How to Lose Weight with Vegetable Juice

Vegetable Juice

Using vegetable juice to Lose Weight is easier than it sounds. Recent research shows you can lose weight just by drinking vegetable juice.
But what if you want to lose weight but don't like vegetable juice unless it's in a Bloody Mary? Here's how-

Things You'll Need:

• Vegetable Juice, preferably low sodium
• Fruit Juice
• Frozen fruit
• Blender
  
• Saucepan
• Flavourings

Instructions

1. Step 1

   The weight loss study, (link below) used 8oz of vegetable juice per day. That's the size of a small juice glass. For best results, I'd recommend doubling that, if you can. 8oz of the brand V8 has only 50 calories, no calories from fat, 40% of vitamin A and 120% of your vitamin C for the day, as well as Calcium, fiber and Iron. A pretty good deal. Drinking your juice before lunch or before dinner can actually help you eat less as well, which can help you lose weight. Most generic vegetable juice brands are pretty comparable- just make sure it's low sodium.

2. Step 2

   If you don't like the taste of vegetable juice, try spicing it up. I like to add garlic powder and lemon juice to my juice, as well as a dash of pepper or celery salt. Kind of like a virgin Bloody Mary. Add a stalk of celery. Since I have fibromyalgia, I also add a 1/4 teaspoon of MSM (Methylsulphonymethane 900mg) and an 1/8 teaspoon of vitamin C (500mg). Losing weight can help with Fibromyalgia symptoms. Try it mixed with carrot (surprisingly sweet), beet, pineapple or orange juice. Tomatoes are actually fruit, and therefore mix well with other fruit.

3. Step 3
   
   Hot vegetable juice soup

   If you are determined to lose weight, but can't stand vegetable juice, try heating it up! If you like tomato soup, you'll like vegetable juice soup. Just add 1/8 teaspoon of onion and garlic powder and 1/4 teaspoon italian dry herbs to a cup- 2 cups of vegetable juice in a saucepan or microwavable bowl and heat. Add a dash of black pepper or cayenne (cayenne is also supposed to help appetite suppression which can help you lose weight). If you like cream of tomato soup, just add a 1/4 cup of unflavoured soy milk.

4. Step 4
   
   Vegetable juice smoothie

   Don't like it hot, either? Try cooling it down. Blending vegetable juice with frozen fruit makes a great smoothie. Strong tasting fruit like pineapple, mango, strawberries and berries masks the flavour of the vegetable juice. Put a cup of vegetable juice in the blender and add a cup of frozen fruit and 1/2 cup orange juice. For extra protein, use 1/2 cup of soy milk instead. It sounds weird, but it tastes good. It's also a sneaky way to get vegetables into your child's diet. Want to get really creative? Make ice cream by adding vegetable juice to your fruit ingredients when you make ice cream. Tomato sorbet is actually a gourmet dessert.

5. Step 5

   If you cook at home (I hope you do- more people lose weight that way), you can add vegetable juice to any soups you make, instead of broth. In fact, almost anything you cook with broth can be replaced by vegetable juice- just add a bullion cube to it- and make sure you start with low-sodium juice.

6. Step 6

   Even if you are not trying to lose weight, adding vegetable juice to your diet is smart. Most people on the SAD diet (the Standard American Diet) do not eat the recommended daily allowances of vegetables.