7. Grapefruit Juice
If you’re in the mood for a sweet drink, fruit juice sounds like a good, healthy option. Unfortunately, that’s not entirely true, because while fruit juices sound healthy, they’re often huge sugar bombs—not good if you’re trying to shed a few pounds. If you still can’t say no to fruit juice, you can fall back on a small glass of grapefruit juice. In a 12-week study, one hundred obese men and women were divided into three groups. The first group ate half a grapefruit before each meal; the second group drank a glass of grapefruit juice before each meal, and the last group had no grapefruit at all. On average, the grapefruit eaters lost about 3 pounds and the grapefruit juice drinkers lost 3 pounds. The control group, which didn’t get any grapefruit, lost less than half a kilo over the 12 weeks.