Top 5 unexpected fat-burners

We all know the classic recipe – a healthy diet and plenty of exercises. But what happens when we’ve tried everything and the extra pounds just don’t seem to come off? If conventional methods didn’t work for you, try the more unconventional – 5 weird foods for weight-loss guaranteed to make a difference.

Oil or sugar water

According to Seth Roberts, an American psychologist who invented the Shangri-La diet, drinking 1-3 tablespoons of sugar water or 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil between meals reduces your appetite and helps you consume fewer calories during the day.

Cinnamon

Cinnamon has many health benefits, but it’s also one of the weird foods for weight-loss that actually work. Cinnamon has the unique capacity to imitate the activity of insulin within the body, thus lowering blood sugar levels, and speeding up your metabolism. Nutritionists suggest you take a tablespoon of cinnamon in a cup of water each morning before breakfast for the full effect.

Ice water

By drinking 8-10 glasses of ice water a day you can end up burning up to 500 calories a day. The reason? Your body needs energy to bring the water to body temperature, so it will burn calories in the process. It may be a weird way to lose weight, but it can prove quite effective.

Vegetable juice

Freshly squeezed vegetable juice before every meal can help you reduce your calorie intake, according to a study from the University of Pennsylvania. Drink a glass of spinach, carrot, ginger and apple juice every morning before breakfast, and you will end up eating up to 135 calories less.

Cabbage soup

One of the oldest weird foods for weight-loss known to man, cabbage even has an entire diet based on it, where you eat nothing but cabbage soup for two weeks. It contains tartaric acid, which prevents sugar and carbohydrates from being converted into fat. However, don’t use this diet for more than a couple of weeks at a time, because you could get severe vitamin deficiency.