While eating healthy and exercising are a necessary part of sustained weight loss, these refreshing drinks can also help you along the way. They help reduce body fat, body weight, and appetite. They also detox your body and help your metabolism and digestive health. Read on for 5 recipes that help you get lighter!

1. Kokum Juice Lowers Fat Production

Kokum juice or sharbat is not only delicious but helpful in reducing weight! The hydroxycitric acid in it lowers cholesterol and fat production. In Ayurveda, kokum is said to balance vata and kapha doshas, and provide relief from many digestive issues. With a sweet and sour flavour to tingle your taste buds, you can sip on a refreshing drink and shed kilos at the same time!

How To Make Kokum Sharbat:

• Soak dry kokum in water.
• Cook the soaked kokum with cardamom, roasted cumin powder, black salt, and regular salt. (sugar can be added optionally)
• Add the water used to soak the kokum back in and bring it to a boil.
• Strain the mixture after it cools for kokum concentrate that can be used to make sharbat.

2. Tulsi Tea Is Anti-Obesity

Tulsi, the holy herb of India aids weight loss. That’s right, it reduces body weight, fat mass, and waist circumference. It also boosts your metabolism, helping you burn more calories. Tulsi has a myriad of benefits according to Ayurveda, and is said to pacify the kapha and vata doshas. What’s more, tulsi can also lower anxiety and stress, and keep your gut happy. So sip on this tea and lose weight stress-free!

How To Make Tulsi Tea:

• Clean a handful of tulsi leaves and add them to water.
• Let it simmer on medium heat for around 10 minutes.
• Remove from heat and strain for fresh tulsi tea.
• Optionally, add a dash of lime for a boost of flavour and vitamin C.

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• Steep dried tulsi in hot water for 5 to 6 minutes to prepare tea.

3. Jaljeera Helps Lower Your BMI

If you’re a fan of spiced drinks, jaljeera is for you. With its star ingredient cumin, it helps reduce your BMI and detox your body. It can reduce fat deposits in the body over time as well. Cumin calms the vata dosha and is used in Ayurveda to treat many digestive issues as well. So make jaljeera your go-to drink and watch your weight go down!

How To Make Jaljeera:

• Dry roast 2 tsp cumin seeds and grind them to a powder.
• Puree a handful of mint and coriander leaves and add them in.
• Grate in a ½ inch piece of ginger.
• Add 2 tsp dry mango powder (amchur), 2 tsp crushed black pepper, and black salt to taste.
• Squeeze in the juice of ½ a lemon.
• Add water and ice cubes to your preference for chilled jaljeera.

4. Green Tea Helps Trim Belly Fat

Trying to trim off some inches from your measurements? Green tea helps burn that excess fat around your waist, hips, and abdomen. Catechins in green tea helps reduce body fat and body weight, making it a stellar weight loss drink. According to Ayurveda, it has deepan and pachan properties, helping appetite and digestion and aiding weight loss.

How To Make Green Tea:

• Bring about 200ml water to a boil and let it cool slightly. (around 82° – 85° C)
• Add 1tsp green tea leaves and let them steep for about 3 minutes.
• Enjoy your cup of green tea!

5. Aloe Garcinia Juice Helps Suppress Your Appetite

If you can’t burn extra calories then you need to consume less. Garcinia is an ingredient that helps boost your metabolism, regulate your appetite and avoid cravings. Along with aloe vera, it blocks fat production, improves gut bacteria and helps detox your body. It is known in Ayurveda to balance all three doshas. All this combined helps you lose the extra weight!

How To Make Aloe Garcinia Drink:

“Making this juice requires sound knowledge of ayurveda so we recommend finding a reliable organic source for this juice”, suggests Dr. Ninny Sunny, Nutritionist at Kapiva’s Academy of Ayurveda.

• Get Kapiva’s Aloe Garcinia Juice, sourced from aloe vera from the Thar desert with smaller fruits of garcinia for high HCA.
• Shake the bottle well.
• Pour 30 ml of aloe garcinia juice into a glass of water.
• Add sugar/salt/honey to your liking.
• Drink daily on an empty stomach to reap its benefits!