If you are finding it challenging to figure out the foods for effective fat burn, you are not alone. Yes, there is a plethora of food out there, but which are most effective in helping to shed the pounds?
Some foods are more effective than others to whittle your middle and deserve a space in your pantry. Each food has its own advantage but they all help in helping you lose fat faster.
1. Avocados
Avocados are high in healthy, fat-burning monounsaturated fat that helps reduce weight and increase optimal health. They contain a rare form of sugar called mannoheptulose, which helps to lower excess insulin levels that can prevent you from storing fat.1
2. Wild Salmon
Salmon is a treasure trove of weight-loss goodies. It contains healthy omega 3 fats that help to reduce and reverse the fat cell inflammation due to weight gain. It is also high in protein.
Protein is key to triggering specific hormones such as CCK to help you feel as if you have had enough to eat. It also helps to synthesize muscle, which is metabolically active – helping you to burn calories even while resting.
3. Raw Nuts
Like eating nuts? You are in luck if you want to lose weight. Eat any kind of nuts for fiber to ward off hunger and to also get a good dose of protein and healthy fats to help burn fat faster.
Raw nuts such as raw pistachios, Brazil nuts, and almonds help to produce more testosterone naturally. Make sure you eat raw and organic nuts instead of roasted and salted ones to get the full weight-loss and nutrition benefits.2
4. Hot Peppers And Mustard
Add hot peppers and mustard where you can or chili peppers, jalapeno peppers, cayenne peppers, or 1 tsp. hot mustard to increase your fat-burning metabolism by 20–25% for up to 3 hours after eating. Hot peppers and mustards can help reduce your appetite by increasing your body’s norepinephrine and epinephrine levels.
5. Green Tea
Green tea is more than just flavored hot water when it comes to weight loss. This special tea, research shows, is loaded with potent antioxidants called catechins. The most important of these is EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate), which boosts metabolism.
To achieve weight-loss benefits, drink 2–3 cups a day. Also, the compounds in green tea increase the levels of hormones that inform fat cells to break down fat. This releases fat into the bloodstream and makes it available to be utilized as energy.3
6. Olive Oil
There are a lot of healthy reasons to add olive oil to your grocery list for optimal health. But for weight loss, the oleic acid in olive oil exerts a mighty effect that takes place in the small intestine.
The oleic acid is transformed in the small intestine into a compound called OEA (oleoylethanolamide) that stops hunger and suppresses your appetite by sending signals of being full to your brain.
7. Garbanzo Beans
Garbanzo beans, also known as chickpeas, are slimming beans that pack more than 2 grams of resistant starch per half-cup serving. Resistant starch is just another type of dietary fiber that very effectively makes you feel fuller longer. Garbanzo beans are also a great source of fiber and protein.
8. Nutrients
Okay, this is not a food. But studies show that those who are deficient in nutrients such as vitamin C, vitamin E, magnesium, and zinc have a higher percentage of body fat and belly fat. And if that isn’t bad enough, these deficiencies can make the bodies stubbornly hold on to fat.
The above foods are not only remarkable in helping you to lose weight, they are also an important part of creating optimal health. Go ahead and add them to your shopping list and watch them help kick weight gain to the curb.
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