Smoothie is not an ordinary cocktail, it differs from other beverages by a much higher density. Due to its density and the presence of a significant amount of fiber, it is able to saturate the body, as a result of which a person does not feel hunger for at least two hours. In addition, the energy value of most of these unique cocktails is extremely low. These properties allow you to effectively use smoothies for weight loss.
Cooking Features
There are several options for the use of thick cocktails in order to lose weight. The most effective, but difficult to perform, is a weekly diet, when a thick cocktail is replaced with several meals daily for 7 days. Another way is to arrange a fasting day for a smoothie. However, the easiest and most common method is to replace them with dinner or lunch, while trying to do without snacking. But even if you do not want to follow a diet, replacing buns and pies with which you are trying to kill hunger during the day, light and healthy smoothies will benefit your body and help you lose weight, even if not as fast as you would like.
However, those who plan to use smoothies for weight loss, it does not hurt to know a few things that will help achieve the intended goal.
- Not all smoothie recipes are suitable for fighting obesity. Products such as bananas, ice cream, cream, sugar, significantly increase the calorie content of the cocktail and do not contribute to weight loss. Choose drink options that do not include the above products.
- Do not add salt or sugar to the smoothie. Sugar increases the caloric content of the drink, salt retains fluid in the body. Both that and another promotes a fast set of weight, but not weight loss. If sweets from fruit are not enough for you, you can add some honey to the cocktail. Instead of salt, use spices and spices that promote fat burning.
- If you definitely want to increase the calorie content of the smoothie and make it even more satisfying, while continuing to lose weight, add oatmeal or buckwheat flakes to it.
- For better satiation, do not drink a smoothie, but do not rush it with a teaspoon. Then the feeling of fullness comes faster. Otherwise, you swallow a cocktail before you stop feeling hungry. In this case, one portion of it may not be enough for you, as a result of the desired goal you will achieve very soon.
- Nuts can also make a smoothie more nourishing and improve its taste. They increase the calorie content of the cocktail, but are very useful. Therefore, they can be included in the diet, even with a diet for weight loss.
- To increase the effectiveness of a slimming smoothie, you can add natural fat burners (cinnamon, ginger) to your drink.
Hudey on a smoothie, do not forget that it is impossible to fully switch to them for a long time. If you eat only smoothies longer than 7 days, the body may not withstand such a restriction. After all, it also needs protein food, which the smoothie cannot replace.
Smoothies with peach and curd
Composition:
- peach or apricot pulp - 100 g;
- fresh or frozen berries (currants, blueberries, raspberries) - 150 g;
- kefir (better than 1 percent fat) - 150 ml;
- low-fat cottage cheese - 30 g.
Method of preparation:
- Wash fruits, peel. Cut into large chunks and place in a blender bowl.
- Pick and wash fresh berries. Drain them, scattered on a napkin. If you use a frozen product, it does not need preliminary preparation.
- Put the berries to the fruit. All together, chop the blender to a state of mashed potatoes.
- Place a large spoonful of cottage cheese on the fruit and berry puree, beat together with it.
- Last pour kefir. Beat again.
Thanks to the incorporation of cottage cheese and kefir, the smoothie will be more satisfying. Berry and peach will give him a pleasant sweet-sour taste. Such a smoothie not only saturates, but also refreshes.
Apple and Cinnamon Smoothies
Composition:
- apple - 0, 25 kg;
- low-fat yogurt (without sugar and filler) - 150 ml;
- ground cinnamon - 5 g.
Method of preparation:
- Wash the apple, dry it with a napkin, cut the seed box out of it. If it is not peeled, the smoothie will be more satisfying and useful, but its consistency will seem rough to you. For this reason, most prefer to peel the apple off yet. If you want to get a more gentle smoothie, peel the fruit.
- Cut the apples into cubes or slices, put them in the bowl of the blender.
- Sprinkle cinnamon over apple slices, cover them with yogurt.
- Turn on the unit and chop the products by whipping them together.
A fresh apple contains many vitamins and is available at any time of the year. It helps prevent beriberi and gives a feeling of cheerfulness. Yogurt is a source of protein and calcium, improves the intestinal microflora and, accordingly, helps normalize digestion. Cinnamon improves metabolism and helps to quickly get rid of fat deposits.
