Boosting Metabolism


by John Furnem - Date: 2006-12-19 - Word Count: 415 Share This!

Some are just much luckier than we are. In this body-conscious world, it is important to have an ideal body that can standout, not by way of course, of being too large.

There are always good ways to maintain the weight you have always wished for. But for those we are not as blessed as they want themselves to be, it is often tempting to blame it all on metabolism.

By word metabolism, we pertain to a biological process that allows the rate at which calories in the body are burnt out which in the end influence the weight gain or loss.

It involves complex systems of enzymes and hormones that facilitate the conversion of fuel to energy. The sad truth though is that we have different rates by which our calories burn. That's why it is important to encourage metabolism for better loss of reserved fuel, if our main aim is to shed off some extra pounds.

This article will help you give ideas on how to promote better metabolism. Please read on.

Eat More Often, Burn More

This is not the same as eating more foods and burning more in the end. However, what we want to impose here is that the greater the frequency of food intake you have, the more likely you are to encourage your metabolism rate.

Small but more frequent intake of foods will keep your metabolism running. Eventually, you will be able to burn more calories.


In fact, all foods have the property of boosting your metabolism initially. The difference though is that some may increase your metabolism in the long run.

Spicy ingredient, more specifically red peppers can increase normal metabolism by up to 20% during the first 30 minutes after a meal. It is not certain though if this pace is kept for beyond this time frame.

Green tea is also known to have the same effect since it contains high level of epigallocatechin gallate oxidant. It is, however, not clear if the effects are enough to facilitate the boost of weight loss.

Vitamin C is also known to increase the metabolic rate. This can be best obtained through eating citrus fruits such as oranges, limes, lemons and a couple of others.

There are other various ways of increasing the rate of your metabolism. You may do regular exercises specifically cardiovascular activities or through following a comprehensive and non-fad dieting system.

Indeed, it is not hard to lose some weight. What is hard though is one's patience and determination to keep himself in pace towards loosing weight via metabolism.


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