7 Ways to Boost Your Metabolism — And Burn Fat Fast
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Whether you’re trying to lose weight or just wanting to maintain your sleek physique, boosting your metabolism to a higher rate is always a good idea. There are several ways to give your metabolism an extra push — including exercising early in the day — but eating can also be a factor in its elevation.
Increasing your metabolism means your body burns calories at a higher rate. So if your metabolism is high, it’s burning calories even when you aren’t working hard at the gym. A sluggish metabolism can cause you to gain weight, because you’re consuming more than your body is burning.
Here are 7 ways to boost your metabolism, so you can burn fat fast:
- The first thing you need to do is add breakfast to your daily meal planner. Although many people don’t like eating breakfast, it gives your body the rev up it needs to launch your metabolism. A 250-calorie snack is all it takes to boost your metabolism in the morning.
- Another way to increase your metabolism is to add spices to your food. According to the U.S. Agricultural Research Service, Cinnamon is one spice that increases your metabolism twentyfold — and all you have to ingest is a mere 1/4 to 1 tsp per day!
- While you’re planning your meals, you may want to add kiwi fruit to your diet. Kiwis pack a lot of vitamin C, but if you add 500 mg of it to your day, you burn up to 39% more fat when you’re exercising. Don’t get too much C, though, because once you get to the 2,000 mg mark, you start experiencing adverse effects like bloating, gas, and diarrhea.
- Another metabolism boosting measure is to watch what you drink. Adding ice to a drink makes your body work harder because it has to heat it up in your stomach, which increases your metabolism. Also, ingesting a caffeine drink like coffee or tea can raise your heart rate and increase your metabolism.
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Where you’re eating can be just as important as what you’re eating. When you’re having breakfast in the morning, try positioning yourself near a window so that you can soak up some sun. The bright light boosts your metabolism and also helps you increase bone and muscle strength.
- Make sure you’re getting enough chromium in your diet to help your body burn more calories. Chromium, which is found in tomatoes and in a supplement form, also boosts the way you burn fat. According to MedlinePlus, meat, eggs, green pepper, apples, banana and spinach are also good sources of chromium. When you supplement 120 mcg of chromium daily, your body benefits by revving up its metabolism.
- If you really want to kick-start your metabolism, you may also try dividing your meals up into smaller portions that you eat more often throughout the day. Every time you eat, it helps your metabolism rise, so as strange as it may sound, eating frequently can help you lose weight or maintain a healthy weight.
For more ways to boost your metabolism, check out bestselling author, speaker and coach Christopher Guerriero’s best seller: Maximize Your Metabolism. It’s an international best seller now available in electronic form — which means you can download it right away! You’ll get free updates, plus lots of free bonuses. Visit the official site: Maximize Your Metabolism
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Thank you so much for your help! I have been looking everywhere for insight like this and finally found what I am looking for!
Kayleb on March 10th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Nice Articles, thanks for this, I really liked your blog!
Kudungga Syamsuddin on March 23rd, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Thank you soooo much, I was also looking for insight like this. Very good. Thank you again.
mayra palma on April 1st, 2009 at 5:50 pm
The chromium paragraph has a typo in it- spinach instead of spinch, I believe
I am very grateful for this advice!
beth on May 15th, 2009 at 7:16 am
I have unfortunately and without realizing it, lowered my metabolism over the years because of long work hours and not stopping to eat… I realize now how bad that was because now I eat what anyone else does of my age and weight, etc and I can gain while they don’t. Very sage advice here - eat often (so your body doesn’t have to wonder how long to store the food it has, before the next meal) eat light and eat healthy in general… Great article.
william brooke on June 22nd, 2009 at 2:08 pm
good advice, ill try eating more tomatoes and kiwi!
Dan on August 1st, 2009 at 3:14 pm
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