vegetable juice for weight loss

Quick Weight Loss Juices To Make At Home

These weight loss juices will help load your stomach with necessary fibre that keeps you full.

It also helps lower your desire for food while you do other things that will bring your weight down.

Weight is a huge burden on people who have had to resort to exercise as their hope.

The number of people who are above their ideal weight has increased substantially since 1980.

In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 52% of adults were classified as being above their ideal weight.

Being above a healthy weight (knowing your BMI could help) is a major risk factor for the development of diet-related chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers.

As such, these weight loss juices in this article has become important for persons who will keep religion aside and face reality.

Exercise Alone Will Not Help You Lose Weight

Some persons have said to So Healthy Ng, ‘God forbid’, when they were classified as being above their ideal weight.  Trust Nigerians.

Exercise only cannot make you lose weight. So, let no one deceive you about that.

Have you taken time to observe people who exercise often and the amount of food they consume? In short, if you do, you will be amazed.

Of a truth, exercise draws your energy and food is largely the means of replenishing such energy.

Kate had resorted to exercise in her weight loss quest, but had maintained her eating habit.

In fact, she had increased the amount of food she eats, because she felt hungrier than she used to.

Sadly, each time she stood on her scale, she wondered whether she was on a weight-gain routine.

From her exercise routine she could burn 50 calories and get 80 from the food she eats daily.

However, when she found these juices that we are about to introduce to you, her weight loss desires became a reality.

Fresh Weight Loss Juices

Weight loss juices are great liquids that our body needs.

But when it is not natural (sweetened with sugar), it becomes counter-effective for a weight loss goal.

Therefore, we are not talking about the juice you buy in super malls. We are talking about the ones you can make at home and take.

Interestingly, the natural plants (herbs), seeds, fruits and grains are what man was made to eat.

water leaf vegetable
Blend a small amount of water leaf and other vegetables together for a great result

But ‘sweet-mouth’ or sweet-tooth has dragged many to a size that has become nearly impossible to lose. You can lose any weight if you so desire.

Herbs, vegetables are great sources of nutrients that your body needs and relying on them for nutrients and your weight control is a wise decision.

Please, note that we are not asking you to go on a juice or liquid-only diet, but these juices when added to your meal will do a lot.


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Fresh natural juices can help you increase minerals, vitamins and antioxidants. They are also fibre-rich, yet they digest easily are and absorbed into the blood stream.

Vegetable Juice

Before we list the vegetables to juice at home, we will love to highlight why this juice works.

Vegetable juice contains vitamin B, C, E, K and beta carotene, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium and many other minerals.

A 2018 study stressed that increased vegetable intake is associated with a reduced risk of weight gain and being above your ideal weight (Odds ratios (ORs) ranged from 0.18 to 0.88) in other studies.

When you consume vegetable juice, it powers up the liver to extract toxins from your body and prepare them for removal.

Noteworthy is the fact that vegetable juice helps the liver remove stale bile and fats from itself.

vegetable juice for weight loss
Vegetable juice made from different combinations

These fats contribute to high cholesterol.

Meanwhile, the best result is gotten from a combination of different vegetables.

Because each of them is rich in a particular nutrient, they each bring different nutrients.

So, a good combination of weight loss juices from vegetables that you can explore are carrot, cucumber, local spinach (water leaf in small amount) and cabbage (white or purple).

Note that water leaf has the tendency of also hindering the absorption of other nutrients in the body.

Other vegetables you can try are celery, mint leaf, scent leaf, beetroot ginger, kale, broccoli and many others.

Other Health Benefits

  • Cleans the colon
  • Aid digestion
  • Prevents constipation
  • Helps in shrinking fibroid
  • Helpful for endometriosis
  • Ovarian cyst
  • Ulcer
  • Improved vision
  • Mental focus

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You can also add seeds like chia seed, black seeds, pomegranate, goron tula to your juice, which also aid weight loss.

These seeds and vegetables are available in Nigeria.

vegetable juice for weight loss
These vegetable juices aid weight loss

As many of these vegetables and seeds that you can find should be blended in a combination that is based on your taste preference and health goal.

NOTE: The skin on your hand may turn an orange tint when you begin to consume vegetables juice. Please, do not be afraid. 

Fruit Juices For Weight Loss

Fruits are also great for weight loss.

However, it could be difficult to sustain taste and desire when eating them the way they are.

Juicing the fruits brings in variety to the way it is taken and it will help ensure that the nutrients are properly extracted.

Lemon, orange, lime, grape fruits and some other bright colour fruits that do not have high sugary content will be great for persons that are looking to lose weight.

You should have a plan that brings in these juices into their meal on a daily basis or every other day.

This will help you maintain a health weight and life.

As stated in the research cited in this article, whatever will not make you gain weight should also help you maintain a good weight and reverse the excess weight.

Kindly share this post with your friends and loved ones to help them maintain a good weight. 

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One comment

  1. “The groundwork for all happiness is good health” and having an active life is essential to make sure that you live your life to the fullest. But, the question is how can you have an active living? Though there are many people around who might think of having a healthy life, but lack of guidance restrict them from having one. So, here are a few tips which can help you in achieving the target: Have a change in routine: Following the same line of exercise can be monotonous, so it’s important that you have a variation in it. Why don’t you try swimming or a bike riding… as this would not only help you in maintaining health, but will also motivate in workout. Involve in an activity you enjoy: If you don’t like jogging, just drop the idea of doing so! Take a brisk walk instead or if you are a dance lover definitely give a try to zumba session. You just need to enjoy the workout and nothing else! Revive the metabolism: An aerobic session of 30 minutes three times a week will revive your metabolism. Having lack of time can give you option to break up the activity and make it a daily routine. Maintain a balance in life. Have patience to reach the goal and then you will no longer be a part of unhealthy lifestyle.

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