| When speaking of metabolism most of people | | | | Turnip |
| think about weight loss. Our Metabolism and | | | | Fruits Apricots, Blackberrys, Blackcurrant, |
| weight is a kind of a stepping stone in defining our | | | | Clementines, Damsons, Grapefruit, Guava, |
| bodies. But theres one big difficulty with this, we | | | | Honeydew Melons, Melon Canteloupe, Oranges, |
| often fail to remember that dieting doesnt mean | | | | Peaches, Plums, Raspberrys, Strawberrys, |
| denying yourself food. | | | | Tangerines |
| Rather the opposite it means controlling food | | | | Try not to delude yourself by eating for example |
| intake and paying attention to what you eat. | | | | caned peaches, stuff like that is full of sugar, and |
| Most of the modern day weight loss diets are | | | | it will only harm you. |
| bad for overall body health. Most of them require | | | | When it comes to vegetables the best thing to |
| complete absence of certain food groups | | | | do is to steam them. This will preserve most of |
| (carbohydrates and fats) if you want them to | | | | the minerals and vitamins. Avoid fried (any fried |
| work for you. | | | | food) and processed food. |
| Likewise majority of these diets works only as | | | | You do not need to avoid all the fats, for |
| long as you stick with their strict regimen, once | | | | example you can substitute regular oil or |
| you stop, you will very likely gain all the weight | | | | whatever fat you use for cooking and use olive |
| you lost and probably gain a few pounds extra. | | | | oil instead. This way your food will taste great and |
| The key to increased metabolism lies in actually | | | | youll receive numerous olive oil benefits. |
| eating more, not less. But you have to eat smart, | | | | One other example, use non-stick pans instead of |
| drop the junk food and include much more | | | | regular old ones and ad the olive oil at the end, |
| vegetables and fruits in your diet. | | | | when meal is all but done. |
| The good news is that it is much easier to do | | | | For your body to work properly you need to |
| then most people think. All you have to do is to | | | | maintain balanced diet, do not deny your body |
| substitute bad stuff for good and that is it. | | | | essential nutrients. Try to eat at least 3 5 smaller |
| Example, instead of eating Mars bar eat an apple. | | | | meals per day, use food pyramid as guide for |
| That is it, apply the same principle on every one | | | | setting up your meals. |
| of your meals and you will soon feel the benefits | | | | Eating 3-5 meals per day will significantly increase |
| of it. Not only will you lose weight but your | | | | metabolism, eating just 1 or 2 large meals |
| general health condition will gain a huge boost. | | | | however slows it down. Your body thinks about |
| When you eat fruits and vegetables try to eat as | | | | meals in this way, if you eat seldom a food crisis |
| many of them as you can raw. It doesnt mean | | | | is happening and a food must be accumulated and |
| that you have to eat every single vegetable and | | | | preserved and it is done by lowering your |
| fruit raw, but if something needs to be cooked - | | | | metabolism. |
| cook it. | | | | For most of us it is hard to eat right all the time |
| List of foods that increase metabolism: | | | | but if you want to succeed in your weight loss |
| Vegetables asparagus, aubergine, Broccoli, | | | | effort you must try as hard as you can. By |
| Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Chicory, | | | | combining exercise with diet you will manage to |
| Cress, Cucumbers, Fennel, Gourd, Leek, Lettuce, | | | | increase your metabolism naturally. |
| Marrow, Peppers, Radish, Spinach, Tomatos, | | | | |