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Metabolism-foods will be helpful to keep well the performance of metabolism of your body. They usually can be used for a high source of useful compounds and nutrients to encourage your metabolism. With the good performance of metabolism you will be able to control your weight more easily. So, what are best metabolism-foods for fat-burning that you should choose! There are a lot of choices and the following are some of them.
Hot peppers and lentils
Hot peppers can make anyone melt additional calories. The key is capsaicin! It is a special compound of hot peppers to heat up the body of anyone who eat hot peppers.
And for lentils, they are also good alternative choice for the iron intake! A cup of lentils can supply about 35 percent of our daily iron requirements.
Foods that contain a high amount of calcium & vitamin D
Vitamin D and calcium is so important and closely associated to the health of our bones. Both also have important function to build and maintain the muscle mass, and also essential for preserving a robust metabolism.
Some foods that can be a high source of vitamin D and calcium are spinach, a fat-free plain yogurt, fish (salmon, tuna, sardine), and so on.
Green tea
Green tea is not only helpful to supply useful antioxidants for your body, but also (according to American Journal of Clinical Nutrition) will be helpful and effective enough to lose more pounds.
Based on that report, with good lifestyle and 4 cups of green tea everyday will be effective enough lose more than 6 pounds in 8 weeks. Read also some healthy benefits of tea and caffeine in green tea!
Choose the right meats
If you love eating meats, you can try with lean meats! Because there is a high thermogenic-effect from protein of lean meats! You will burn around 30 percent of the calories the lean meal contains in the digestion.
Moreover, lean meats is a high source of iron which important to maintain the proper hemoglobin levels. As well we know, hemoglobin will be helpful and closely associated to the performance of cells because it can help to feed the cells with the adequate amount of O2.
The poor level of hemoglobin can lead to dizziness, headaches, and feeling-weak or easily to get fatigue (common signs that you can get if you choose inappropriate diet to lose your weight).
Brown rice & oatmeal
Generally, our body will burn the processed foods slower than the whole foods (like brown rice or oatmeal which rich in fiber). Therefore, oatmeal or brown rice is so recommended to be consumed in order to keep well the weight of your body.
