Drinks that Get Rid of Cellulite – The Definitive Guide

In the previous section we talked about the importance of being deliberate in what we eat. We focused specifically on what to avoid and what to focus on.

In this section, we are going to take a look at the different liquids we should or should not be consuming that can help play a vital role in the overall battle of cellulite reduction.

Drink Plenty Of Water

Why Drinking Water & Being Hydrated Can Help Get Rid The Lumpy Cell Appearance

Water is shown to be a natural appetite suppressant. Experts recommend drinking water just before meals in order to feel fuller and help you eat less, but be sure still to put less on your plate to eat.

Women’s health expert Jennifer Wider M.D. says that your metabolism will slow down so as to conserve energy if the body isn’t hydrated (doesn’t have enough water). She also mentions that drinking icy cold water may help increase the metabolic rate because the body will use calories to raise the temperature of the water consumed. Although this is not scientifically proven, it does make sense.

In addition to the boost to your metabolic rate, drinking a good amount of water helps body get rid of harmful waste products that can lead to an unwanted lumpy skin formation. Studies also reveal that drinking more water helps stop the body from retaining fluids. By reducing fluid retention, we are actively aiding the reduction process, so remaining hydrated is an important factor in both weight loss and lumpy cell reduction

Practical Steps to Follow

Start your day with at least 2 glasses of water. Then, throughout the day, try to drink small amounts of water often so that by the end of the day you have drunk up to 8 glasses of water.

Include Super Food Drinks as Part of Your Diet

The Reason Why Super Food Drinks Can Help Get Rid of The Lumpy Cell Appearance

Unsweetened juice drinks that are rich in antioxidants are an excellent addition to any weight loss regimen. Vegetable juices are as nutritious as fruit juices. However, they contain less calories and sugars. Additionally, the fiber content in vegetables is significantly higher compared to fruits.

Grapefruit juice contains compounds that are known to decrease insulin levels, significantly affecting the ability of the body to store fat. Grapefruit is also an excellent source of protein. Other excellent choices include blueberries, cherries, pomegranate and oranges.

Green tea is rich in antioxidants which have been proven to improve the ability of the body to burn both calories and fat. In fact, Dr Perriconne said on the Oprah Winfrey show, that if you substitute the coffee you drink for green tea, you could lose 10lb’s in just 6 weeks. This may be hard to believe and won’t be the case for all people, but the research is there supporting green tea as a super food drink.

Practical Steps to Follow

Super food drinks are not only amazingly healthy, but have properties that can help significantly in your goal to get rid of this skin appearance and reduce weight. Drinking any of the following is recommended:

• Vegetable juice
• Fruit juice
• Green tea

Use a Juicer/Liquidizer To Help Reduce The Appearance

The Reason Why a Juicer or Liquidizer Can Help

About Juicers & Liquidizers

Now, a juicer or liquidizer is just a tool. Obviously the tool isn’t going to do anything in itself because it is just a tool. However, it is a game changer, because it opens up an entire new world to recipes we can create that include foods that are good for us and that contain the essential ingredients necessary for us to achieve our goals.

There are numerous health benefits to eating raw fruits and vegetables. However, because these foods are naturally high in fiber, your digestive system will have to work extra in order to digest the fruit and/or vegetables. As a result, the efficiency of the body to absorb the nutritional goodness is greatly reduced due to the inability to extract the goodness from the fiber, so a fair percentage of nutrients go wasted due to the inefficient digestion process.

This is where juicers come in. By extracting as much densely-packed nutrition from fruits and vegetables by removing the fiber, juicers are able to produce a drink that can be easily absorbed by the body without additional work from the digestive system. As such, juicing has been regarded as a natural way of detoxification. By giving the body all the nutrition it requires without burdening the digestive system, harmful metabolites that nay have accumulated over time can be effectively flushed out while the stomach and the rest of the digestive system rests.

Now we need fiber in our diets. We have covered that, but we also need to make the food we consume as efficient as possible. By using a juicer or liquidizer, we can maximize the nutrition from the ingredients we add, and we can then leave the best sources of fiber to our meals giving us a win-win!

Collagen Protein Powder

Collagen protein powder should be the foundational ingredient we use in our smoothies/drinks we are going to make with our liquidized/juicer. To explain why this is so important, I first need to let you know a bit about collagen and what it does…

Collagen is the most abundant protein in our bodies. It is the substance which provides our skin and connective tissue with elasticity and firmness. As we age, however, the rate at which collagen is produced in our body is reduced, and the older we get, the worse it becomes. It is the lack of collagen that causes our skin to become loose and for wrinkles to appear (amongst other things).

Nutrition expert, Dr. Cate Shanahan (author of the book “Deep Nutrition”), says that cellulite appears because there is a deficiency of collagen in the body. We can address this then and assist our body in the collagen production process.

Collagen protein powder is a collagen supplement. By adding it to our drinks, we are increasing the intake of this protein to our body. By doing so, we can ensure that we provide our body with the maximum level of collagen to help firm up the connective tissue which will help to get rid of the appearance of the lumpy cells.

When purchasing collagen protein powder, it is important to buy the right one. You should make sure that the powder is from cows that have been raised on grass fed pasture that has had no chemicals or antibiotics sprayed on it so that you optimize the quality of the powder.

