Vegetables That Help Vegetarians Lose Weight Effectively - Healthy Lifestyle Journal

How much weight have you lost after consuming the 5 vegetables I showed you in the last part? If you have more fat to shed, these 5 vegetables will help you achieve your weight loss goals.

Spinach

Rich in fiber, spinach helps you stay full longer and reduce your overall daily calorie consumption. You can also benefit from its rich content of vitamin K and calcium which help to prevent or treat osteoporosis and the loss of bone density.

Radish

As radish is rich in vitamin C but low in calories, fats and stimulates metabolism, it's popular as a snack. However, eating too much radish is very "cooling" for the body, especially if you already have a "cool" body constitution, defined in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) terms. This means that your immunity to cold and cough could be affected, especially during winter. Thus, eat them in moderation.

Bean Sprouts

These refer to sprouting from mung beans, alfalfa, lentils, chickpeas and soy beans. Sprouting actually helps to turn the starches, oils and other nutrients in beans to vitamins, enzymes and other forms of proteins, minerals and sugars.

A single helping of fresh sprouted mung beans contains about three quarters of the daily requirement of vitamin C. Sprouting increases the vitamin B present in beans, including thiamin, folate, B6 and biotin and produces less intestinal wind when consumed. Being low in calories and packed with vitamins, they're also affordable at cheap prices.

Celery

An 8-inch stalk of celery contains approximately 6 calories. But the mere act of digesting this stalk burns more than 6 calories, resulting in a calorie deficit. In other words, you'll use up more calories from your energy reserve (fat stores and glycogen) to break down celery, achieving fat loss.

Not only that, celery provides a good source of vitamin C and fiber (as in Kelp), and fiber is one key ingredient to help you detox and lose weight more effectively. It contains a unique oil that helps to relax your muscles, thereby improving blood flow and regulating blood pressure. It's especially good for you if you're having hypertension.

Chinese Chives

This vegetable is rich in calcium, iron, phosphorus, glucose, protein, vitamin A & C, carotene and fiber. It stimulates the digestive tract and prevents constipation by moving along unwanted nutrients, including fats to be passed out of the body.

No doubt vegetables are good for burning fat, fruits, nuts and seeds provide various other nutrients for our body to keep the weight off. So, don't just eat vegetables alone, boost your metabolism with other vegetarian foods as well. Healthy weight loss should be our goal, not just weight loss.