Foods That Speed Metabolism

So what is Metabolism?

Metabolism is the sum of the physical and chemical changes that take place in living organisms, or said another way, metabolism is the amount of calories (energy) that your body burns to maintain itself. You are always burning calories to supply you with energy, and this includes when you are asleep.

Whether you have low or high metabolism is determined by your body composition. Muscle burns more calories to maintain itself than fat, so if you have low body fat and are muscular then you will have a high metabolism and conversely if you have a higher percentage of body fat than what you should, you will have a low metabolism.

How can you increase your metabolism?

Eat correctly, and I don’t mean starve yourself, rather eat smaller helpings but eat more frequently. Drinking water between meals also helps and that dreaded word – exercise. The exercise helps to decrease your body fat and increase your muscle mass. A combination of resistance exercise and aerobic exercise is best to increase metabolism.

One of the reasons that low calorie diets don’t work is because your body is programmed to respond to less food. It thinks that you are starving and it slows down your metabolism as a means of survival. This means that you eat less, but the body then produces less energy. The outcome is feeling lethargic, possible slowing of your heartbeat and low blood pressure.

What you are really looking for is an increase in energy, feeling good and losing weight. This is the way it should be and it can be if you begin to exercise (increase in energy). Exercise coupled with eating correctly decreases you body fat and increases your muscle mass (increased metabolism, losing weight) which leads to the best bit – FEELING GOOD.

Don't put off losing those few extra pounds. Your mind will provide you with numerous excuses to put it off until after winter, after summer, after the festive season...there will be a million excuses provided by your mind. To be successful you will need to take that first step and then the next step. You can do it, especially with this program that does not leave you feeling hungry all the time.