How to Prepare Tonics That Help You Lose Weight

If you're attempting to shed unwanted pounds you may have used several different strategies to lose weight, from over-the-counter diet pills to Grandma's home remedies. A great-tasting, inexpensive way to get rid of weight is to make and drink a homemade weight loss tonic. These tonics contain ingredients, from apple cider vinegar to carrots, for instance, that will pump up a person's metabolism and help her get to a healthy weight, without restoring to fad diets or dangerous weight loss strategies.

Things You'll Need

• 1 tbsp. raw apple cider vinegar
• Large glasses or mugs
• 8 ounces water
• Honey
• Spoon
• 8 large carrots
• 2 large apples
• 1 large cucumber
• Sharp knife
• Fruit juicer

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Instructions

Apple Cider Vinegar

• 1

  Pour one tbsp. raw apple cider vinegar into a large glass or mug.

• 2

  Add eight ounces of water and two tbsp. honey to the glass.

• 3

  Stir the ingredients with a spoon and drink. The apple cider vinegar is a weight loss tool, while the honey will help sweeten the taste.

Apple Carrot Cucumber Tonic

• 4

  Peel and rinse eight large carrots, two large apples and one large cucumber. Cut the apple and cucumber into quarters with a sharp knife.

• 5

  Place the vegetables into the fruit juicer. Place a large glass under the juicer's spout to catch the juice.

• 6

  Stir the juice that is created and add one tbsp. honey before drinking.