Slim Shots are marketed as an “appetite controller”. It’s funny that these are marketed as little coffee creamer type “shots” instead of a pill like most of the rest on market (although there is SlimFast and a bunch of other “skinny shakes”). First of all, they are touted as being “all natural”, but they contain artificial vanilla flavoring. Secondly, the main ingredients are Palm Oil, Oat Oil, water, and that added flavoring. The key to losing weight with these is of course not eating as much because they help you not be as hungry. But, they say you should take these coupled with an exercise and healthy diet plan. Who’s to say if you do that the weight loss isn’t just from the diet and exercise?

The first thing I wonder is why on earth they chose to put Palm Oil in these, it’s such a highly saturated fat that it’s considered a “solid fat”. Is the connection the fact that by putting that in these slim shots the fat will cause you to not be be hungry? I don’t get it. The Oat Oil is usually an ingredient you see in products promoting smooth skin – I don’t get that either. One shot is about 20 calories, and a 30 day supply (30 shots) is about $40. Some people that have reviewed these have said they need two per day in the beginning, so your cost would be doubled. They say it takes 2-3 hours for them to be effective, so when exactly do you take them?

My advice to you is to just try them for a week and see if they work for you. Most of the reviews I’ve seen online say they either worked well or not at all, and that seems to be about 70% (work) and 30% (didn’t work) split.

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Use vitamins to burn more calories

Although you can’t go against that universal law (eating less than your burn = weight loss), there is on the other side no reason why you then shouldn’t use it to support your weight loss. Although there might be no pill that miraculously burns huge amounts of fat for you, there are supplements that give your metabolism a boost so that you will burn more calories. Why not use those?

Ensure your thyroid is working properly

Certain vitamins, especially of the vitamin B group, are essential for proper functioning of the thyroid gland. And the thyroid gland controls your metabolism! So when going on diet it is important to support your body with the necessary vitamins to ensure a well functioning metabolism that rather burns the fat than keeps storing it in parts of your body that you want to slim down.

Vitamin B12, the “energy vitamin”

Vitamin B12 deserves special attention in connection with weight loss. It is also known as the “energy vitamin” and said to speed up the metabolism in general and to help carbohydrate metabolism burning the carbohydrates opposed to converting them into fat. But not only that, as most people are deficient in vitamin B12, you will feel an energy surge when levels are getting back to normal. You will finally be able to exercise again and not feeling that tired and exhausted any more. It increases your overall energy consumption by enabling you to a lead a more active lifestyle with physical activities. However, vitamin B12 is sometimes not so well absorbed if taken orally. B12 shots seem to be most effective in that case.

Top up with a good multivitamin supplement

Of course you should also consider other vitamin supplementation when being on diet, like a good multivitamin preparation including the most essential minerals. That way you will get all the vital nutrients while you are eating less food than usual. Optimally, you can cover your vitamin needs by eating lots of organic high quality food. If that is not possible, dietary supplements are essential!

Author: Claudia Ohst from http://dietonautopilot.com

Lemons have been part of diets, and especially detox diets, since centuries. They are well known for their cleansing properties, which are mostly attributed to their property to help the body to establish an alkaline environment. Although lemons itself, and lemon juice, are acidic, they act when metabolized as an alkalizing food for your body’s pH.

This is important because most foods we consume lead to a higher acidity level, and also preservatives, food additives and heavy metals give the body a hard time to function properly. The acidity stays in your body as long as there are no corresponding alkalizing agents that they are able to combine with. Once neutralized, they can be eliminated from the body. And that’s where the lemons come in.

Not only that it has obvious health benefits to get all the junk out of you, but also a cleansing diet using lemons will help you to lose weight very quickly! Most of the impurities are stored in fat cells, which also store a lot of water to balance the poisonous effect of the junk. Once the lemons provide an alkaline environment the body is able to get rid of these impurities and the associated water which is followed by weight loss.

The above cleansing effect is used in the Master Cleanse Diet, where all your nutrition is provided by lemons, water and a bit of maple syrup. The enormous weight loss that can be achieved with this diet is also due to the very low calorie consumption during this 10 day period and also because your colon gets cleaned out by salt water flushes. However, this diet is not so easy to hang on to, and remember, not all the weight loss equals fat loss, meaning only a part of that is permanent weight loss.

Now, in case you are still wondering if lemons help you losing weight: They do, but the weight loss due to their detox properties works much slower if you don’t do the Master Cleanse Diet. You will then have to stick to several glasses of diluted lemon juice for several weeks to see some results. This is nevertheless beneficial as it is easier to do and a slower weight loss will give you more permanent results.

In case you don’t really like the taste of lemon juice, there are plenty of other possibilities to lose weight. Generally you don’t even need to go onto a specific diet. Just cutting out your worst food choice replacing them with something healthier, and avoiding snacks may actually be enough to correct your weight. Even with tiny steps done consistently you will get results, not as fast as with the Master Cleanse, but it is a lot less painful!

Author: Claudia Ohst from http://dietonautopilot.com

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