Eating protein is very important for your health as it is one of the basic nutrients which your body needs.

But protein has other benefits. One of them is that it causes the body to burn more calories in the digestive process. The reason is that the human body finds it difficult to digest amino acids (which comprise protein) and so requires a lot of calories.

Here are some sources of fat burnining protein:

• Cod


• Flounder


• Trout


• Crabs


• Lobster


• Egg whites

Here are more sources of healthy, lean protein:

• Turkey


• chicken breast


• low fat cheese


• Bison/buffalo


• Ostrich steak

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While dairy products don't burn fat in themselves, they do have another benefit.

A research which was done in Europe found that people who incorporate dairy products in their diet excrete more fat in their feces than people who don't eat enough dairy.

How much can you lose? It's different from one person to the next, but it's possible to excrete more than 3 pounds of fat each year. This may not seem much, but 3 pounds of fat on your body will not help your appearance or health, trust me.

Of course, stick to low fat dairy food items like skim milk, low fat cheese, and low fat yogurts.

Make sure to not overeat dairy products. Eating too much is unhealthy.

Certain fruit and vegetables are caloric negative which mean that they contain very little calories and are hard for the body to digest so you burn more calories by eating them than the calories they contain.

This means that you create a calorie deficit which aids the weight loss process. Of course, you can't eat fruit and vegetables alone, but incorporating them into your diet can help to lose weight faster.

Here is a list of these fruits and vegetables:
apples

apricots

artichokes

asparagus

beets

blackberries

blueberries

broccoli

Brussels sprouts

cabbage

cantaloupe

carrots

cauliflower

celery

cherries

corn

cranberries

cucumbers

eggplant

garlic

grapefruit

grapes

green beans

honeydew

leeks

lemons

lettuce

limes

mangoes

mushrooms

nectarines

onions

oranges

papaya

parsley

peaches

pears

peas

peppers

pineapple

prunes

pumpkin

radishes

raspberries

red cabbage

spinach

squash

strawberries

string beans

tangerines

tomatoes

turnips

watermelon

Certain spicy foods, and especially chili can create a brief increase in your metabolic rate and help you burn a little more calories.

This increase will not result in a major calorie burning, but each little things counts.

Chili has been researched and shown to do this. Other spicy foods are supposedly similar, but I have not seen research which substantiates this.

Drinking 8-10 glasses of water each day is recommended whether you're trying to lose weight or not.

Drinking it cold, however, will result in more burned calories. The reason is that our body needs to warm the cold water we drink to body temperature and uses calories to do this.

How much more calories? Some experts claim it can be over 100 calories a day extra. Not bad for drinking water.

Fat Burning Foods do not constitute your entire diet. Make sure to maintain a stable and reasonable diet and to exercise regularly.

Use these foods to help the weight loss process, not to be the only thing which triggers it.

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