| How Food burns Fat ? |
Fat burning foods, sometimes referred to as negative calorie foods, are foods that require more calories to digest than the nutritional value they contain.
Your body uses energy when digesting food. If the energy spent digesting the food is higher than the energy gained from the food it is called a fat burning food or a negative calorie food.
By eating these fat burning foods you actually lose more calories then you gain thus burning fat.
| Which are Fat Burning Foods ? |
Fruits rich in vitamin C like limes, lemons, oranges, guava, grapefruit and tangerines,mango, Papaya, Cranberry, Watermelon, Apples, Blueberries, Cantaloupe. . Vitamin C dilutes the fat and makes it less effective and helps in releasing the fat from the body.
Vegetables: Green Beans, Spinach, Asparagus, Broccoli, Cabbage, Lettuce Carrot, Cucumber, Garlic, Onion, Radish, Turnip, Zucchini, Cauliflower, Celery, Hot Chili,Tomatoes,Beans.
While not being true fat burning foods, eggs, lean turkey/chicken, milk and cheese, tuna, salmon and other protein rich foods are great for burning fat and your body requires more calories to process protein than it does carbohydrates and fat.
Spicy foods like cayenne pepper and aromatic spices like cinnamon kick your heart rate up and balance out blood sugar levels. When our blood sugar levels are out of whack, we turn to binging on sugary foods, which inevitably drive us to eat more. According to United States Department of Agriculture, it seems that cinnamon may lower blood glucose, triglycerides and LDL cholesterol in people with Type 2 diabetes. Sprinkle some cinnamon on your oatmeal, over a baked apple or in your coffee for a healthy flavor punch!
Fiber rich foods like whole grains, cereals, beans/legumes, nuts and seeds help limit the number of calories you consume. Fiber rich foods take more time to digest and eating foods that are rich in fiber contributes to the "full" feeling that helps you eat less calories every meal.
Nuts help feel full while also increasing the body's ability to burn fat
, says author Jordi Salas-Salvado of the University of Rovira i Virgili in Reus, Spain.
Drinking Green tea can increase your metabolism. Researchers have shown that certain substances in green tea, called polyphenols, actual stimulate the break down of fat.
