Sunday, January 19, 2020

Drinks That Can Help You Lose Weight!

When it comes to losing weight, everyone stresses about eating right and exercising, but there’s one thing we often forget and that is drinking right. So, drinks such as carbonated drinks and alcohol can add to your weight while others can help you get slimmer. Some of the best drinks that can help you burn calories include:

1) Water: Water not only keeps you hydrated but can also help you lose weight. The more water you drink, the more calories you will burn. Additionally, drinking water before meals helps reduce your appetite. Drinking water through the day also reduces the urge to snack between meals and helps control your calories intake. If you want to flavour your water, don’t drink packaged juices but instead infuse your water with freshly cut fruits.
    
2) Green Tea:
Green tea is rich in flavonoids that increase a person’s metabolic rate and the rate of fat oxidation. There are many types of green tea available today and one of the best types of green tea is the Matcha green tea as this is the richest source of antioxidants. Do not add milk or sugar to green tea.


3) Mint Tea: Tea made from fresh or dried peppermint leaves has a very low calorific value and is a great substitute for soft drinks and processed juices. This type of tea is ideal for the summer and winter months and is also rich in antioxidants. Once again, you can use honey to sweeten your tea.

4) Black Coffee: Coffee can keep you awake but it can also help you lose weight. Coffee is rich in chlorogenic acid compounds that act as antioxidants and slow down the body’s production of glucose. Simultaneously, this lowers the production of fat cells. Black coffee can also suppress your appetite and stimulate your metabolism. Plain black coffee has negligible calories as long as there is no sugar added to it.

5) Vegetable Juice: Vegetables are a rich source of vitamins, minerals and fiber while being low in calories and fat content. Thus, you can never have too much vegetable content in your diet. Drinking vegetable juice before meals reduce your serving size and your total calorie consumption. When juicing vegetables, using a juicer reduces the fiber content in your juice and hence, it is better to blend the raw vegetables.

6) Grapefruit Juice: Grapefruits are low in calories and high in fiber content. It also helps manage insulin levels and energy metabolism. Like other juices, the ideal time to drink a glass o grapefruit juice is 20 minutes before meals.


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Wednesday, May 01, 2019

The Potential Risk of Grapefruit Juice

Citrus fruits are considered to be very healthy, thanks to their high vitamin C content as well as the many minerals and other nutrients they contain. However, ingesting grapefruit juice can lead to severe poisoning when mixed with certain substances. A variety of medical studies in recent years found that combining grapefruit juice with certain medications can lead to an overdose. This article will discuss the reasons for these results, and list the medications you absolutely cannot mix with grapefruit.
The Grapefruit/Medication Connection
The human body produces an enzyme called CYO3A4 that, among other things, helps break down certain chemicals before they are absorbed into the bloodstream. Grapefruits contain a chemical that inhibits the CYO3A4 enzyme’s functions, which leads to more of the medication being absorbed into the bloodstream. When the level of medication in the blood is too high, you enter a state of overdose, which can lead to exacerbated side-effects and even poisoning.
Other Citrus Fruits
The inhibiting chemical in grapefruit can also be found in other citrus fruits, such as pomelo, limes, and bitter oranges (a type of orange that is very bitter and is mainly used in jams). It’s important to mention that other species of oranges, as well as lemons - are safe to ingest, as they don’t contain the aforementioned chemical.
Potential Severity of Reactions
It’s difficult to predict the severity of reaction grapefruit juice will have on one's body, as it can be affected by many variables. Different juices contain different levels of the inhibiting chemical, meaning that each type of juice can have a different level of effect. Additionally, the quantity of juice consumed can have a drastically varied effect according to one's weight.
Medications that Should Not Be Taken with Grapefruit Juice:
There are currently more than 85 different medications that should not be taken with grapefruit juice, and new drugs join the list every year. The following list shows the drugs that pose the most danger when taken with Grapefruit:
Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Medication
Generic name Commercial names
Amlodipine  Norvasc
Amiodarone Procor, Amiodacore, Amiocor
Felodipine  Logimax, Penedil
Nifedipine  Osmo-Adalat, Nifedipine-Teva, Pressolat, Megalat
Nimodipine  Nimotop
Quinidin  Quiniduran
Verapamil Verapress, Apoacor, Ikacor, Ikapress, Veracor
Lipid Lowering Medication
Generic name Commercial names
Atorvastatin Lipitor
Lovastatin Lovalip
Simvastatin Simovil, Simvacor,
Simvastatin-Teva
Tranquilizers and Psychiatric Medication
Generic name Commercial names
Buspirone Buspirol, Sorbon
Clomipramine Anafranil, Maronil
Diazepam Assival, Diaz, Valium
Midazolam Dormicum, Midazol, Midazolam
Pimozide Orap Forte
Sertraline Lustral
Other (Immunosuppressants, antihistamines, etc.)
Generic name Commercial names
Carbamazepine Carbi, Tegretol, Teril, Timonil
Cisapride Prepulsid
Cyclosporine Sangcya, Sandimmun, Deximune

Itraconazole Sporanox
Saquinavir Invirase, Fortovase
Sirolimus Rapamune
Tacrolimus Prograf

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