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27 May 2011
Can What You Eat Actually Accelerate Your Fat Burning Powers?
Susan Rodriguez
Can specific foods help speed the rate your body burns fat? In other words, are there certain foods you should be eating to help you lose weight quicker? Before you decide, read this article. You may be surprised at the answer!
On the surface it sounds like a wild idea, eating specific foods in order to burn fat at a greater rate. In turn that means, if this idea were true, that you'd lose weight faster based on the specific foods you choose, in addition to the number of calories you consumed.
Before you dismiss this idea, let's look at four specific foods that are gaining the attention of nutritionists. These just may be the fat-burning super foods of the future. And, they could be a powerful tool in your current efforts in attaining health and vitality.
Are you ready to hear what the health professionals are saying about these foods?
Four Fat-Burning SuperStars!
Nuts! Once shunned by so many of the conventional health community because of their apparent high-fat content, nuts are now being touted as a food that can accelerate your weight-loss goals.
But the change of heart among medical professionals isn't just a whim. It's based on the latest clinical research. The results were quite surprising, to say the least. The studies say that eating three ounces of nuts on a daily basis can help you lose one inch of fat from your waist every month.
Pretty incredible.
The Harvard University-led research also discovered that those individuals who did this were also more likely to keep the fat off. Even more impressive -- and very hopeful!
But the nutritionists add one word of caution here. Optimally, you should be avoiding the salted nuts. Reach for the raw nuts instead. To keep them fresh ,store them in the refrigerator. This way, they explain, their healthy fats won't turn rancid.
Another food now on the A-list of fat-burning abilities is the avocado. Yes, like nuts, it was once shunned by nutritionists for its high fat content. However, researchers now know that it contains an abundance of healthy Omega 9 fatty acids. This, if you're not aware, is the same fat that's in olive oil and macadamia nuts. According to the latest studies, eating avocados can actually increase the conversion of fat into energy. And that, in turn, can boost your rate of metabolism.
The third SuperStar of nutrition is fish. Well, it's always been a SuperStar, but here's one more feather in its cap. Research reveals that eating fish makes you feel fuller two hours longer than you normally would. Fish, and other seafood, by the way, boosts your production of leptin. This is a hormone which regulates your hunger. Wow! Who know?
Finally, the fourth shining beacon of fat-burning power you need to know about is the coconut. Yep. The coconut. This tropically grown food possesses something called medium chain triglycerides or MCFAs for short. While on the surface it may mean nothing to you, it's crucial to the rate at which you burn fat. The MCFAs boost your liver's rate of metabolism by as much as 30 percent.
In practical terms this means you're far less likely to reach for that junk food after eating a coconut. This food, additionally, has the marvelous ability to help your thyroid gland function properly. And we all know the thyroid plays a key role in your energy level.
But you don't have to search far and wide for a fresh coconut to enjoy these benefits. You can reap the same results by using coconut oil, milk, and flour. You can even use shredded coconut to get this boost.
These four foods, nuts, fish, avocados and coconut may find a place on your next grocery list. And that would be good. Current research is now putting these on the A-list of fat burning foods. Perhaps you should be taking advantage of them.
Refs:
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/4-surprising-fat-burning-foods.html
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