In a society where fast food meals are the norm and many families are more likely to eat out than dine at home, adding a mixture of simple natural ingredients to your diet may help you reach your weight loss goals. Combining the medicinal and metabolic components of apple cider vinegar, honey and green tea creates a flavorful concoction that can help you manage your weight while curbing your appetite as well. As with trying any home remedy, consult your physician first.
Natural Weight Loss Mixture
Though temperance is the best prevention of, and cure for weight gain, there are many naturally occurring metabolic enhancers and appetite suppressants that can be added to your diet to promote healthy weight loss, according to Dr. Patrick Quillin, author of Amish Folk Medicine. To make your own natural weight loss mixture at home, combine 2 tsp. honey and 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar in 1 cup of freshly brewed green tea. For optimum results, drink this mixture six times daily.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Proponents of the apple cider vinegar diet claim that consuming apple cider vinegar in small amounts prior to meal time aids in suppressing your appetite and burning fat. However, there is little scientifically, to support these claims, according to Mayo Clinic nutritionist, Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D. If you don't enjoy the taste of apple cider vinegar or have esophageal or digestive problems that make it necessary to avoid foods high in acidic content, skip the vinegar altogether.
Honey
Honey is an effective natural energy booster and appetite suppressant that can diminish lagging energy levels mid-morning, if consumed at breakfast, and mid-afternoon, if consumed at lunch, according Lloyd Percival of The Sports College in Canada. The Sports College reports that when a study group of athletes were on a diet, ingesting a teaspoonful of honey at the end of a small meal gave them a feeling of fullness, contributing to lower caloric consumption at meal time. Additionally, Percival noted that honey is an overall applicable solution if you are interested in sustaining a high energy level throughout the course of a day.
Green Tea
Green tea, like traditional black tea, is caffeinated, causing it to perform as a stimulant, and thus to help curb your appetite. Because green tea also contains ECGC, an antioxidant thought to increase metabolism, it, like honey, serves the dual purpose of addressing appetite suppression and metabolism. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that data from studies suggests that a component of tea other than caffeine might have promoted the preferential use of fat as an energy source, further associating tea with natural weight management. Note that consuming significant amounts of caffeine can cause adverse side effects such as: jitters, anxiety, nausea, vomiting and headache. Consult a health care professional before beginning a diet regimen high in caffeine.
References
- "Amish Folk Medicine: Home Remedies Using Foods, Herbs and Vitamins"; Patrick Quillin, Ph.D., RD.; 1995
- "High Speed Healing Rapid Action Remedies"; Multiple Editors Of Prevention Magazine Health Books; 1991
- USDA: Brewing Up The Latest Research
- The Mayo Clinic: Caffeine
- "Folk Medicine - A New England almanac of natural health care"; D.C. Jarvis, M.D.; 1999
- The Mayo Clinic: Drinking Apple Cider Vinegar For Weight Loss
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