When it comes to losing weight, foods can be our best friend or our worst enemy. If you want your diet to be healthy and effective, you need to eat fruit every day because it will provide you with the healthy sugars your body needs. According to Harvard University, most of your meals must include fruit and vegetables, and they must take up at least half of your plate. Although it is necessary to include them in your daily meal plan, not all of them will help you slim down. Take a look to see if your favorite fruits are among those best for losing weight:
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Perhaps one of the most recognized tastes in the world is the strawberry. Simply delicious, this fruit is rich in antioxidants such as vitamin C and it will easily satisfy your hunger because of its high water content. You can eat them on their own, or with low fat yogurt – but remember this does raise its calorific content.
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Even though the apple was forbidden for Adam and Eve, it’s not a sin to put this fruit on the menu. On the contrary, its high fiber content will be very beneficial for your body, helping your intestines process food, avoiding constipation. Apples are also rich in pectin, a substance that contributes to controlling your cholesterol, and you will feel very satisfied after eating them.
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When talking about apples, people often mention pears, supposedly to highlight their great differences. However, the reality is that they have a very similar water and pectin content, that will also have decrease the fat in your blood and satisfy your hunger. What’s more, this fruit is also an intestinal regulator.
Pears are usually very low in calories, but they contain excellent nutrients like vitamin A, C, B9, magnesium and potassium, with rejuvenating effects. There are so many great qualities to this fruit, you cannot turn it down!
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One of the problems we face when following a weight loss diet, is finding the right amount of nutrients necessary to be able to lose those pounds without causing other problems, like drying out or ageing your hair and skin.
Here we give you a solution: if you incorporate grapes into your diet, it will keep you body healthy because they stimulate the production of collagen and elastin. They also have diuretic properties which is ideal for losing weight.
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Blueberries are famous for their antioxidant powers. According to scientific studies, the berries contain anti-inflammatory properties, as well as improving your urinary system, because they work as diuretics. They also help your digestive system, because of their high fibre content. All this makes them perfect for weight loss. They are an ideal snack, whether fresh, on their own, in smoothies or juices.
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Pineapple has amazing natural diuretic effects that will improve your nutritional diet. As well as being anti-inflammatory, it is a natural laxative because of its high fibre content. As if this were not enough, it also helps to quickly suppress hunger and has a slow absorption rate.
It contains vitamin C and multiple group B vitamins. It is one of the foods most recommended by cosmetic surgeons to eat during post-operative processes, because of its numerous benefits.
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During a heatwave and times of dehydration, no one can resist a good watermelon. Not only because of its colorful red and green esthetic, but also because of its extreme thirst-quenching powers, thanks to its very high water content. It has purifying properties that help eliminate toxins in your body.
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A lot has been written about the benefits of lemons in the last few years, because of the amount of vitamins and antioxidants they contain. And the truth is that there are even more great qualities to them. But considering we are talking about a weight loss diet, one of its advantages is its very low calorific content (30 calories per 100 grams), which makes it an ideal ingredient for your juices and dressings.
