flavors you can
even have a sweet tea that doesn't have
sugar in it but you always need to read
the ingredients there are also many
products like this this one is called
fit tea this is actually sent to us so
that we could review it and this is a
very cool tea it has green tea oolong
rooibos pomegranate and then it also
contains grana and birch which are herbs
also associated with weight loss now one
of the primary reasons that gharana is
associated with weight loss is because
of the caffeine so once again that
caffeine as a way to help boost weight
loss and really just give us energy so
we can workout harder
and then it's sweetened with honey and
stevia so I brewed a little bit of this
here so you can see what it looks like
if you've never made tea with an infuser
is very easy you just pour the tea in
and then pour the hot water over it and
I've got this cute little thing with a
little lid you don't need that obviously
you can also buy teabags it's very
simple and will give it a little taste
test it's good it's very complex
definitely when you've got herbs like
gharana and birch they can impart kind
of a woody flavor but it's a very tasty
beverage and it looks like a very
healthy product so now let's move on to
our second drink for weight loss I've
said this before but really the only
beverage that our body needs is water so
let's talk about how we can maybe spruce
up water make it a little bit more
exciting
so of course drinking water by itself is
a great thing to do you need to make
sure that you're drinking plenty of pure
clean preferably filtered water but
another way you can kind of supercharge
your water to make it help even more
with weight loss and overall health is
by adding lemon and lemons have a
naturally alkalizing detoxifying
anti-inflammatory effect really good for
our overall health and especially with
weight loss because they help us to
detox now similarly another great thing
you can add to water is this apple cider
vinegar and again very similar benefits
that we get from the lemon alkalizing
detoxifying boosting immunity so what I
like to do is you know some mornings
I'll add apple cider vinegar some
mornings I'll just do water and lemon
first thing in the morning a big glass
of water with one of these additions
it's a great way to start boosting your
metabolism and losing weight and just
add however much you can add that
is palatable for you to drink and know
that at you know the as you get used to
it
you'll be able to have more and more at
first you may want to use honey or
stevia to make it a little more
palatable but for me I've been drinking
this for so long it tastes amazing just
by itself I don't use any sweetener at
all and of course that's the healthier
way to go is to not use a sweetener
before we move on to number three
there's one other thing I want to show
you and that is coconut water it's
probably something that you're familiar
with now in another video I'm going to
actually show you how to open up the
tae-young coconut and actually just get
the water straight out of it which is my
favorite way to drink coconut water but
there are also many new brands on the
market that are really good high quality
you just want to look on the back and
make sure the ingredient list doesn't
contain anything other than water
because there are some out there that
have additional sweeteners and flavors
and stuff so coconut water is excellent
it's full of electrolytes
now electrolytes get a lot of attention
because we know that when we're sweating
we're losing electrolytes if you're
trying to lose weight you should be
sweating okay so when we lose those
electrolytes we need to put them back
you can get electrolytes from all of
these awesome fruits and vegetables you
don't need a Gatorade you don't need a
Powerade if you're looking for a quick
drink to give you electrolytes this
should be it and coconut water is
actually more hydrating than water
because it contains more hydrogen so
coconut water is something I drink very
regularly lady gaga drinks coconut water
regularly this is a really good healthy
beverage for weight loss so let's move
on to number three
okay here we go
aloe vera juice there we go this little
baby right here now chances are you are
familiar with putting aloe vera on your
skin we do this for blemishes we can do
this for sunburns aloe vera is really
really good for your skin but this may
not be something that you ever thought
of drinking but drinking aloe vera juice
also has a whole lot of health benefits
so again alkalizing detoxification
anti-inflammatory just general mint you
know but health benefits that are going
to help you in a lot of different ways
now the reason aloe vera juice can help
with weight loss is because it actually
helps to balance your blood sugar levels
now in addition to boosting immunity
regulating blood sugar all of these kind
of general health benefits it's also
loaded with vitamins like a C and E it's
also loaded with B vitamins which is
going to be really beneficial for the
vegetarians who aren't getting their B
vitamins from animal products and it
also has gastrointestinal benefits so it
actually can help to improve digestion
it's known to help with acid reflux
ulcers and any kind of gastrointestinal
distress so anything that helps to
improve digestion and make digestion a
little bit more efficient is going to
help you lose weight so this is this is
the beverage that maybe you had never
realized you could actually drink but
the taste can be a little odd maybe
takes a little getting used to but again
if you even if you added a little bit of
honey or a little bit of stevia this is
still going to be way healthier for you
than a diet coke or a lot of these
different weight loss shakes that I
discussed in the previous videos so next
up I'm going to discuss drinks that
aren't really necessarily going to come
out of the bag so a lot of you guys have
asked me what's better for weight loss
green juice or green smoothies now I'm
actually about to shoot an entire series
