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Consuming fruits to lose weight is an interesting solution given the many nutritional benefits they can provide. Provided, however, not to abuse it, and to select the most relevant fruits to achieve your slimming goals. Discover the 7 most formidable fruits to integrate urgently into your slimming program!
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Why eat fruit to lose weight?
Fruits are low in calories and rich in vitamins, minerals and other compounds beneficial to health and the line. Zoom on their composition:
- vitamins and minerals: give the body everything it needs for energy
- fibers: promote transit and provide a feeling of satiety
- antioxidants: strengthen the immune system and burn fat
- fructose: limits the amount of sugars ingested
However, some fruits are more suitable than others for losing weight, discover the top 7 of the best fruits for slimming!
1 – The apple: slimming fruit par excellence
The apple is ideal when you want to lose weight. In addition to its low glycemic index, and its low calorie content (54 Kcal/100g), the apple is rich in water, so it allows you to hydrate. But that’s not all, in fact, its two main actions are: burning fat and suppressing hunger. Therefore, all these properties acting in synergy make this fruit the ideal ally for weight loss.
Rich in pectin, these fibers act on several levels:
- natural appetite suppressant effect that provides a feeling of satiety, so hunger is reduced you can control your appetite more easily
- absorb the sugars and fats of the next meal, in this way, the fat cells present in your body are trapped
- acceleration of the assimilation of ingested nutrients
- reduced insulin production
Thus, consuming an apple before lunch or dinner greatly helps in losing weight. In addition, this fruit is ideal for people with high cholesterol!
Take care! To take full advantage of the benefits of the apple on your body and on your figure, consume this whole fruit! Use your imagination: raw or cooked apples, in desserts, in salads, etc. However, avoid industrial apple juice as well as recipes that are too fatty and sweet.
2 – Lemon: best detoxifying fruit for weight loss
Rich in vitamins and minerals, and very low in calories, the lemon contains only 20 Kcal/100g: hard to do better! Ideal fruit to help with weight loss, lemon has many virtues:
- detoxifying
- diuretic
- purifying
- alkalizing
- regulates sugar levels
- helps the digestive system
What more ?
However, the lemon will not make your excess pounds disappear by magic, but will rather help your body to eliminate the toxins it contains in addition to facilitating digestion as demonstrated by this study. Lemon is the perfect fruit to find a beautiful silhouette.
How to eat a lemon? Unlike the apple, we will not advise you to bite into it! However, squeezing half a lemon into warm water in the morning is great for detoxifying your body.
3 – Bananas: the perfect snack to watch your weight
Although the banana is a fruit rich in sugars and calories, it is not an intruder in this ranking! Indeed it is also denser in nutrients:
- potassium
- magnesium
- manganese
- fibers
- antioxidants
- vitamins A, B6 and C
In addition to the fact that the banana makes you feel full and prevents the appearance of a new low afterwards, it facilitates the capture of fat cells to transform them into energy. Therefore the banana is the perfect snack for all your cravings!
Besides, breakfast is also a very good time to eat a banana. Indeed this fruit helps in the digestion of fats by promoting the proper functioning of digestive enzymes (including lipase). Thus this fruit brings a feeling of satiety and allows you to hold out until lunch without feeling tired, as a result this will allow you to greatly reduce the amount of calories consumed in the morning.
4 – Strawberry: the fruit that helps to lose weight
The strawberry is an appetite suppressant fruit rich in water, fiber and low in calories, not to mention the vitamins and minerals that compose it:
- vitamins B9 and C
- manganese
- potassium
- calcium
- magnesium
In short, this fruit is the ally of weight loss!
Besides the fact that strawberries stimulate intestinal transit while facilitating the elimination of toxins, they also strengthen the immune system.
Strawberry is also a fruit that facilitates the production of hormones. Thus the levels of fat and sugar present in the body are controlled and it stimulates the metabolism.
Conclusion: strawberries are all good, provided they are eaten plain and not dipped in sugar or covered with whipped cream!
5 – Avocado: the fruit with good fats
Second surprise of this ranking: the avocado, fruit of the avocado tree and rich in calories!
The good fats that this fruit contains help to eliminate the bad ones that are present in the body. Thus, consumed in moderation, it helps in weight loss.
Like the banana, it satiates and reduces hunger while lowering cholesterol levels.
Avocados can be eaten in place of butter (margarine) and in salads and sauces.
6 – Berries: formidable small fruits for weight loss
Berries: blueberries, cherries, raspberries, and kiwis are very rich in:
- flavonoids
- antioxidants
- magnesium
- potassium
- calcium
- folic acid
- phosphorus
- fibers
- pectin
- ketone
- anthocyanins
- vitamins A, C and E
- etc
Berries are ideal for reducing belly fat and cellulite, limiting water retention and trapping fats and sugars before evacuating them to the intestines. The slimming and draining virtues of the berries make it possible to lose weight while satiating and regulating the metabolism. As for the anthocyanins they contain, they block the manifestation of the genes responsible for weight gain. These fruits help you regulate blood sugar, lower cholesterol and promote gut health.
Berries are therefore ideal for slimming! You can eat them frozen or fresh, in your cereals and yogurts, in your smoothies or salads… It’s up to your tastes and your imagination!
7 – Dried fruits: super foods
Dried fruits are very nutritious and help boost the metabolism, which is ideal when looking to lose weight! Here is the list of the best dried fruits for weight loss:
- dates
- apricots
- nut
- Hazelnut
- pistachios
- plums
- Goji berries
Pineapple: a fruit that burns fat, true or false?
Pineapple is known to be a fat burning fruit. However, this belief is false since it has not been scientifically proven that its flesh contains bromelain (an enzyme capable of facilitating digestion and capturing fats). The bromelain that pineapple contains is mainly found in its stem!
On the other hand, this fruit is excellent for healthy weight loss since it is diuretic, rich in water, fiber, minerals, etc. And that it has a low caloric intake: 50 Kcal/100g.
Do you want to go further and improve your lifestyle once and for all? Discover the vegetables that help lose weight as well as the diet that helps you lose weight. Our weight clinic is there to help and guide you during your weight loss process. Can be reached on +32 (0)2 673 90 71 or via website form our health professionals will be happy to accompany you during your weight loss.
