Making some simple changes to your lifestyle and diet can easily and effectively help speed up your metabolism. Metabolism has become widely known as the number of calories you burn at rest.
The term metabolism describes all the chemical reactions in your body that keeps your body alive and well. It is also responsible for converting the foods you eat into fuel. This provides your body d y with the needed energy to breathe, move, digest food, circulate blood, and repair damaged tissues and cells.
The higher your metabolic rate the more calories you burn at rest. Your age, diet, sex, body size, and health status are all factors that affect your metabolism. Let’s look at some ways to help increase your metabolism.
Food temporarily increases your metabolism for a few hours. Known as the thermic effect of food (TEF), it’s caused by the extra calories required to digest, absorb, and process the nutrients in your meal.
The food that provides the largest increase in TEF is protein. Dietary protein requires 20 to 30 percent of its usable energy to be expended for metabolism compared to 5 to 10 percent for carbs and 0 to 3 percent for fats. Protein gives you a greater sense of fullness which prevents overeating.
Stay hydrated, drinking water in place of sugary drinks is effective for weight loss and keeping it off. Sugary drinks contain lots of calories, replacing them with water reduces calorie intake. Drinking 17 ounces of water increase your resting metabolism by 30% for an hour.
For those of you who feel so inclined to do so a high intensity workout helps you burn fat by increasing your metabolic rate. To be effective choose workouts like biking or running to get started.
Muscle is more metabolically active than fat. Building muscle by lifting weights will help you burn more calories even at rest.
If you sit most of your day stand up at intervals as prolonged sitting burns fewer calories and can lead to weight loss. Try taking walks during breaks or at lunchtime.
Green and oolong tea increases metabolism and fat burning. These teas help convert some of the fats stored jn your body into free fatty acids which may increase fat burning when combined with exercise.
They are low in calories and drinking them may be good for not only weight loss, but weight loss maintenance as well.
Get a good night’s sleep as lack of sleep decreases the number of calories you burn, change the way you process sugar, and disrupt your appetite regulating hormones.
Are you a coffee drinker? Like green tea coffee can temporarily boost your metabolism. In can significantly increase your metabolism and help you lose weight.
In conclusion, making small changes in your lifestyle and adding these tips to your routine can help increase your metabolism. Having a higher metabolism can help you to lose and keep weight off.
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