Why are Green Vegetables the Ultimate Weight Loss Foods?

What if we told you that green vegetables can help you lose fat and bulk up?

I get the losing fat, but muscles?

Green Veggies will give me that lean, muscular physique I’ve always dreamed about?

Many of us see lean, muscular health nuts at the gym or yoga class and think they must be chowing down on meat all the time!

But believe it or not, a lot of them swear by a plant-based diet.  Plants are their primary— or their ONLY— source of protein and other nutrients to drop excess fats and build more muscle. How do you think the vegans get so fit and ripped?

Aside from improving muscle mass to shed some extra pounds, green vegetables have so much more to offer to help you achieve your desired weight without starving yourself.

Let’s talk about how green vegetables can help you lose weight and how you can easily have the most nutrient-dense of them all (plus other natural superfoods) to kickstart your weight loss journey.

You have to do strength training and stuff yourself with protein to build muscle. Research shows that eating enough protein can help you maintain muscle mass and encourage muscle growth.

To ensure you have enough protein, the rule of thumb is to eat 7 to 8 grams per 20 pounds of body weight. So, if you weigh 120 pounds, you have to eat 42 to 48 grams of protein.

And the best way to have more protein without consuming too many calories is by eating protein-dense, low-calorie green vegetables like beans, broccoli, spinach, artichokes, asparagus, and Brussel sprouts.

2. Boost metabolism

Aside from giving you muscle-building protein, green vegetables contain other nutrients that help improve your metabolism.

Dark, leafy green vegetables are rich in metabolism-boosting iron and magnesium.

Iron makes up hemoglobin (which is why it’s red), the component of red blood cells that carry oxygen to the different parts of your body, including your fat-burning muscles.

In addition, magnesium helps create proteins and is a requirement for energy production. In fact, people who have low magnesium can’t metabolize carbs very well and resist insulin, putting them at risk of diabetes and weight gain.

These nutrients and weight-loss benefits should give you enough reason to stack up on spinach, peas, string beans, broccoli, and beet greens.

A cup of Bok choy, for example, has iron, vitamins A and C, protein, fiber, calcium, and a few carbs, but only has 9 calories. 

In other words, this amazing dark green leafy vegetable is full of antioxidants, makes you fuller longer, and benefits your red blood cells, skin, bones, eyesight, and muscles without giving you too many calories to burn.

Fiber helps you maintain a healthy gut microbiome that keeps your immune system in tip-top shape and ready to defend you against foreign threats.

Also, fiber makes your stool soft and bulky, so it’s easier for your body to push it out and avoid constipation.

Start increasing your fiber intake by munching on the most fiber-dense green vegetables, like broccoli, Brussel sprouts, spinach, cauliflower, artichokes, Swiss chard, and collard greens.

As a matter of fact, thylakoids reduce the feeling of hunger and increase satiety altogether. Studies show that they increase leptin (the hormone that stops you from feeling hungry) and decrease ghrelin (the hormone that makes you feel hungry).

So, if you have enough thylakoids in your system, you’d be able to manage your cravings— especially for sweet and fatty foods— which is a great way to promote weight loss.

Green leafy vegetables are the richest sources of thylakoids, so keep your fridge full of spinach, lettuce, kale, cabbage, collard greens, etc., to give you a boost in your weight loss journey.

But no matter how ideal and beneficial it is to eat green vegetables all the time, we also love chicken and steak and mashed potatoes and pizza dinners.

Also, it's pretty impossible to eat five servings of veggies every day to stay in peak health and lose weight.

In other words, most of us have not-so-perfect diets with not nearly enough greens and all their health-boosting, pound-shedding benefits.

Fortunately, you can have the most nutrient-dense green vegetables in one healthy, low-calorie, delicious powdered drink!

Above all, AgelessLX Power Greens only has 30 calories and tastes absolutely delicious, thanks to the natural sweeteners we sprinkled in there! 

You can enjoy Power Greens as a healthy green juice or add it to your amazing recipes.

AgelessLX Power Greens truly is the all-in-one nutrition solution and the ultimate nutritional insurance for us who are so done dragging those extra pounds around!

Takeaway

Green vegetables don't just help complete your daily nutritional requirement; they're also essential to losing weight.

They're low in calories and full of nutrients that help build muscles, improve metabolism, feel fuller longer, manage hunger and cravings, lower blood sugar and fat levels, and increase sensitivity to insulin.

Unfortunately, our diets are not-so-perfect because of the other foods we love, and it's impossible to eat enough green vegetables every day.

So, having a greens powder made from real veggies and other whole foods, like AgelessLX Power Greens, can go a long way in staying healthy, becoming more lean, and losing weight.