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Healthy Eating: The Ultimate Amla Drink

ultimate amla drink

The Vitamin C rich Gooseberry (Amla) peaks during this season! This Indian superfood strengthens the body, expels toxins and improves defence mechanisms. It also improves eyesight, hair quality, prevents graying of hair, boosts immunity and provides so many more benefits! If you liked Amla before, you’re going to love it even more as this Ultimate Amla Drink!

Fun fact: A single Amla can give you Vitamin C equal to that of 2 Oranges. Isn’t that amazing? 

What You Will Need:

  • Amla (chopped) – 1
  • Cumin seeds powder – ¼ tsp
  • Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
  • Mint leaves (chopped) – 1 tsp
  • Ginger – ¼ tsp
  • Pink salt – ¼ tsp
  • Water – ½ glass

How To Prepare:

  1. In a mixture jar, add the Amla, mint leaves and ginger. Blend it well into a fine paste. Add some water and blend again.
  2. Now add cumin seeds powder, turmeric powder and pink salt. Blend it well.
  3. Using a sieve and strain the Amla paste by pressing with a spoon.
  4. In the output, add ½ glass of water and drink it slowly as your morning drink. If required you can also add some honey.
  5. You can drink this every morning, especially this winter season when we get them fresh.

 Highlights of the Ultimate Amla Drink

  • Weakness of body, heart and mind shall be dispelled by taking this fresh Amla juice.
  • The best way to detox your system and improve organ health.
  • Immunity boosting to help you stay away from any health lows.

We hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we enjoyed sharing it with you! For more recipes, check out Healthy Reads or ask a GOQii Coach by subscribing for personalized health coaching here: https://goqiiapp.page.link/bsr

Do leave your thoughts in the comments below.

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5 Healthy Juices For Weight Loss

Juices for weight loss

One of the golden rules to live by is to include at least 2 servings of fruits and vegetables to our diet every day. While this seems hard for some people because of the sugar content in fruit juices, you can’t deny the fact that one can get numerous micronutrients from them. While juices alone won’t help you lose weight, you can add these nutrient rich, less sugar blends to your existing regime and see drastic improvements! Try these amazing juices for weight loss now!

Best Natural Juices For Weight Loss

Below are some recipes we think can help you in your journey to lose weight. More greens are useful than fruits but this variety and blends will definitely help you a lot to not just detox, but supply your body with the nutrients it needs.

1. Clean and Green Detox Juice

juices for weight loss

Ingredients:

  • Apples
  • Kale
  • Celery
  • Cucumbers
  • Basil

Method:

  1. Place all ingredients in a blender
  2. Add 1/4th cup of water. Mix thoroughly. Add water and/or ice in order to make the smoothie thicker or thinner based on your preference

This smoothie is excellent for detox as it flushes out all toxins from your body and contains antioxidants from the basil to make this one of the effective vegetable juices for fat loss.

2. Beetroot, Carrot & Strawberry Smoothie

Ingredients:

  • Beetroots
  • Carrots
  • Strawberries

Method:

  1. Peel beetroots and chop the carrots. Add strawberries to the veggies and blend it in a blender
  2. Add 1/4th cup of water. Add water and/or ice in order to make the smoothie thicker or thinner based on your preference

Beetroot juice will help you work out harder in the gym and this is one of the fruit juices for weight loss that contain a high amount of soluble and insoluble fiber that assists in weight loss.

3. Mint, Watermelon and Kale Juice

Ingredients:

  • Watermelon: 1.5-2 cups
  • Mint leaves: 1 fistful
  • Kale: 3 leaves

Method:

  1. Wash mint and kale leaves and put in blender. Chop the watermelon, remove the seeds and place in blender.
  2. Add 1/4th cup of water and mix well. Add water and/or ice in order to make the smoothie thicker or thinner based on your preference.

Watermelon, by nature, are mainly water and sugar, thus making them a low calorie, weight loss assistant. This is a handy juice for weight loss because of the mint leaves. Mint leaves are a natural appetite suppressant. So forget your hunger pangs after having one of these smoothies!

4. Green Spinach Lemonade

Ingredients:

  • Lemon: 1/4th cup
  • Water: 1/2 cup
  • Spinach: 1 whole
  • Apple (secret ingredient)

Method:

  1. Cut up lemons and remove seeds. Add spinach, lemon and water to blender.
  2. Add 1 apple with skin. Mix thoroughly. Add more apple if you want to sweeten more.
  3. Add water and/or ice in order to make the smoothie thicker or thinner based on your preference

The key ingredient to this, as you may have noticed, is the apple. Not only is it a fantastic sweetener, but it is also a fantastic source of antioxidants and minerals. This is the best juice for weight loss because it contains the minerals and micro-nutrients from spinach and apples but also assists in weight loss due to the lemons.

5. Cucumber Kiwi Juice

Ingredients:

  • Kiwi – 2 whole
  • Cucumber – 1 whole
  • Lemon – 1/2
  • Water – 1/4 Cup

Method:

  1. Chop and peel the kiwis and cucumber. Blend together.
  2. Add water and/or ice in order to make the smoothie thicker or thinner based on your preference

This recipe is the best juice recipe to get rid of belly fat because it is high in water and low in sodium. Low sodium juices reduce the overall bloating of the body and because this juice is lower than 50 calories, it is a fantastic way to satiate your hunger and be in a caloric deficit. A must try option for effective weight loss.

There you go! We hope these juices aid you on your weight loss journey. More importantly, consult with your doctor before trying these in case you have any allergies.

Which recipe did you like the most? Leave your thoughts in the comments below! For more recipes, check out Healthy Reads. To get more tips and guidance on your weight loss journey, speak with a GOQii Coach by subscribing for personalized health coaching here: https://goqiiapp.page.link/bsr

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