10 Top Fat Burning Foods

Losing weight is all about eating the right food and boosting your metabolism. And while exercise is an excellent way to do this, there are certain foods that can also increase your metabolism to help burn fat quicker. Here are 10 foods that can help support your healthy eating and exercise regime:

• Hot peppers - eating these can increase metabolism by as much as 25% for up to 3 hours after eating them. So boost your circulation with Cayenne, Jalapeno and Habanero


• Brown Rice & Oatmeal - these are slow release energy foods (low GI) that steady insulin levels so speeding up our metabolism


• Spices - can burn up to 1000 calories more than not using them, so start adding garlic, cayenne, cinnamon & black pepper instead of thick creamy sauces


• Calcium-rich foods - you can lose up to twice the amount of weight by consuming sufficient quantities of calcium than those who don't


• Broccoli - calcium is well-known to reduce weight and broccoli has loads of it as well as packed with antioxidants


• Green Tea extract -well known to boost metabolism significantly as well as being full of antioxidants


• Pure Water - ok not a food but it speeds up fat burning as it's needed to turn food into energy and helps with the digestion of food. Drink 1 ml of water for every kcal of energy your body uses. This will be around 2000 calories for women and 2500 calories for men every day. Don't forget to replace the fluid lost during exercise so if you burn an extra 500 calories in the gym drink an extra 500 ml on top of your daily levels. Suppresses appetite too


• Pears & Apples- can both help boost weight loss and speed metabolism


• Citrus Fruits- the high levels of vitamin C reduces high jumps in insulin so helping to keep metabolism high


• Omega 3-rich foods- Leptin (chemical in the body) is reduced by these fatty acids. This chemical actually lowers your metabolism, so although Omega 3 doesn't directly boost your metabolism it helps prevent it from being lowered

It's important to develop a regular eating pattern which includes having a low GI breakfast to release energy slowly and keep you fuller for longer. This should stop you reaching for the donuts at 11am!
So combined with a sensible exercise regime which includes not over-exercising and sleeping properly, you should be well on your way to burning off that extra layer of body fat.

Tim Edwards

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