| Have you heard rumors of a lemonade diet? Or | | | | kind of sugar will prevent you from losing weight. |
| maybe you've heard you can actually lose weight with | | | | 3. Mix in water to taste. Straight lemon juice by itself is |
| lemonade? Hard as it might be for some to believe, it's | | | | way too tart for most of us, no matter how much |
| actually true. And there are a couple of ways it can be | | | | syrup might be mixed in. It's usually a good idea to use |
| done... | | | | filtered or spring water here, to be sure you're not |
| First let's look at what's known as the "Lemonade | | | | feeding your body all the junk and pollutants that come |
| Diet". This is actually just another type of juice fast diet. | | | | from our taps. |
| In other words, all you do is drink lemonade and water | | | | Create a new batch of this juice each day. Usually |
| for several days. It's not quite that simple but that is the | | | | one gallon mixed at the beginning of the day is good, |
| gist of things. | | | | then you simply drink the juice all day long. You can |
| Lemons are extremely high in vitamins and nutrients, | | | | have as many glasses of pure water as you'd like too. |
| plus they help clean out your colon. So here's the | | | | This diet has been maintained by some for multiple |
| details of how this diet works: | | | | months with great success. A juice fast of any kind |
| 1. Create real lemonade from the juice of lemons. If | | | | can be dangerous though, and I don't recommend |
| you try using bottled lemon juice - or worse: Instant | | | | doing one for longer than one or two weeks - if you |
| powdered lemonade drink, you will not see any | | | | must. |
| progress. The powdered stuff is usually just lemon | | | | A better, and safer way to use Lemonade in your |
| flavored sugar water, and the bottled juice often has | | | | weight loss efforts, is to simply include it with your |
| preservatives and other misc stuff included that's not | | | | regular healthy meals. Lemonade - in fact any citrus - |
| great for your body. | | | | will help slow the digestion of carbs in your system. So |
| So squeeze some real lemons, or use a juice machine. | | | | having lemonade with your meal will effectively help |
| Either way, make sure you're using fresh lemon juice. | | | | reduce how fast your body reacts to the carbs in that |
| 2. Mix in organic maple syrup to taste. This is used for | | | | meal. And by reducing how fast it reacts of course, |
| sweetener, but it also provides you with additional | | | | you reduce the whole cycle of insulin spikes that |
| vitamins and minerals to help keep you healthy during | | | | cause the weight gain problems to begin with. |
| your juice fast. It also helps keep your blood sugar | | | | You still need to make healthier choices with your |
| from dropping too low. | | | | meals of course though. Having a tall glass of |
| Since this is a form of sugar though, it should be used | | | | lemonade with your chocolate cake is not likely to |
| cautiously - especially by diabetics. Too much of any | | | | produce the weight loss progress you'd like. |