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Burning Fat By Eating Right!
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If food literally burned fat, we’d all be injecting it directly into our hips and love handles! Unfortunately, biology doesn’t work that way. There are certain foods, however, that create more of a thermogenic effect than others. In other words, they turn up the heat your body generates during digestion, allowing you to torch calories quickly. That doesn’t mean you can ignore eating a balanced diet overall, minding your portions, and exercising regularly (nice try!).
Use the following seven foods to turn your metabolism into a furnace.
1. Green tea
Here is one of our favorites again! Substances called catechins, which are abundant in green tea, may stimulate the metabolism, studies show. Drinking 4 cups daily should be enough to do the trick, experts say. If you’re sensitive to caffeine, you may want to opt for a decaf variety.
2. Lean protein
Eating lean protein helps you feel fuller longer and build muscle, and digesting it turns your metabolism into a blow torch. But please don’t eat steaks the size of your foot. The average woman only needs about 46 grams of protein daily, and the average man requires 56 grams, roughly.
3. Whole grains
Your body burns more calories digesting brown rice, quinoa, and whole wheat pasta, compared to their highly-processed counterparts. According to the USDA Dietary Guidelines, you should make at least half of your daily grains whole. But why stop at half?
4. Almonds
Eating a handful of almonds, instead of less healthy snacks, showed a reduction in body weight and greater satiety, research reveals. Can’t stop at a handful? Separate 23 almonds, skin on, into snack-sized bags to control portions.
5. Chili peppers
Surprised? Me too! It seems that the active compound in hot peppers, known as Capsaicin, appears to heat up your metabolism and your mouth, research shows. And the effect sticks, whether the peppers are raw, cooked, or dried. Out with the salt; chili pepper flakes, in!
6. Ice water
Your body burns more calories in cooler temperatures because it has to work harder to stay warm. It can’t hurt to drop a few ice cubes into your H20; you just might drop an inch as well.
7. Beans
Probably the most underrated items in the supermarket, beans are rich in soluble fiber and help reduce fat and cholesterol in your blood. They’re also high in protein, inexpensive, and convenient to cook. Add them to salads, stews, or eat them cold as snacks.
Please get into the beans, lentils, and increased vegetables habit. There is no downside to eating more of all of them.
Of course, the upside is a leaner, healthier you!
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