Maybe you wonder, not too slim body is set right when the food goes into the mouth. Really?
What about the drinks that go into your stomach? Soda, syrup, or sweet tea contain sugar that can make you fat, you know. Healthy beverage is actually a secret weapon for the success of your diet.
1. Water before eating
In some studies, Barbara Rolls, Ph.D., from Pennsylvania State University and author of The Volumetrics Weight Control Plan reveals, drink a glass of water 15 to 20 minutes before a meal can reduce the number of calories that we will asup. The reason is still unknown, but the Rolls said that the thickness of drinks and beverages calorie density also serves to reduce your calorie intake.
2. Green tea
A study published in the Journal of the American Physiological Society found that green tea extract to improve the endurance of up to 24 percent in addition to increasing fat burning. Researchers from Japan to monitor the time it takes rats to swim till exhaustion.
Mice that were given green tea extract swim tirelessly for more than 10 weeks and have a higher fat oxidation. Takatoshi Murasi, one of the researchers believe that drinking a glass of green tea before exercise also had the same effect in humans.
3. Fat-free chocolate milk
This is the perfect drink after a workout kickboxing or yoga. "If you do not have allergies, milk is the perfect recovery drink after exercise because it has carbs and protein needed by the body," said Roberta Anding, hospitals, sports nutritionist from Rice University and a team of nutrition for the NFL's Houston Texas.
4. Ice water
A German study found that drinking ice water burn calories instead. Two glasses of ice water to no more than 20 degrees Celsius can burn approximately 24 calories. Approximately 40 percent of the combustion is used to treat drinking water temperature equivalent to body temperature.