Foods to Burn Fat Faster

I was looking over my stats and analyzing the weeks that I lost more weight compared to the weeks I lost less weight or gained. Many of the weeks were simply because I wasn't working out as much as I should be, but something else struck me. Some weeks I was eating many of the foods that have been known to help burn fat faster, so I thought I'd share those with you today.

In researching these foods, the consensus is clear that you must be exercising and maintaining a relatively healthy diet to reap the full benefits of these foods. So don't think you can eat a grapefruit and just drop the pounds without doing anything else.

1. Fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C and fiber. Examples include, apples, grapefruit, lemons, oranges, watermelon and cabbage.

2. Fresh garlic regulates insulin levels and boosts metabolism.

3. Soybeans help prevent your body from storing fat.

4. Green Tea boosts metabolism and contain valuable antioxidants.

5. Spices such as cayenne pepper and jalapenos will boost metabolism and raise your heart rate which can help you burn fat faster.

6. Foods containing protein such as lean grass fed beef and free-range poultry. Protein is important to building muscle. Muscle burns fat.

7. Ginger boosts metabolism and detoxifies your body.

8. Cinnamon helps your body to metabolism sugar faster. 1/4 teaspoon with any meal is all it takes.

For these foods to work the best, they need to be organic, especially when it comes to the meats. More and more research shows that the meat we produce today is full of bad fats and cholesterol. Much more so than when the cows grazed on open fields and chickens got their food on their own. To produce higher yields we are feeding animals food they wouldn't normally eat in the wild that might be cheaper for the manufacturer but not healthier for the animal or us. It's kind of like how our bodies react when we eat processed foods like boxed macaroni and cheese and hamburger helper. You rarely heard of heart disease in the 40s and 50s before processed foods took over the world. Getting back to simpler times will make us all healthier.

Again, I must stress that eating these foods will not magically make the weight come off, but with regular exercise and discipline in your eating plan, they may help boost your metabolism enough to help you burn more calories in the long run. I really think they are working for me.