Tasty and Healthy Foods to Boost your Metabolism and Lose Weight

These simple foods are easy to integrate into any diet and can be used in many different recipes and meals.

A slowing metabolism is one of the major causes of weight gain. As people get older, their metabolism naturally slows down. The calories they used to eat are now too much for their metabolic needs and they gain weight. However, there are many foods that can be eaten that can help speed up the metabolism and help people lose weight. These metabolism boosting foods combined with a slightly lightened calorie load (about 300 less a day) and half an hour of exercise day can be a benficial diet to help promote quick weight loss.

Green tea tastes good and burns fat

Green tea is a tasty drink with many health benefits. It helps speed up the metabolism, lower cholesterol, burn fat and lose weight. It is also shown to slightly boost a bad mood and may help increase heart health naturally. Green tea is a health food that can be taken in extract form or by drinking a cup or two throughout the day. One cup one of green tea at every meal can help boost energy, increase focus and help the body digest and metabolize its food more fully. Falling asleep during digestion can actually slow the metabolism and ruin a great weight loss plan.

Water remains vitally important

Water is nearly miraculous with health benefits. One of these benefits is helping to burn fat. A German study showed that patients who drank 17 ounces of water a day found their metabolic rate increased by 30 percent. It helps keep the kidney’s from drying up. Kidney’s with little water cannot metabolize fat well enough to lose weight. Water can also serve as an appetite suppressant. Too often, the body will feel hungry when it is in fact thirsty. Drinking a glass of water will satisfy that hunger craving. Water should be drank regularly throughout the day. A water drinking schedule could include one glass in the morning, one at each meal, one between each meal and at one glass at bed. On a three meal a day schedule, that adds up to five glass of water a day.

Grapefruit is a fat burning machine

Grapefruit is a powerful food that is low in calories and high in vitamin C, fiber. It has many weight loss benefits. Grapefruit is similar to celery in that both contain less calories than the body burns metabolizing it. This means they are filling but actually burn calories and help increase metabolism. They are packed with fat burning enzymes. A Scripp’s Clinic study showed that eating grapefruit every day helped patient’s lose around 3.6 pounds during the 12 week study. One half of a grapefruit at breakfast, lunch and dinner or mix it up with a fruit salad can create a low calorie, metabolism boosting meal.
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Almonds taste great, burn fat

Almonds are an excellent snack food that can help boost the metabolism quickly. Almonds are very dense foods and are filled with tons of nutrients including vitamin E, monounsaturated fat and fiber. Due to their density, a single portion of almonds packs more metabolism boosting and fat fighting nutrients than multiple servings of other nuts. Fiber is one of the most important tools in losing weight. Not only does it help boost the metabolism, it’s also filling helping to prevent random snacking throughout the day. A handful of crushed almonds on top of a vegetable rich salad is a very healthy meal.

Lean turkey isn’t just for Thanksgiving any more

Turkey is one of the best proteins available for weight loss. Protein is an important part of any diet. It helps create sustained and long lasting energy as well as promoting metabolism activity. Protein is also filling, keeping the body satisfied much longer. Cutting the fat off of turkey also helps promote weight gain by avoiding the unhealthy aspects of eating protein. Turkey can be used to create many meals, including turkey sandwiches, turkey salads, turkey stuffing and others. There is no end to the possibilities.

Sources

Read about other fat burning foods at Fitness Tips for Life.

The Body Building website has information on metabolism burning foods, as well as other body health tips.

Eco Salon promotes a safe and health diet, including metabolism boosting foods.

First published Aug 1, 2010 Eric Benac