- Principle of Action
- Types
- Useful Tips
- Recipes
Nutritionists actively recommend preparing various weight loss cocktails at home in the context of fasting days and hunger strikes. They contribute to weight loss, help suppress appetite, and nourish the body with essential substances. Athletes are very fond of including them in their diet, as they are beneficial during training, preserving muscle mass, and transforming fat folds into beautiful and elastic forms. With all this, they have excellent taste.
Principle of Action
Regardless of their composition and purpose, almost all weight loss cocktails work according to the same scheme:
- Their low calorie content allows you to avoid storing fat in reserve, and instead completely use the energy received with the beverage.
- They are prepared exclusively with fresh, wholesome products filled with vitamins and trace elements: fruits, vegetables, greens, berries, grains, proteins, etc.
- The liquid, airy consistency (for this, cocktails are whipped in a blender) reduces the serving size, although visually it may seem large enough.
- Fast and prolonged satiation thanks to the vegetable fiber content prevents feelings of hunger.
- The vitamin and protein composition accelerates your metabolism, including lipolysis.
- Fat-burning components (ginger, citrus fruits, etc.) allow excess deposits to dissolve in problem areas quickly and without residue.
- They are mainly sources of additional energy, providing a boost of energy and good mood for the whole day.
- If you replace one of your full meals with them (usually breakfast or dinner), you will significantly reduce your daily calorie intake.
A big advantage of homemade cocktails is the ability to prepare them with natural products without added synthetics or chemicals. Of course, sports protein drinks sold in specialized stores are certainly more effective, but this does not mean that they are healthier. They contain preservatives, dyes, and emulsifiers, which are known to be harmful.
Origin of the name. Different countries claim to be the birthplace of the term. It is believed that France has a better claim than others. There, these drinks were poured into egg cups, which are called Coquetier, which sounds like “cocktail” in the Russian version.
Types
In order to lose weight with the help of these unique drinks, you need to understand what types they are and choose the right recipe for yourself.
Fat Burning
Fat-burning cocktails are the most popular in dietetics, and you can easily prepare them at home with spices (cinnamon, ginger), citrus fruits (lemon, grapefruit), and herbs (mint, parsley, celery, spinach). They are designed to replace heavy, high-calorie foods, accelerate your metabolism and lipolysis, and destroy body fat.
Here are 10 of the best of these drinks:
- Cinnamon and apple
- Honey and lemon
- Green: mint, parsley, kiwi, lemon
- Kefir with cinnamon
- Grapefruit and honey
- Cinnamon, honey, apple cider vinegar
- Apple, carrot, ginger, lemon
- Ginger, cinnamon, pepper, kefir
- Ginger with garlic
- Lemon, kiwi, cinnamon, ginger
As you can see from this top 10, the most popular drinks and spices in this niche are fruit (mainly citrus) drinks and spices.
Fat-burning cocktails are usually drunk on an empty stomach half an hour before the main meal or between meals, when hunger becomes unbearable. They are completely useless in the absence of exercise and sports. They are most effective when combined with diets or at least a healthy diet.
Dietary
Low-calorie dietary cocktails are easy to prepare at home. Their main goal is not to satisfy hunger, but to reduce the average daily calories in your food intake.
They can be made with the following ingredients (calories per 100 g of product are given in parentheses):
- Parsley (49), asparagus (21), celery (13), spinach (22), mint (49)
- Cucumbers (15), broccoli (34), carrots (32), tomatoes (20)
- Cantaloupe (35), watermelon (27)
- Grapefruit (35), lemon (34), kiwi (47), oranges (43)
- Lingonberries (46), gooseberries (45), strawberries (41), black currants (44)
- Nonfat dairy products: kefir (35), cottage cheese (71), milk (31), yogurt (31)
- Pepper (red, ground – 21)
If the composition includes products whose calorie content exceeds 100 kcal per 100 g, then the drinks can no longer be called dietary. However, they can still be quite useful for weight loss, as they can have a fat-burning or appetite-reducing effect.
It is best to replace one of your meals with diet cocktails – breakfast or dinner.
Appetite Suppressants
There are a number of products that are excellent at reducing hunger and suppressing appetite. If you regularly prepare cocktails with them and drink them between meals, then any diet will be much easier to tolerate.
So, feel free to mix the following in a blender:
- Grapefruits, pineapples, green apples, oranges, bananas
- Carrots, pumpkin, legumes (beans, lentils, peas), leafy vegetables, spinach, broccoli
- Cottage cheese
- Dark chocolate, cocoa powder, coffee
- Oatmeal, bran
- Dried fruit (but keep in mind that they are high in calories)
- Nuts
These drinks are rich in fiber, which tends to swell in the stomach, creating a false sense of fullness. The receptors in the brain receive signals that there is no room for new food, so it is not yet time to eat.
Soy
Soy cocktails can be distinguished into a separate group, which also contribute to fast and high-quality weight loss. They are the basis of sports nutrition and can be easily prepared at home. The main thing is to find soy milk. It can be mixed with any low-calorie and fat-burning foods.
They have a wide range of effects on the body:
- Reduced appetite
- Preserves muscle mass due to the anti-catabolic effect
- Boosts metabolism
- Improves well-being, eliminates discomfort in the intestines
- Eliminates cellulite, creates muscle definition
- Increases the body’s resistance to stress
- Improves mood
- Stabilizes the emotional background
Soy cocktails are especially useful for weight loss in the context of intense training. That is why athletes love them so much. They contribute to the formation of muscle mass and increase endurance during heavy physical exertion.
Protein
Protein cocktails (also known as protein or dairy cocktails) are perhaps the most famous and popular weight loss cocktails. They speed up metabolism, increase calorie expenditure, are digested slowly, preserve muscle mass, and improve performance during intense exercise.
They have a number of contraindications: individual protein intolerance