Finally, collagen protein powder has no taste, so it won’t make the drinks taste of anything, but as an additive ingredient, it is foundation.

Drink Anti-inflammatory Drinks

Use a juicer to create your own healthful anti-inflammatory drink from your favorite fruits and vegetables. Or you can include a few cups of green tea every day to maximize your weight loss efforts.

Obesity, heart disease, and cancer, as well as other chronic health conditions are now understood to be caused by chronic inflammation. There are many foods that contain anti-inflammatory properties. These can include fruits and vegetables as well as fish and green tea.

Excellent choices for anti-inflammatory drinks include Kale, Carrots, Beet Root, Cucumber, Celery, Ginger Root, Cayenne Pepper and Spinach. Apples, Oranges, Blueberries, Pineapples and Lemons are rich in flavonoids, antioxidants, vitamin C, and carotenoids necessary for protection against cellular damage.

Detoxifying Juice/Syrup to Flush Toxins Out of Your Body

Include a daily glass of fruit or vegetable juice to help the body flush out toxins.

The body is efficient at absorbing nutrients and eliminating wastes. However, over time and often due to faulty eating habits and unhealthy lifestyle, the rate of clearing metabolic wastes from the body gets overrun by the speed of its accumulation. Simply put, toxins accumulate at a much faster rate than the body can cope with getting rid of them. The body does compensate however, but the compensation leads to unwanted cellulite, and this is why we need to aid the detoxification process so that we can help the body flush out those toxins.

Studies have shown that fruit and vegetable juices, because they are nutrient-rich, are highly beneficial in the success of detoxification programs. Fruit and vegetable juices provide the necessary nutrients without activating the digestive system. As such, the digestive tract is able to rest, significantly promoting the detoxification process.

While detoxification programs offer 3 to 5 day detox diets, experts believe that including a glass of fruit or vegetable juice a day can significantly boost the body’s ability to get rid of toxins.

Practical Steps to Follow

If you don’t already have one, purchase a good quality juicer or liquidizer and get a recipe book that will inspire you to make sensational nutritiously powerful drinks. Be adventurous in your recipes and put together your own amazingly healthy and beneficial cocktails.

EXTRA TIP: Be sure to purchase collagen protein powder as a foundational ingredient to add to your smoothies and drinks. It will make all the difference.

Drink Aloe Vera Juice to Help Get Rid of The Unwanted Lumpy Cell Appearance

The Reason Why Drinking Aloe Vera Juice Can Help

Aloe vera has most frequently been known for its topical application as a moisturizer mainly. However, there is far more to aloe vera than just its great moisturizing properties.

Aloe vera is now available as a juice for drinking. This is great news for people that want to actively implement ways to reduce the lumpy cell appearance. We have already discussed that cellulite becomes visible when the supporting tissues under the skin become weak. Collagen is the substance in the body that strengthens and firms up this supporting tissue.

Nutrition expert Dr Greg Emerson writes saying that as a person gets older, the collagen that is produced by the fibroblasts cells becomes reduced. We can see that from what Dr Emerson says that the supporting structure under the skin becomes weakened due to the reduced production of collagen, cellulite can then have an opportunity to appear as the connective tissue structure weakens thereby allowing the fat cells to bulge through the structure, which become the lumps or “orange peel” effect we see.

Dr Emerson goes on to talk about how drinking aloe vera (aloe vera juice) can actually increase the fibroblasts cells production of collagen. As I said, this is great news because it can actively help restore and strengthen the tissue structure under the skin which will help get rid of this appearance.

Practical Steps to Follow

Purchase a high quality bottle of aloe vera juice and drink 50ml once in the morning prior to eating food.

Avoid or Reduce Your Alcohol Consumption

The Reason Why Alcohol Consumption Can Increase The Unwanted Cell Appearance

Alcohol is processed by the body in an entirely different manner to other drinks. When alcohol is consumed, the liver processes it immediately. However, studies show that the quantity and speed of alcohol intake can greatly affect the efficiency of the liver to metabolize alcohol.

Greater amounts of alcohol or alcohol that is drunk faster than average can place undue strain on the liver. Additionally, alcohol that remains in the blood get circulated to the brain significantly impairing several cognitive processes.

Health experts say that when this happens, the liver is no longer able to process the other food that you have consumed. When this happens, the toxins are stored as fat locations around the body, in the cellulite. The buildup of toxins actually encourages the formation of the lumpy appearance.

By reducing the toxins stored in the cell affected areas, we are effectively aiding the process of reducing the lumpy dimpled skin appearance.

Nutritionist Robert Hobson in an article to the Telegraph newspaper said “When the body gets round to metabolizing the food, it may no longer require the calories, so they get stored as fat.”

Research has found that drinking can actually suppress leptin, which is a hormone whose function is to control the individual’s appetite. People who drink larger volumes of alcohol often over eat as a result.

Alcohol raises the body’s insulin level which in turn sets up the body’s fat storage by increasing fatty deposits in the liver. The result of this can cause fat storage around the stomach area, which is particularly commonly seen in many middle aged men (referred to as the beer belly).

Practical Steps to Follow

If at all possible you should avoid alcoholic beverages, or at least cut down of your consumption of alcohol.

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