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Fat With These Foods Found In Your Kitchen
by Ricardo Forero
Did you know that you could lose
weight by eating? It’s true! Foods that you probably
have right in your kitchen can speed up your metabolism
and help you burn fat more efficiently. What are these
foods, and how do they work? Read on to find out...
Fruits and vegetables top the list
of fat burners found in your kitchen. If you like fruit,
try eating more blueberries and grapefruits.
Blueberries are very low in calories and packed with
sugar-stabilizing antioxidants. According to the USDA,
eating blueberries can curb blood sugar swings and suppress
appetite for as long as four hours. And they taste great
too!
Similarly, eating grapefruit
may also help you burn fat. In fact, a while back there
was a fad called the Grapefruit Diet. The choice of
grapefruit as a staple of this diet may have had something
to do with plant compounds in grapefruit that seem to
help control insulin levels. Insulin makes you feel
hungry so if you can control insulin levels it follows
that you shouldn’t be as hungry, and therefore,
you’ll eat less and lose weight.
Certain vegetables have fat-burning
properties as well. One of my favorites is the wonder
food broccoli. Broccoli is not only
packed with nutrients that protect you from disease,
it’s also high in fiber which helps keep the absorption
of fat in check. Broccoli also has a compound in it
called sulforaphane that cranks up metabolism by activating
certain enzymes involved in fat burning.
Bell peppers also
work well on a fat burning diet by providing a number
of phytonutrients that can help boost metabolism. Research
from the USDA confirms that the carotenoids, lutein,
zeaxanthin and beta-cryptoxanthin in bell peppers can
help suppress food cravings.
If you want to add more spice to
your fat burning menu try cinnamon. According to Dr.
Richard A. Anderson from the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
cinnamon appears to increase sugar
metabolism, which means it can help your body make energy
from sugar faster – before it gets stored as fat.
Cinnamon may help increase the body’s sensitivity
to insulin, which brings blood sugar levels down, so
less insulin is needed. This is especially good news
for anyone with diabetes or the risk of developing it.
Another amazing study that will
make all you dairy lovers smile suggests that eating
more dairy products can help you lose weight as well.
Michael Zemel PhD conducted a study at the University
of Tennessee in which people who consumed 1200 to 1600
mg of calcium a day from dairy foods
lost 11% of their total body weight. The way this works
is really interesting; when there is not enough calcium
in the body, a hormone called calcitriol gets released
and controls the way fat cells work. The idea is that
if you eat enough calcium you keep calcitriol from being
released and your body will keep burning fat. Of course,
the goal is not to add extra calories from ice cream
and cheese to your present diet, but to replace calories
from other sources with calcium-rich calories, preferably
from low fat dairy products.
Hopefully you like some –
if not all, foods mentioned here and are getting ready
to make them fit into your daily diet to help boost
your metabolism and burn fat. Nature is abundant in
foods, plants and herbs that can affect metabolism and
help safely accelerate your weight loss efforts. You
just have to choose them wisely.
Written by Ricardo Forero.
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