of videos about green juices and green
smoothies it's important to understand
that green juices and green smoothies
are both incredibly healthy but they
kind of have different benefits and you
know really just need to determine
what's most practical for you what are
you going to like better so just to
briefly compare them when you're
drinking a green juice the whole idea is
that you can pack in way more nutrients
way more vitamins way more vegetables
basically then you could actually eat in
one sitting so could you imagine eating
this many veggies maybe this seems like
a lot of veggies okay but when we juice
them it's actually going to juice down
to a much smaller amount so for people
who have significant health issues or
significant chronic diseases green
juicing is an excellent way to in you
know take in a huge amount of nutrients
at one time now with all that said
juicers are pretty expensive right and a
lot of you have written to me asking you
know what should I do get a juicer or
blender now I personally kind of lean
towards blending and smoothies and the
primary reason is that you get to keep
all the fiber and the fiber is what
helps to fill you up and helps to keep
your GI tract moving smoothly so does
so when we're juicing we actually take
all of the fiber out we can see all the
fiber in the canister at the end but
when we are blending and making
smoothies you get to keep all that fiber
so with a juice you're not going to be
satisfying your hunger very much because
you're removing the fiber but the
benefit of a smoothie is that it can
actually serve as a meal replacement
because you can include all that fiber
lots of protein I'll discuss different
recipes for smoothies in that future
video so with that said both juicing and
blending or making smoothies can be very
beneficial for weight loss I will throw
out there that if you're looking to lose
weight quickly but not necessarily for
the long haul than doing a juice fast a
green juice fast can be a very good way
to do that know you will shed pounds as
you are only consuming green juices but
you will gain that weight back once you
start eating regular food again but just
so y'all know if you did want to just
lose weight for a short period of time I
definitely think that a juice fast is a
better idea than a you know a water fast
or not eating or drinking anything is at
least you still have some nutrients
coming in before we leave this topic I
wanted to show you
little packets like these so when we're
talking about smoothies a lot of times
people will add in a protein powder to
their smoothie now there are a lot of
protein powders on the market and I
actually compared a couple of them in my
other worst drinks video best and worst
drinks video so this is one of my
favorite proteins it's cool because you
can look and see that all of the
ingredients our actual foods are actual
you know this is a raw vegan one but I
think that that makes for a really good
healthy protein because you know that
it's all plant-based it's all food based
and there's not any kind of synthetic
ingredients or fillers which are really
quite common and a lot of the different
protein drinks and protein shakes that
are out there so this is one that I
really like both juices and smoothies
can be very helpful with weight loss if
you are going the juice route remember
that it needs to be a green juice if
you're just drinking fruit juice then
you're losing all the fiber that helps
slow down the effects of all the sugar
in the fruit juice so what's healthy
about a juice is the green stuff that
you put in it the spinach the kale
whatever it may be you use a little
fruit to make it palatable so that you
can still drink it and it's enjoyable
but realize that those real nutrients
the real health benefits that come from
drinking a green juice come from the
green part not from the fruit part and
if you want to make it healthier and
even better for weight loss you would
lose you would use less fruit and more
greens
last but not least let's see what comes
out of the bag that's not a drink that's
ginger okay so the next drink I want to
talk to you about is ginger tea now this
little funny-looking plant here is a
ginger root and you can also buy ginger
in a powdered form but my favorite is to
just buy the actual ginger root itself
now this is very easy to use to make tea
you would just chop up some of the
ginger root and put it in hot water
very simple health benefits of ginger
once again anti-inflammatory help your
digestive health help just general
function of your GI tract which is
obviously very essential for weight loss
it also contributes to helping us feel
full and satisfied so ginger tea is a
great thing to have either before or
after a meal because it actually aids
digestion helps you feel more satisfied
and you know really just in general for
me the spicy kind of intense flavor of
ginger helps me feel like okay that's
the end of my meal now I've reached the
end and again helping with digestion
makes it especially beneficial ginger is
also known to help drive down blood
sugar levels and boost your metabolism
so ginger has a whole lot of benefits I
absolutely love the flavor of ginger I
did bring a little bit of honey to show
you that you know maybe initially you
need to sweeten it a little bit maybe
it's a little too much for you at first
again the same thing that applied for
the apple cider vinegar you just need to
do it to taste maybe initially you'll
just use a little bit but as you go you
can add more and work ginger
and that's going to make it more and
more healthy so these are my top six
drinks for weight loss
we had aloe vera juice water with lemon
or apple cider vinegar green tea and a
few other teas here
ginger tea and then I discussed green
juices and green smoothies so in a
future video I'm actually going to take
you into my kitchen show you my favorite
smoothie and juice recipes and if you'd
like to learn more about healthy drinks
for weight loss and what the worst
drinks for weight loss are you can check