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Discover the best weight loss drinks, made with real ingredients at home, to activate the metabolism and curb hunger.
Everywhere I look, companies are coming out with new weight loss drinks. Everyone thinks they’ve found the perfect formula, perfect ingredients and perfect “it” factor when it comes to the best drinks for weight loss.
Yet what if I told you that you don’t need some supplement with ingredients from a specific tree on a specific island in the middle of the ocean just to lose weight? I’ve got seven of the best drinks for weight loss to share today.
These detox drinks are simple, delicious and full of only the good stuff!
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Weight Loss Drinks
Each of the drinks below is made with whole food, plant-based ingredients designed to help the body naturally. These drinks aren’t magic, and shouldn’t be the only thing you consume in a day, yet they can help promote health and wellness.
Tips for Best Results
My teeth are pretty sensitive so I drink the apple cider vinegar drinks with lemon through a straw to protect my enamel. The apple cider vinegar drinks sometimes go down better if they are super cold or heated up like a spiced cider. Though drinking them at room temperature is fine, you may not want to. That’s totally okay.
Turmeric stains easily, so make sure you have a stainable surface or cup when consuming any drink with this anti-inflammatory ingredient. Fresh, whole roots will have loads more natural and healing properties than their ground versions, so always look for fresh if possible. I actually buy ginger at Costco and chop up a whole bunch at once, then freeze it in single portions. This way I’ve got fresh, real ginger on hand whenever I need it.
Detox Drink Ingredients
While I don’t recommend drinking only these beverages throughout the day, they are each designed to help promote weight loss when included in a balanced diet. Each drink contains ingredients that do some pretty cool stuff in the body:
- Apple cider vinegar: Contains acetic acid, which helps stall weight gain and decreases fat in the belly and liver.
- Ginger: Studies show this root effectively reduces fat, as well as increases HDL (good cholesterol) in the body.
- Plant-based protein: According to the American Dietetic Association, a well-balanced vegetarian/vegan diet provide more than adequate protein to prevent and treat certain diseases. I’ve actually created an organic, plant-based protein boost for green smoothies. It adds 10 grams of clean protein to each smoothie.
- Lemon: Loaded with antioxidants to promote weight loss. You can also add it to water to create a simple weight loss drink.
- Cinnamon: Also full of antioxidants. Cinnamon has powerful anti-inflammatory effects as well.
- Turmeric: Curcumin is the active ingredient in turmeric, and has anti-inflammatory and antioxidants as well. If inflammation is a serious concern, then I suggest taking this in supplement form. Ground turmeric has a smaller amount of curcumin.
Weight Loss Drinks FAQs
These weight loss drinks promote healthy metabolism which when combined with proper sleep, exercise and nutrition can support losing excess fat.
All of the drinks on my weight loss drinks list include natural ingredients that have detoxifying properties. Yet did you know that the body has entire systems dedicated to detoxing naturally? While these ingredients can help your body do what it does naturally, you can also consume other foods that will help you cleanse.
There is so much more to losing weight than a ‘quick fix.’ While my cleanse programs often result in weight loss naturally, they are just the start of a healthier lifestyle. You can definitely incorporate some of the weight loss drinks from my list into your daily habits, but if you really want to lose weight then you need to use these drinks as part of a whole healthy diet, exercise, sleep and de-stress lifestyle.
A Healthier Way to Detox + Lose Weight
Many of the best drinks for weight loss found above were created for my Seasonal Cleanses. I’ve created 21-Day and Plant-Based Cleanses that use only whole food, and plant-based ingredients to bring you smoothies, snacks, meals, and cleansing detox drinks, all carefully curated to promote a healthier you.
Cleansing doesn’t have to consist of inedible, expensive supplements/drinks that make you feel terrible! It can be full of delicious, cleansing food, no weird powders and lasting results for the body and mind.
More Delicious Detox Recipes
If the concept of using real, whole food to meet your health goals sounds appealing to you, then check out a few of these free meal plans I’ve created. They are all designed to help you eat more plants and use the natural healing properties of food to heal your body inside and out.
- Plant-Based Meal Plan
- Daniel Fast Meal Plan
- Vegetarian Meal Plan
- Weight Loss Meal Plan
- Vegan Meal Plan
- Mediterranean-Inspired Meal Plan
Which one of theses do you want to sip on first? Drop a comment and let me know!
I was so craving this. So comforting and creamy!!!!
It’s one of my favorite comforting nighttime drinks!
