Begin With 5 Great Fat-Burning Foods

Foods that actually burn fat?? Yes indeed. Here are five of the top foods for burning fat.

(Actually, the secret is their effect on your metabolism and evening your blood chemistry)

Citrus Fruits - The vitamin C in oranges is what helps to burn body fats. Antioxidant C is also a major contributor to a healthy immune system.

Apples - Pectin found in abundance in apples, helps to prevent your cells from absorbing unnecessary fats.

Garlic - As an aid to the body's own healing mechanisms, garlic is amazing. An antibiotic and natural regulator of the blood and its sugars, garlic helps to level the use of necessary sugars and aids weight loss.

Greens - As an absolute essential, greens feed the body so many minerals and vitamins that everyone should eat them. No matter what else we consume, greens are healthy for us. They provide the body with the iron and strength needed to speed up the metabolism and get us moving again.

Seafood - from fish, you get essential fatty acids like Omega 3. This brain food helps to keep the cells youthful, the mind clear and the body's salts stabilized. As your body uses these nutrients, it better metabolizes the fats in your system, so that weight loss is an effect.

The more fat burning foods you incorporate into your daily diet, the better your body will function.

Fat Burning Breakfast

Yes, it really is possible to consume foods throughout your morning that will actually help to burn fat. It's possible to start your day on a healthy high rather than a weighted down low, with over processed grains and sweets that will only add fat and calories to your day.

Aside from the obvious advantages of weight control, eating fat-burning foods for breakfast also kick starts your day into high energy. The foods you'll eat for breakfast will give you energy to burn and you'll feel better than you have in years. Add to that, the aid to your elimination because of easy digestibility and you'll feel wonderful.

Start your day with fruits (veggies after your body is used to it) and start your day with real food. Bananas for breakfast start you out with a great source of natural energy through the sugars in the banana. Far superior to other forms of sugar, fruit sugars are easily assimilated and utilized by the body that is just beginning to move about after a long rest. Berries and melons are good solid foods to help you feel full.

Layering your fruits in the morning is a good idea and further aids in digestion. Begin with the heavier fruits like bananas, cantaloupe, peaches, etc. for the fuller feeling. As your morning progresses, eat fruits like plumbs, oranges, apples and berries. Very watery fruits like watermelon should be eaten last as they digest the quickest.

When you begin a good solid regime of fruits for breakfast instead of processed and cooked foods, you'll find your bowel movements regulating and things improve, like the look and feel of your skin, the shine on your hair and the hop in your step.

It's a small change, but eating fruit for breakfast not only burns fat, but starts your day with fresh live food and the very best start you can give yourself.
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© JLee D.

Apples

The saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" has its roots in good solid truth. The apple is a marvel of nutritional engineering and because of its overall health effects, it's no wonder the apple will grow in moderate climes where winter nutrition is hard to come by. Apples are easy to store, easy to eat and can be cooked with, without real damage to their nutritional integrity.

As a rich source of soluble fiber, the type that actually prevents the feelings of hunger, apples are a dieter's best friend, kept on hand for munchies emergencies. Apples bring your sugar levels up and keep them up, staving off hunger for longer periods of time. Their crunchy texture helps to alleviate the psychological habit involved in eating that bothers some dieters.

Apples lower cholesterol and blood pressure naturally.

As one of the premium fat burning foods, apples cause you to expend calories as you chew and while you digest. Don't forget your apple a day!

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© JLee D.

Fabulous Fat-burning Fish

We've come to the conclusion that fish is just about the most perfect protein for human beings. It's always been considered a health food, but these days it seems that fish is so much more. It keeps us healthy, and our brains sharp It helps to lower rates of heart disease and reduce blood pressure. The oil in oily fish helps to thin the blood and lower cholesterol. Fish oil supplements have taken first position in the natural fight against arthritis and stiff joints, with the full range of rheumatoid conditions eased with the supplement, too.

Fish as a diet food is worth the scant calories it usually measures, for the health benefits from it. Water-packed tuna, salmon and flat fish like sole help the body ease into a lower weight by supporting the joints and muscle function, so fish is a have-to for healthy diets.

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© JLee D.

Cranberries

Cranberry has long been considered the premiere aid for urinary tract infections and bladder conditions. Cranberry strengthens the immune system while acting as an excellent antibiotic because of its curative properties and as a pro-biotic help for gastric and ulcer conditions. As one of the best antioxidants known today, cranberry should remain at the top of everyone's daily diet.

While lowering bad cholesterol, cranberry raises good cholesterol, aiding the body in proper digestion and usage.

As a fat burning food, cranberry is ultimately valuable, as its classification as a fruit means it lends further help to the digestive system.

With low natural sugars, cranberry doesn't have the same push to the sugar levels as other more sweet fruits. This is positive news for diabetics. With a small amount of natural or diet sweeteners, cranberry desserts can be made with low sugar content allowing for the natural tart flavor of this hardy fruit.

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© 2008 JLee D.

Important Greens

As an absolute essential, greens feed the body so many minerals and vitamins that everyone should eat them. No matter what else we consume, greens are healthy for us. They provide the body with the iron and strength needed to speed up the metabolism and get us moving again.

Spinach, kale, dark lettuces and other types of greens (collard, beet, etc) are all some of the healthiest food you'll ever eat and can stave off feelings of hunget in a green smoothie or a small salad.

Eat at least three helpings of greens a day for the best energy.

The Power of Broccoli

With great dietary fiber, nutrients and protein, broccoli stands as one of the most nutritious and healthy foods we can eat.

Many people eat broccoli raw with dips and in salad. It is recommended that for anyone with digestive problems or get digestive gas easily, broccoli should be steamed until easily digested. The fiber of broccoli, as a raw food, is one of the toughest to break down. Steaming retains the integrity of the nutritional value, while allowing for easier chewing and digestibility.

Boiling broccoli should be avoided as it significantly reduces its anti-cancer properties, while steaming or stir-frying does not.

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© JLee D.

Watermelon!

Does anything get better than the sweet and oh so juicy taste of a mouthful of ripe watermelon? I don't think so and from the popularity of the fruit, most people say the same.

Watermelon is a fruit so high in water that it fuels the body to further reduce the fat. It's an efficient fruit, with thiamin and vitamin C. As an antioxidant source, watermelon reduces our risk for cancer.

As a near perfect diet food because of its efficiency and maintenance of hydration levels in our bodies, watermelon also adds a source of lycopene which has been found to be very good for the heart.

The virtues of this wonderful food cannot be sung loudly enough. It has the yummy taste that people find so satisfying that it aids in weight loss by adding yet another dimension of food experience.

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© JLee D.