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10 Ways to Increase Metabolism

  • Posted on March 16, 2011 at 1:34 pm

??The experts of health are continuing to research how to increase metabolism optimally. How quickly the body can burn calories ? This depends on several natural factors such as age, genetic, and gender as a cause of decreased metabolism.

There are 10 ways you can apply to help you increase your metabolism or the rate of burning calories in your body,:

  1. Add Muscle Intensity
    You need to know that our body constantly burns calories even when we do not do anything. Metabolic rate at rest is much higher in people who have more muscle. Do the exercises and sports to increase muscle mass and increase your metabolism.
  2. Exercise Routine
    Exercise will increase your metabolism effectively. To get optimum benefit you try to combine weight training with aerobic exercise or apply for more challenging interval workout.
  3. Drinking Water
    The body needs water to process calories. Always make sure that your body stay hydrated, because dehydration will slow down your metabolism. Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day for optimal calorie burning process.
  4. Add Ice Cubes
    Cold drinks help the body to burn more calories during digestion . But make sure you do not add sugar to cold drinks. Research shows consumption of 5 or 6 glasses of water with ice cubes can help burn 10 extra calories per day.
  5. Eat More Often
    Eat more often to include snacks in between main meals will help you lose weight . Eating small meals 5-6 times will make your metabolism stable, so the burning of calories will be more optimal.
  6. Add Spicy Flavor to Your Meal
    Spicy foods contain chemical compounds that stimulate higher metabolism than normal food. A tablespoon of chopped red or green chili peppers can increase metabolism by 23 percent.
  7. Increase Intake of Protein
    The body burns calories 2 times more time to digest protein than to digest carbohydrates and fats . Reduce carbohydrates and fat, increase protein-rich foods in the diet to improve your metabolism.
  8. Consume Dark Coffee
    Coffee can increase energy and your concentration if taken at the right time, for example, to start the morning of your day. According to research, the caffeine in coffee can help increase your metabolism in the short term, which is about 4 hours after drinking it.
  9. Consume Green Tea
    Green tea offers the benefits of the combination of caffeine and catechins, substances that are useful to increase metabolism for some time. Drink 2 cups of green tea to burn 50 extra calories each day.
  10. Avoid Extreme Diets
    Low-calorie diet can indeed help you losing weight but also in the extreme condition can make your metabolism dropping dramatically. Make sure the calories you consume fulfill the needs to maintain your body’s metabolism levels optimal.

The best way to burn calories and increase metabolism is to build muscle and be more active in physical activities. Try 10 ways to increase your metabolism above to reactivate your body’s metabolism.

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Seven Important Nutrients from Foods

  • Posted on March 8, 2011 at 2:05 pm

Each type of food should supply various kinds of nutrients to the body. In an increasingly busy life, people do not have much time to think and consider the intake of nutrients for the body. In the end, they consume food recklessly without regard about food quality and nutritional levels, and risks that may be caused by eating them. The following is a list of 7 nutrients that are often forgotten in the diet:

Potassium: For Normal Blood Pressure

Potassium is one of the main nutrients the body needs to help maintain healthy blood pressure, increase fertility, maintaining healthy muscle and nerve function. Source: potatoes, sweet potatoes, broccoli, bananas.

Magnesium: Prevent Disease

The low levels of magnesium in the body was allegedly causing several health problems such as osteoporosis, high blood pressure, diabetes, muscle cramps, and heart disease. Sources: spinach, peas, almonds.

Vitamin A: Increase intake of Beta Carotene

Vitamin A is divided into 2 types, namely: retinol and carotenoids, like beta-carotene is useful to maintain a healthy sense of vision, immunity, and tissue growth. Sources of beta-carotene: sweet potatoes, carrots, spinach, pumpkins, and cereals.

Vitamin E: Get the Benefits of Healthy Fats

Vitamin E is an antioxidant that is useful to boost immunity, maintain healthy skin and good eyesight, and reduce blood vessel blockage. Uniquely, the source of Vitamin E normally are foods that have high levels of healthy fats such as almonds, hazelnuts, safflower oil, sunflower oil, and peanut butter.

Calcium: For Healthy and Strong  Bones.

It’s no secret if calcium is very useful both for bone. Not only that, calcium also appeared to help maintain muscle function, set the rhythm of the heartbeat, and helps prevent high blood pressure. Its source: milk, salmon, tofu.

Vitamin C: Enhancing Immunity

People with influenza are usually looking for vitamin C to overcome them. Vitamin C can be obtained from a variety of fruits and vegetables, beneficial to enhance bone and tissue growth. In addition, Vitamin C works as an antioxidant to prevent damage to body cells and accelerate healing.

Fiber: For Digestive Health

Foods high in fiber are generally low in calories and filling, ideal to be consumed by people who are in a weight loss program. Fiber from whole grains and nuts have many health benefits like lowering cholesterol levels, improve the performance of intestine, reducing the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and prevent some types of cancer.

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