What to Drink on a Diet

Overview
When trying to lose weight in a healthy manner, give as much consideration to what you drink as you do to what you eat. Beverages can provide needed nutrients, Rift Gold but many otherwise healthy drinks can also be high in calories. Instead, pick your beverages with an eye on their contribution to both your health and your total daily caloric intake.

Green Tea
Green tea is calorie-free and rich in antioxidants, among them substances called catechins. RIFT Platinum Catechins and other antioxidants in green tea may help liver disease and cancer, as well as lower cholesterol and triglycerides. Green tea also helps kill cavity-causing bacteria that lead to tooth plaque and it may help arthritis by fighting inflammation in the body. A cup of green tea contains half or less as much caffeine as does a cup of coffee. Decaffeinated green tea is available. So, green tea gives health benefits without adding calories.

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Vegetable Juice
When dieting, vegetable juice is often a better choice than fruit juice, which is much higher in sugar and calories. For example, an 8-oz. serving of V-8 brand mixed vegetable juice, contains 50 calories compared to 112 in fresh-squeezed orange juice. rift gold Vegetable juice is also a good liquid source of important nutrients. For example, an 8-oz. serving of V-8 provides 120 percent of your daily vitamin C, 40 percent of your vitamin A and 820 mg of potassium. If you buy your vegetable juice, choose a low-sodium variety. Better yet, make your own and add herbs and spices instead of salt.

Smoothies
Smoothies make a nutritious and tasty meal substitute when you're dieting. The calorie count will, of course, vary depending on the ingredients. RIFT Platinum For a fruit smoothie, use fresh fruit instead of fruit juice to get the fiber benefit of the fruit, mix in yogurt for protein and calcium, wheat germ for B vitamins and more fiber, thicken with crushed ice and enjoy. Or, try a vegetable smoothie, using vegetable or tomato juice as a base, then blend in wheat germ, black beans and other chopped vegetables for a complete meal in a glass.

Water
Don't overlook the most obvious calorie-free drink of all -- water. Approximately 60 percent of your body weight is water and every tissue in your body needs it for good health. You lose approximately 1.5 L of fluid through urine every day, plus another 1 L through breathing, sweating and stool. You can replace about 20 percent of your lost water through food, TERA Gold but you still need to drink approximately 2 L -- or slightly more than 8 cups -- of water or other liquids to replace all you lose each day. By choosing plain water more often than other beverages, you can keep yourself healthy and hydrated without adding unwanted calories