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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Using The Power Of Food To Boost Metabolism

What comes to mind when you think about metabolism? Do you only think about it when you are trying to lose weight? Although most people only think about their metabolism rate when they are trying to slim down, you really should be in tune with your rate at all times. This way you can keep it at it's highest level at all times so that it is burning calories efficiently.

When people notice that their metabolism had slowed down they will often start doing a search for the latest and greatest weight loss pill that promises that their body will become a fat fueling furnace. Unfortunately either the product does not work as claimed or the side effects outweigh the results.

Instead of looking for pills or potions we should be looking at our current and past diets to see where how can improve what and when we eat. In the past have you been into fad diets? A fad diet may be popular and it may give excellent results but the weight slowly returns. Fad diets often leave out one food group or restricts it's use greatly, think low carb or no carb diets. It may sound good at the time but in the long run it slows down your metabolism and causes you to start gaining weight when just a bit of this "forbidden" food is added back into the diet.

So how can food help us boost our metabolism?

You are probably already familiar with the term "starvation mode" This is when you cut back so severely on calories that your body slows down all calorie burning and holds on to as much fat as it can because it believes that it is literally being slowly starved. So in order to have your body believe that food is plentiful you should be feeding it often. Sounds easy doesn't it? Well, it's really not that easy, because we all know that if we over eat we become fat so here are a few tips to keep in mind.

Try to keep your stomach always digesting food.

This is easy accomplished with eating 6 smaller meals every day instead of 3 large meals. By this I mean to eat a bit less for breakfast, lunch and dinner and then have 3 healthy snacks in between.

Try to eat the food in it's most natural state. Instead of drinking juice, eat the whole fruit instead. A glass of orange juice has approximately 100 calories and very little fiber. By eating an orange which has only 85 calories and much more fiber keeping your stomach feeling fuller longer and since it contains more fiber the sugar will get digested more slowly so that you don't have a spiking of blood sugar.

Increase the amount of fiber you eat daily.

Your body uses a lot more calories to burn a high fiber food then it does for a low fiber food. When you have a choice of white flour breads or pasta choose 100% whole grain products. These will not only cause your body to burn more calories to digest but also like the whole fruit keep your body working longer to digest them so that your body does not believe it is going into starvation mode and your metabolism will stay high.

Choose your fat wisely.

Fat is not your enemy, it is needed by the body to keep up with normal bodily functions. Instead of eating fried foods or processed foods with additional fats saturated or trans fats added choose low fat dairy products, lean meats, fish or use a small amount of olive oil on your salad. Like fiber, having fat in your diet will keep you feeling satisfied and not hungry.

If you follow the above tips daily you will be keeping your metabolism rate high and you will be training your body to utilize food more efficiently. This will in turn will help you burn more calories every day and you will find that you can "cheat" every once in a while a not have to worry about the scale always creeping up. It will also help you keep your weight in check so that you don't have a need to look for the latest fad diet or diet pills.

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