I might just give up my morning coffee au lait for this drink….it is truly amazing. Used peanut butter since I am out of almond butter and whipped it up with a handheld frother as Jan Barry suggested…..creamy and wonderfully satisfying.
I love this drink, also. You could def make it your new morning drink! I think it’s a great nighttime beverage if I’m still hungry after dinner and it’s warming and soothing to help me wind down for bed.
The drink is very good and was the perfect choice when I stopped drinking alcohol. The spices I used were turmeric, ginger, and cinnamon 1 tablespoon MCT oil and organic peanut butter in the unsweetened almond milk and with monk fruit and stevia as sweeteners. The tea was excellent. Thanks
So happy to hear that you enjoyed this recipe Jeannene! Way to make this your own so that it worked for you!!
I am wondering can honey be used instead of maple syrup?
Hey Sandria,
Yes, you can use honey if that is what you prefer. I use honey whenever I make this recipe and it is delicious!!
I love chai but this recipie makes my number one now, it’s so easy and perfect, I wouldn’t change anything
SO happy that you love this recipe! It really is the perfect treat to end your day with 🙂
This drink was rather delightful! I even found that its good iced!! Sort of like a halfway horchata, minus the rice flavor. Will definitely be keeping this one.
That sounds so delicious and I will have to give the iced version a try 🙂
Thank you for sharing!
This is so delicious. I made it this morning with dates instead of maple syrup. Blended all the ingredients then heated on the stove. I made it again tonight with honey and it still tasted great. Will try it with maple syrup next thanks for this amazing recipe this will replace my Starbucks soy latte
Love how you are switching out the all natural sweeteners in this recipe!!
This drink was amazing! I love Chai Lattes and this was such a similar taste but different enough to be a completely new drink. I feel so warm and relaxed plus it curbs that after dinner urge for dessert or snack! I put everything in a big mug, warmed it in the microwave then used a handheld frother to mix it all up. Perfectly simple!
Yay Jan,
That is so awesome to hear thank you for sharing!!
hey,guyz I’m Lwazi I wanna what smithies are there that are delightful and go for someone planining to lose weight
Hey Lwazi,
Check out this recipe for a delicious fat burning smoothie:
https://simplegreensmoothies.com/fat-burning-smoothie
Enjoy!!
A very nice change for a hot beverage! Also a great way to use up extra almond milk and/or switch it up…make it more interesting.
I make my own almond milk using my Vitamix blender. So I used homemade almond milk, and then followed the recipe as it was outlined. Instead of warming in a saucepan however, I was able to put all ingredients directly into a large mug. Gave it a stir and nuked it for 2 mins. at Power Level 8. Then I frothed it using a tiny battery-operated frother called Aerolatte. Yum!
HI Lynn,
LOVE IT!! This recipe is elevated to a whole other level when you use homemade almond milk!
Can I swap out the maple syrup for honey as I have no maple syrup? Will it be the same sort of flavour?
Hi Pip,
Totally. The flavor with change slightly, but it will still offer you a hint of sweetness, naturally!
Wow!!! Loved this!!
KALE YEAH! 🙂
This sounds good but I’m not sure I can have to Ginger due to having a blood clotting problem, I may have to ask my doctor tomorrow when I go see her.
Hi Carol,
Good call! It’s always best to check with your physician first. If your doctor comes back and suggests avoiding ginger, you can still enjoy this recipe, just simply leave it out!
Sorry if this has been asked before, but does this work if you make it ahead of time and just warm it up? Would like to be able to make a large batch to be able to quickly access.
Hi Beth,
I prefer to make this recipe right before enjoying. The spices and almond butter have a habit of separating. You can definitely give it a try. If so I’d suggest storing it in a jar you can give a good shake!
I’m not a huge fan of warm drinks in the evening for whatever reason, but drinking this an hour before bed is such a lovely, comforting thing. I couldn’t believe how it wound me down and really prepped me for sleepy time! And I love the added option of the almond butter- it really pulled me through the Plant-Based Cleanse Fall Cleanse when I was too full to eat dinner, but still needed some protein in my belly.
Love to hear it, Krista! This drink is def one of the best things about the fall cleanse. 🙂
This for me is definitely an acquired taste drink. I am just drinking it for the cleanse. I don’t think I would continue unless it was for health reasons.
It really is good for your body during cleansing, so it’s great you’re drinking it for that, Elsie. Many people love to drink it when they’re not cleansing but if you don’t care for it, that’s totally ok!