Weight Loss Tip: no.1512

Limit or avoid sugary drinks.

Care to guess why?

Yup, you should limit or avoid sugar-sweetened beverages because they’re often high in calories, which can add up quickly when multiple drinks are consumed daily. There’s also the fact that the body doesn’t register fullness from liquid calories the same way it does calories from solid food. As a result, you’re not likely to offset the calories from a sugary drink by automatically eating less food. Further, sugar-sweetened beverages cause blood sugar levels to rise and fall rapidly, which can cause hunger and cravings that compel you to eat more.

Regular soda, fruit juice, sports and energy drinks, flavored mineral water, chocolate milk, and specialty coffee drinks are a few examples of sugar-sweetened beverages. For all of the reasons above, sugary drinks like the ones listed can make it hard to manage your weight. That’s why you should limit or replace them with zero or low-calorie beverages like water, diet soda, freshly squeezed juice, black coffee, and unsweetened tea.

Weight Loss Tip
no.1512

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Monster Longe

Monster Longe is a personal trainer and online coach in San Diego. He's helped hundreds of people lose weight, build muscle, and become more attractive to their loved one so they don't have as strong of a desire to cheat on them anymore. When not working with clients or making content that's easy to read, understand, and apply to everyday life, he enjoys making fun of Drake and people who like the guy.

Weight Loss Tip: no.1512

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