Broccoli and Dill Smoothie
Composition:
- broccoli (fresh or frozen) - 150 g;
- fresh dill - 50 g;
- skimmed kefir - 150 ml;
- dried herbs - to taste.
Method of preparation:
- Wash broccoli and boil until tender. Usually no salt is added to the smoothies, but in this case it is allowed to lightly salt the water in which the cabbage is cooked. Finished broccoli is considered when it remains slightly firm inside.
- Immediately remove the broccoli from boiling water with a slotted spoon and lower it into a container with cold water. This will allow her not to become too soft and keep a bright green tint.
- Remove the cooled broccoli from the water, dry and chop with an immersion blender.
- Finely chop the dill with a knife and add to the vegetable puree.
- Pour in spices. They are especially needed if you still decide to cook cabbage without adding salt. Thanks to them, the taste of the finished cocktail will be more pleasant, and you will not even feel that you have not salted it.
- Pour all kefir and whisk with a mixer or the same blender.
Smoothies prepared according to this recipe can be drunk both chilled and at room temperature. It will help diversify the menu during the diet. This is very important, as fruit smoothies can quickly get bored. In addition, the body needs vitamins and microelements, which are contained not only in fruits, but also in vegetables. And broccoli is considered one of the most useful vegetables, as it has an extremely rich vitamin and mineral composition.
Peach and carrot smoothies
Composition:
- peach pulp - 150 g;
- carrot juice - 100 ml;
- flax seeds - 5 g.
Method of preparation:
- Crushed flaxseeds into a powder with a grinder.
- Peel raw carrots, finely grate. Squeeze the juice from the carrot puree. To get the right amount of juice you need 3-4 carrots. You should not replace the freshly prepared carrot juice with the store, as it is supplemented with sugar, and sometimes other unhealthy ingredients.
- Wash the peaches, cut each into 4 parts, removing the bones in parallel.
- Chop the peach flesh in a blender or grate.
- Mix all the ingredients, beating them with a mixer, blender or a conventional whisk.
If you wish, you can add not only carrot juice to a smoothie, but also a spoonful of grated carrots, in which case it will be healthier and tastier. The cocktail prepared according to this recipe combines the benefits of fruits and vegetables. Its advantage is the possibility of cooking without the use of household appliances.
Citrus Smoothie
Composition:
- orange - 150 g;
- grapefruit - 0, 25 kg;
- lime - 0, 5 pcs .;
- apple - 0, 25 kg;
- ginger powder - a pinch.
Method of preparation:
- Wash and peel the fruit. Cut out seed boxes from apples, remove membranes from citrus fruits.
- Divide citrus fruits into slices, cut apples into small sized pieces of arbitrary shape.
- Put the fruit into the bowl of the blender, add the ginger and whisk it all together until smooth.
Before serving, you can add crushed ice and whip. Such a cocktail well quenches thirst and refreshes. In addition, it helps to improve metabolism, fat burning. Moreover, the calorie content of this cocktail is very low.
Chocolate smoothie with strawberries and nuts
Composition:
- strawberries (fresh or frozen) - 0, 2 kg;
- peeled almonds - 30 g;
- water - 100 ml;
- unsweetened yogurt - 100 ml;
- cocoa powder - 5 g;
- honey (optional) - 5 ml.
Method of preparation:
- Fill the nuts with water, leave overnight.
- Soaked nuts are put in the blender bowl.
- Sort strawberries, remove sepals. Wash and dry the berries. Frozen strawberries can not be thawed, it does not need preliminary preparation.
- Place strawberries in nuts. Add cocoa powder. Honey should be added only if you use frozen berry, as it is not as sweet as fresh.
- Fill all with yogurt and whisk until smooth.
Such a smoothie will give you a great mood and make the diet more enjoyable. He is so good that it is not a shame to submit it even to the festive table.
Smoothies from vegetables, fruits and berries are well saturated, while not having a high calorie content. For this reason, many people use such cocktails for weight loss. However, it should be understood that a diet on a smoothie, like any other, may have contraindications. Therefore, before you comply with it, do not hurt to consult with your doctor.
