Everyone wants to do it - speed up your metabolism!!! (Me too ;) There's a million web articles and blog posts about the subject, and here's mine. Enjoy!In no particular order, here are some things that are said to help increase your metabolism:
- Eat smaller, more frequent meals
- Build muscle mass
- Drink more water (and make it cold!)
- Eat spicy food
- Fidget
- Eat a good breakfast
- Eat enough calories to avoid "starvation mode"
- Exercise for shorter periods, but more often
- Boost your EPOC "excess post-exercise oxygen consumption" by making your exercise higher intensity
- Eat more fibre
- Eat more protein
- Exercise in the morning
- Drink green tea
- Increase your low fat dairy intake (to increase calcium intake)
- Get enough sleep (to regulate hormones)
- Reduce stress (to regulate hormones)
- Cut down on refined sugar, salt, and refined grains
- Cut down on caffeine (which increases insulin levels which tells your body to store fat)
- Limit alcohol intake
- Eat fruits and vegetables
- Eat yogurt (for the probiotics)
- Take a multivitamin
- Eat fish
- Don't yo-yo diet
- Eat fewer trans fats
- Try calorie shifting (so that your metabolism cannot predict how many calories it will have to burn)
- Avoid fad diets
- Be too cold or too warm (shivering and sweating increase your metabolic rate)
I'm sure there are more... stay tuned for a "part 2" post!
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