Ultrametabolism - Healthy Ways to Increase Metabolism
If you are trying to lose weight or just keep your weight steady, one easy way to success is to increase your metabolism. Metabolism is how quickly your body processes food and turns it into fuel.
However, if you’d just
like to boost your metabolism,
feel more energetic and
know your body is
burning calories more
efficiently, here are
some healthy ways you
to have ultrametabolism:
don’t your body goes into
starvation mode and your
metabolism slows. Not
eating breakfast is also
bad for your blood sugar.
If you don’t like the traditional cereal, eat left-overs from last night-as long as they are healthy.
- Eat three small meals and two snacks, spaced evenly throughout the day - this keeps your blood sugar level and your metabolism high and provides your body with a steady source of energy. Add a low-fat protein to each meal and snack, such as lean meats and low-fat dairy products. Eating this way greatly aides weight loss efforts.
- Add protein and complex carbohydrates to your diet. Resting metabolism increases two to three times more after eating a quality, lean protein than consuming simple carbohydrates. Complex carbohydrates-whole grains, fruits and veggies-also burn more calories than that simple carb donut.
- No starvation diets-limiting calories to below 1,000 per day will signal your body you are starving and your metabolism will slow.
- Exercise-exercising boost metabolism while you are doing it and for hours afterward. Walk, ride a bike, swim or take an aerobic class for 30-60 minutes a day, at least three times a week.
- Build muscle- muscle burns more calories than fat so the more muscle you have, the more calories you burn. This equals a boost in metabolism. Part of the reason metabolism slows with age is that people lose muscle mass as they age. This can be reversed by strength training.
- Try a CLA supplement - recent studies have shown CLA helps increase muscle and therefore boosts metabolism.
- Drink more water-water helps the metabolism process to work more efficiently. It also flushes toxins from our body, thus boosting our immune system as well.
- Add spicy foods to your diet-these increase metabolism.
- B vitamins help boost energy, especially vitamin B-12. Take a good B complex vitamin daily.
- Co-enzyme Q10, also known as CoQ10, which supplies energy to muscles
- Energy Exercises such as yoga, tai chi and Reiki all help move energy along the pathways of the body and keep energy channels open.
- Get enough sleep- Recent studies have shown that people who get 7-8 hours of sleep a night keep their weight steady or lose weight, while those who are sleep deprived actually gain weight. Besides, if you are fatigued, you are more likely to reach for empty calorie carbs to boost energy-like a donut!
Note: A low metabolism is indicated by lack of energy and weight gain. If you feel you have a serious problem with low metabolism, it’s always best to see a doctor as this can be a result of a medical condition such as hypothyroidism.
However, if you just want healthy, natural ways to increase your metabolism to either lose weight or maintain weight, these tips will help, not only boost your metabolism, but also make you healtheir all around.
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