I need suggestions for speeding up Metabolism

~Green Tea (drink a lot of green tea...or take the pills)
~Black Coffee (drink atleast a cup a day...but BLACK...also helps crub hunger)
~Black Pepper (put on everything!)
~B12 (most people swear by it)


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Foods that Boost or Speed up your Metabolism

Rolled Oats
Rolled oats can be made with whey protein and flaxmeal in the morning to spike your metabolism with high quality carbohydrates, protein and good fats. The best time to eat rolled oats is in the morning when your body needs carbohydrates for your brain and body to effeciently function throughout the rest of the day.

Whey Protein
Whey protein is perhaps the best thing for your metabolism since sliced rye bread (yes, we know what the saying is). It is in powder format and comes from cows milk. Whey protein is a complete high quality protein which is great for increasing your metabolism because everytime you ingest protein your body feels full longer and revs your metabolism.

Almonds
Almonds are loaded with good fats, fiber and incomplete protein. You can see the complete nutrient profile here. Since almonds have such great essential fatty acids they help your body raise it's metabolism just by ingesting them. Obviously ANY FAT has a high calorie content so be sure to have a few nuts every day. You can mix these up with pine, cashews and walnuts as they also contain a very healthy amount of good fats and antioxidants.

Natural Yogurt
Natural yogurt contains many pro-biotic cultures that are necessary for a healthy digestive tract. Yogurt also contains a lot of good fats and some protein. Yogurt can be eaten as a mid-morning snack with a whole apple.

Green Tea
Green Tea is perhaps one of the best morning metabolism boosters you can drink. Not only does it help with cancer risk, weight loss, metabolism it also contains caffeine which helps you focus during the morning. Green tea is found in many fat burning products

Beans
Beans are loaded with fiber and incomplete protein. Fiber helps keep you feeling full longer which helps prevent any binges and lapses in your meal plan.

Spinach
Spinach is loaded with antioxidants which help repair damaged muscles and prevent free radicals from doing their damaging effects to your health. Spinach is known for it's iron, vitamin C, potassium and magnesium. Myfit.ca wouldn't suggest ingesting this everyday but every few days would be acceptable.

Eggs
Eggs are one of the highest quality protein sources available. Eggs should be part of everyones diet and is perhaps the best food at speeding up the metabolism.

Turkey
Turkey is one of those lean meats that you should have once or twice a week to switch up your sources of protein. It is a great source of complete protein which helps rev your BMR (basal metabolic rate)

Chicken Breast
Chicken breast should be a staple in anyones diet. It's lean, easy to make and you can find it cheap at the local supermarket. I prefer the bonless, skinless kind because it takes extra time to skin/debone it.

Peanut Butter
Peanut Butter is one of those hidden health foods. People give it a bad rap due to it's high caloric content but it contains great essential fatty acids, lots of fibre and some incomplete protein. Instead of putting it on toast, try it on celery as a snack.

Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Canola Oil
Extra virgin olive oil and canola oil should be used at ALL TIMES when cooking. Since extra virgin olive oil has a lower flash point (it burns at a lower temperature than most oils) it is sometimes pretty messy to use. These oils contain lots of omega 3's which keep your heart and brain healthy.

Whole grains
Whole grains provide energy that you need throughout the day. Most of the advertised whole grains aren't actually made with Whole Wheat (and with the germ). Make sure that the product that you buy is not enriched either. The more that you increase your insulin levels the better chance you're slowing down that metabolism.

Berries
Most people love berries and they're not such a hidden secret anymore. They are jam packed FULL of antioxidants and is probably one of the most important health foods to eat to maintain a healthy lifestyle and keep your metabolism going strong. Frozen Raw Raspberries are usually the easiest to purchase from the frozen section of your local supermarket.

Cayenne Pepper
In the past five years cayenne pepper has been used in fat burners. Why you ask? Well, cayenne has thermagenic (heats up your body) properties. When your body has to cool itself down it requires calories to do so. Thus, creating a fire for your metabolism.

Coffee
Coffee is one of those foods that have been loved and hated by many nutrionists and dieticieans. The most recent research about caffeine and coffee suggest many positive benefits which include: Speeding up your metabolism, heart health, increased concentration and many more.

