Boosting your metabolism is really the key to losing stubborn weight. Nutrition plays a very important role in helping you achieve this so that you can still burn fat while you sit around.
Here is a list of the essential nutritional keys to boosting your metabolism:
1. Eat small amounts regularly throughout the day. Not only will this speed up your metabolism but it means your body won't have as much excess energy left over from the meal to store as fat. This happens when you only have 1 - 2 big meals. If you then go for long periods of time without eating (starvation mode) until your next binge, your body will break down your muscle for energy rather than your fat, slowing down your metabolism.
2. Only eat until you are starting to feel full. This will aid you in eating smaller meals more often. If you eat more than when you start to feel full your digestive system gets bogged down, you don't digest or absorb your food properly and your body has to store all the excess as fat.
3. Chew your food at least 20-30 times before swallowing. Your digestive system functions so much better if you do this. It can digest the food much quicker and easier and your body will be able to absorb more of the much need nutrients for proper functioning and speeding up your metabolism.
4. Eat a variety of at least 30 different foods everyday. Eating the same foods everyday and only a few different types slows down your metabolism, causing energy to be deposited as fat. Eating a variety of foods not only speeds up your metabolism but also helps prevent nutritional deficiencies. Adding nuts and seeds to your meals and eating muesli and salads is a good way to add some extra food types into your day.
5. Replace unhealthy packaged snacks with fruits, nuts and seeds. Processed/packaged food are really horrible for your health and your metabolic rate. You need to have fruits, nuts and seeds as a replacement snack. They provide much needed nutrition and boosts your metabolism through the minerals, vitamins and essential fatty acids that your body needs to function healthily.
6. Eat a healthy breakfast. I know you have probably heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I will reiterate that here. After your body has gone through the night without any food, it desperately needs some food in the morning to prevent it going into starvation mode. When this happens you will lose muscle mass and your metabolism will go down. If you find it hard to have time for breakfast then the least you can do is grab a couple of pieces of fruit.
7. Add vegetables to every meal. Vegetables need to make up 2/3 of you meals to help your metabolism speed up. Many people have way too many carbs in their meals without enough veges. This needs to be reversed if you want to increase your metabolism. Stirfrys and side salads are essential to getting enough veges.
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