November 23rd, 2009 
TJJM Publishing 
Are you looking for foods that will help you burn the fat and increase your metabolism? Check out the list below!
- Milk contains calcium, which acts as a metabolic trigger. A University of Tennessee study found that dieters who consumed 1,200 to 1,300 mg of calcium daily lost almost twice as much weight as dieters who ingested less calcium. Milk is a rich source of complex carbohydrates, which can boost your metabolism by helping your insulin levels stay low after a meal. Low insulin levels are desirable – high insulin levels are the signal to your body to hang onto fat.
- Whole grain cereal is a wonderful source of both complex carbohydrates and fiber. These are what is needed to keep your metabolism pumped by keeping insulin levels low after a meal. Insulin spikes make your body think it’s time to start storing the fat. Eating foods that lower insulin levels makes a lot of sense.In order to stockpile fat, State University of New York at Stony Brook nutrition professor Margaret McNurlan, Ph.D. states, your body slows down your metabolism. The result is that you burn fewer calories. The antidote? Eating metabolism-boosting foods – like whole grain cereal.
- Oats are a rich source of fiber, which pumps up your metabolism. Since oatmeal breaks down slowly in your stomach it doesn’t cause a big insulin spike the way carbohydrates like bagels do. Oatmeal is typically eaten for breakfast, which is an important meal to consume for anyone who wants to burn calories. Eating this meal keeps insulin production down and revs up the daily calorie burn.Eating breakfast helps raise your metabolism by almost 10 percent. Skipping meals slows down your metabolism and primes your body to store fat.
- Jalapenos contain a chemical called capsaicin, which not only gives peppers their pungent flavor but speeds up the heart rate and boosts the metabolism. They are good for spicing up not just meals but snacks, too. Research also found that eating small snacks helps the body not run out of fuel and may help prevent the mid-afternoon slumps.
- Habaneros, extremely hot chile peppers, are found both fresh and dried in spicy foods. A recent study found that people who consumed coffee and red pepper-packed snacks and meals burned almost 1,000 more calories a day.
- Bright red cayenne chiles are often ground into cayenne pepper, a typical ingredient in a spicy meal. One study found eating just one spicy meal a day boosts metabolism by up to 25 percent. The calorie burn lasts for up to 3 hours even after you stop eating.
- Green tea has a chemical called EGCG that causes the brain and nervous system to run faster and helps you burn more calories. EGCG works almost like caffeine except that caffeine causes your heart to beat faster. Do you want to super boost your metabolism? Try combining caffeine and a 90 mg.dose of EGCG three times a day and you can burn an additional 80 calories a day. Researchers discovered this, along with the other great news that you don’t have to engage in exercise for this to happen; it occurs when your body is at rest.
