Which foods help boost my metabolism?

Eat a very small meal that includes fat burning foods every 2-3 waking hours; this will increase metabolism. In addition, drinking lots of water will help. Counting carbohydrates, in particular refined carbohydrates, is an excellent way to boost your metabolism. Refined processed carbohydrates will slow down your metabolism.

Yes, avoid or strictly limit refined processed carbohydrates (apart from an occasional treat). Refined carbohydrates are a major cause of weight gain, obesity, insulin resistance, and many diet related diseases. Replace those foods with ‘fat burning’ foods. If you are unsure what these foods are, you will find a list of refined processed carbohydrates and a list of fat burning foods, further down this page, listed under Sources and Related Links.

Eating a quality protein, low carbohydrate, breakfast of fat burning foods will also ‘jump start’ your metabolism and increase the amount of calories burned.

In addition to the good information above, increasing muscle mass will increase your metabolism. Muscle is your metabolic furnace that will burn extra calories 24 hours a day, and not just when you are exercising. Weight training combined with fat burning foods that speed metabolism, cardio exercise, and limiting refined processed carbohydrates, will boost your metabolic rate, enable you to lose weight and keep it off. If you are not able to weight train, the other things will still produce excellent results.

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