Water
A recent study by germany researchers suggest that 90 minutes after drinking cold water (H20) will boost your metabolism by 24% over their average metabolism rate. Make sure to drink your water cold. Not only does water keep your body lean it also helps with keeping the flow of nutrients and helps get rid of free radicals. Make sure you're keeping the water cooler near by. More research on water and weight loss

Steak
Lean red meat has also been through a love and hate relationship with many health professionals; but recent research suggests that lean red meat should be ingested once per week. Red meat contains creatine monohydrate which helps your body use more creatine phosphate (ATP) to help you build muscle. Obviously with the more muscle mass the greater your metabolism.

Vegetables
Vegetables are one of those completely needed foods that we NEED to eat to maintain an elevated metabolism. Vegetables contain fibre, vitamins and many essential nutrients which we can't get anywhere else. Make sure to ingest 10-12 servings of fruits and vegetables daily (yes, that's more than the current food pyramid says.

Apples
Apples have a low glycemic index which is should be ingested almost daily as a fruit to maintain a
healthy diet. Apples contain fibre which helps you feeling full longer, not to mention the slogan "An apple a day keeps the doctor away".

Salmon
Probably one of the most important foods you should be eating twice weekly. Right now, the wild pacific salmon is the healthiest fish you can buy. This fish contains loads of omega 3's and other cancer prevention benefits.

(copied this from this website...http://www.myfit.ca/foods_that_speed_metabolism.asp)

The only real way to would be to increase the amount of muscle in your body. The more muscle you have in your body the more energy your body requires to function.

Increase weights/reps. Even if just for a few, go til failure. Speed bursts are a great idea. In order to increase metabolism, you need to shock your body.

Read these , a lot of good sound advice in there..


http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/61706-guide-to-calorie-deficit

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo

Make sure you have a good breakfast. Your metabolism is 'at rest' when you have been asleep for eight hours so by always having a good breakfast it boosts it to a good level. You just have to maintain it throughout the day by having 'little and light' snacks in between meals, i.e. carrot sticks, a little chopped apple, a few baby plum tomatoes. Imagine you are keeping a plate spinning.

I did a liver cleanse that is suppose to boost your metabolism. You drink an 8 ounces glass of room temperature water with the juice of a half of a lemon first thing in the morning. Then wait 15 min and drink another 8 ounces glass of room temperature waterwith 1/2 cup of all natural cranberry juice, and a tablespoon of organic apple cider vinegar. It not that great tasting but you get used to it. You do this for 21 days and no caffeine. Since caffeine slows the metabolism it counter acts the goal of cleaning your liver to boost your metabolism!!

I did a liver cleanse that is suppose to boost your metabolism. You drink an 8 ounces glass of room temperature water with the juice of a half of a lemon first thing in the morning. Then wait 15 min and drink another 8 ounces glass of room temperature waterwith 1/2 cup of all natural cranberry juice, and a tablespoon of organic apple cider vinegar. It not that great tasting but you get used to it. You do this for 21 days and no caffeine. Since caffeine slows the metabolism it counter acts the goal of cleaning your liver to boost your metabolism!!

And yet plenty of other reports and studies show that caffeine boosts metabolism.

And we wonder why we all get so confused!

I did a liver cleanse that is suppose to boost your metabolism. You drink an 8 ounces glass of room temperature water with the juice of a half of a lemon first thing in the morning. Then wait 15 min and drink another 8 ounces glass of room temperature waterwith 1/2 cup of all natural cranberry juice, and a tablespoon of organic apple cider vinegar. It not that great tasting but you get used to it. You do this for 21 days and no caffeine. Since caffeine slows the metabolism it counter acts the goal of cleaning your liver to boost your metabolism!!

And yet plenty of other reports and studies show that caffeine boosts metabolism.

And we wonder why we all get so confused!

haha yeah!
but actually...they've proven that caffeine DOES boost your metabolism!!!!

Either way with the caffeine does or doesn't boost your metabolism. The liver cleanse helped me stop drinking tea and start drinking water!!!

I'm not even joking.. I have found myself craving most of these foods on this list. Eggs, Apples, Almonds, Turkey, Roasted Chicken, wow.. I wonder if the body 'knows' what it needs in order to speed up metabolism when you go on a diet? Odd really.