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How to Lose Weight With Vitamins

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When you cut your caloric intake, you must make sure you still receive the right amount of vitamins. Follow a diet with foods high in vitamins and take vitamin supplements to make sure you get the enough of all nutrients.

From Quick Guide: Vitamins 101
Difficulty: Moderate
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Vitamins
  1. Step 1

    Take Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) to take care of your thyroid and metabolism. Find Vitamin B2 in meats, green leafy vegetables, almonds and dairy products.

  2. Step 2

    Maintain your normal thyroid hormone production by taking Niacin (Vitamin B3). You can easily get the right amount of Vitamin B3 by eating poultry, liver, tuna, eggs, dried fruit and cheese.

  3. Step 3

    Take Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5) by eating meat, poultry, nuts, wholegrain breads and green vegetables. Vitamin B5 generates energy for your body, even as you lose weight.

  4. Step 4

    Use Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) to regulate your thyroid hormone and keep your metabolism running smoothly as you lose weight. You get Vitamin B6 when you eat oats and grains, poultry, beef, eggs, bananas and cabbage.

  5. Step 5

    Ensure a good metabolism with choline and inositol. These two vitamins help the fat in foods move through your body correctly. This keeps the liver from getting clogged up with unnecessary fats. Good sources of both of these include beef liver and heart, eggs, nuts, soy and citrus fruits.

  6. Step 6

    Protect yourself from colds and create energy with Vitamin C. When you feel good, you naturally gravitate to the right foods, which helps you lose weight. Citrus fruits, strawberries, broccoli, brussel sprouts, green peppers and cabbage are all great sources of Vitamin C.

  7. Step 7

    Regulate glucose with chromium picolinate.

Tips & Warnings
  • Take a multivitamin at mealtime to ensure that you're getting the minimum daily requirements in all categories while you diet.
  • Be wary of supplements advertised to aid in weight loss. Check out any new products with your physician before ingesting.
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