best healthy beverages for weight loss

There are so many beverages we drink regularly without knowing their contents. Some drinks are portrayed as healthy but actually, contain quite a few calories making them as unhealthy as junk food. Often, the human mind registers calorie consumption with chewing and not with drinking.

Smoothies

Smoothies frequently prove to be one of the best ways to get some fruits and vegetables into your system. One should be very careful with smoothies especially the store bought ones. These are often the well-disguised drinks. They can contain a load of sugar which can make them equivalent to one whole cheeseburger. So be extra careful when you order a breakfast smoothie next time and ensure that it is all whole fruit and sugar/mixers free. Also, pick the smaller size. A fruit or yogurt (the plain one) is also a good choice.

Milk has always been our go-to drink for health benefits. This yum treat full of calcium is in fact very good. But when this is teamed with all the other ingredients you get at a coffee place mostly turn it into a lethal drink (540 calories!!). So mocha with whipped cream is definitely not going to provide you with the health benefits you’re looking for. What it will add is a bucket load of sugar and fat.

So if this is your favorite beverage skip the whipped cream and ask for a skimmed milk or low-fat options. If they can’t make it completely sugar-free ask for half sugar. Trust me you won’t even realize the difference in taste.

Also, what you can drink instead is green coffee. Yes, you heard it right! Green Coffee like Grecobe has many health benefits and helps maintain metabolism and burn sugar along with fats.

Anything that is sweet is more often than not very unhealthy. So your seemingly innocent glass of iced tea may as well be you have a pack of fries. It is full of sugar so it will, in fact, make you hungrier very soon. Be careful the next time you order for an iced tea.

A soda seems like the most harmless drink and we drink it quite regularly. But, if soda is what you resort to for your daily shot of caffeine, I have some bad news for you. Your seemingly harmless soda is not that harmless after all. It has loads of calories. It contains as many calories as that of a bag of cheese nacho chips. I know, we all have been there some time or the other. But, now that you are aware, you can change your order to a skim coffee or a green tea like Grecobe. You can try either of these drinks to keep your calorie count in check.

Are you one of those who always blindly ask for a Mojito when in doubt? Then I am sorry to burst your bubble but that seemingly harmless drink might as well be your dessert. Yes! A glass of Mojito has calories equivalent to TWO brownies! So, the next time you feel like having a mojito think again. Maybe a glass of champagne would be a better choice.

Almost all the alcoholic drinks have high-calorie content. Something like a Gin and Tonic, in fact, has more calories than a mojito. The next time your hand stretches towards a Long Island Ice tea for a high, think 285 calories. Do you really need that?

A harmless beer also has 95-110 calories depending on the type. A Martini has 239 while a Pina colada (yum!) has 250-650 calories!!

Even the basic old fashioned rum and coke count up to 144 calories.

So the next time you go out for drinks, stuff up on yourproteins, drink lots of water and stick to one drink(It’s hard but not impossible!).

Finally, moderation is the key. Whatever you do, do it in moderation. If you monitor your intake and your food portions you will be in the pink of health. Anything done in excess is always harmful. You may not see the effects immediately but it will harm you sooner or later. So watch out for those drinks.