5 Fat Burning Foods

April 15, 2016, 19:40

If you want to speed up your metab­o­lism and fat burn­ing rate, include foods that pro­mote these process­es in your diet. They will improve diges­tion and the removal of excess flu­id from the body, and with it tox­ins. And these are not some exot­ic mir­a­cle prod­ucts, but the most com­mon ones.

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Dark choco­late

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It is rich in antiox­i­dants and oth­er ele­ments. They help pro­tect the body from free rad­i­cals that dam­age cells. Dark choco­late enhances blood cir­cu­la­tion, which has a pos­i­tive effect on meta­bol­ic process­es in the body.

Hot red pep­per

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Chili pep­pers and cayenne pep­pers are high in vit­a­min C and antiox­i­dants that improve meta­bol­ic func­tion, which is key in the fat burn­ing process. In mod­er­a­tion, they should be con­sumed dai­ly in sal­ads and hot dish­es.

Grape­fruit

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Grape­fruit is 90% water. Cit­ric acid, which is part of it, pro­motes weight loss. In addi­tion, grape­fruit helps reg­u­late cho­les­terol lev­els. But exces­sive con­sump­tion of grape­fruit can be dan­ger­ous — read more in this arti­cle.

Oats

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Oats improve diges­tion and increase metab­o­lism. It “extin­guish­es” appetite and pre­vents overeat­ing. At the same time, oats sup­ply the body with com­plex car­bo­hy­drates, fiber and pro­teins. It also con­tains nutri­ents that charge us with ener­gy and vital­i­ty for the whole day.

Onion and gar­lic

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Both veg­eta­bles are able to acti­vate the metab­o­lism and help burn fat by increas­ing blood cir­cu­la­tion, improv­ing the diges­tion process.

Source: Home Doc­tor mag­a­zine

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