10 Vegetables for Weight Loss

Healthy diet is an essential component of healthy weight loss program. Many people who are trying to lose weight find it difficult to choose their food. One of the best ways to lose weight is to include plenty of vegetables in our meal. Here’s the list of 10 vegetables which we should include in our diet for healthy life.

Bottle Gourd: The bottle gourd is one of the most popular vegetable in India. Bottle gourd contains 96.1% water and rich in fiber. It is light on the stomach and helps to improve digestion. If you are trying to lose weight, take a glass of bottle gourd juice in morning to control the hunger pangs.

Spinach: Spinach is a fairly good source of iron, fiber, vitamin K, protein. It’s full of vitamins and minerals, some of which are difficult to find in other vegetables. 100 gm of Spinach contain 25 calories. To reduce number of calories that you consume each day, use spinach as a main component of your diet.

Cabbage: Cabbage is full of vitamin C, fiber, potassium, and other nutrients. It just contains 16 calories in 1/2 cup cooked Cabbage. As it is very low in calories and high in fiber it helps to reduce weight. Not only help us to reduce weight, it also works as an anti aging element.

Tomato: Tomatoes are one of the favorite vegetable in weight loss diets. Tomatoes are very low in calories, rich in vitamin C and citricmalic-oxalic acids, which helps the kidneys to release more water and helps to wash away fat. Because of its versatility, we can include it in every meal by taking soup, salad, curry and juice.

Potato: Potato in weight loss? Surprised!!! Yes potatoes can be very helpful in your weight loss program if cooked in proper way. Eat them baked, boiled and roasted, but please never fried. Potatoes contain a mixture of nutrients including B vitamins, vitamin C, potassium and fiber. Avoid peeling the skin of potato as most of the fiber and potassium are in the potato skin.

Onion: Onions are low in calories and contain vitamin B, vitamin C and small amounts of minerals. Onions helps us to lose weight due to their natural richness of chromium. Using of raw onions every day in your meal will surly help you to burn extra fat. This flavorful vegetable can be added to many foods and dishes.

Carrot: Carrots are extremely rich in fiber which is one of the most important substances in losing weight. Carrots are also incredibly low in fat and calories and are a proven way to lose weight quickly. Take carrot juice with a mixture of fruits as a replacement of one meal in a day to reduce calories in your diet.

Cucumber: Cucumber has been used with great success in weight loss diets. Cucumbers can not only help us to lose weight but also help to remove excess liquid from our body. It also helps the kidneys to wash out uric acid, which is a waste product and the result is removal of fat from our body.

Broccoli: Broccoli is best nutritious vegetable. It contains everything from vitamin A to potassium to folic acid to plenty of fiber. Broccoli is one of the best vegetable for weight loss as it contains very low calorie. 1 bag of Broccoli consists just 100 calories. Eat it either raw or cooked, include it your regular menu if you want to become healthier.

Garlic: According to scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, garlic works for weight loss. As garlic acts as an appetite suppressant, it gives signals of satiety to the brain when it is eaten. Hence, a person would be less inclined to eat. Because it helps us to lose weight, we can include it our daily diet either raw or cooked. Eating garlic products like garlic bread can also help in losing weight.

Author: Rashy Trivedi (Pune)