Fat Burning Foods - 4 minutes read
These days people are getting more and more conscious about the fat burning foods as obesity is spreading fast. It is really scary for overweight and obese people to think on what to eat and what not to, as the figures of calories in various foods confuse the poor victims of fat accumulation. To their amazement however, this topic is not at all difficult and confusing; they will have to just remember what they have learnt in school about foods, nutrition, food habits etc..
It is a well known fact that working out less than what we eat results into fat accumulation. Above that, if the food is full of fats and carbohydrates, it turns us into a 'round figure' in no time. The answer to why this happens is simple; fats and carbohydrates are inclined to get stored in form of fat tissue, called adipose tissue, when are not in use and these form types on our various body parts. So which food shall we eat? It is so simple; what we have to do is just remove the fat accumulating foods from our diet and eat the fat burning foods!
The prime important name in the list is fiber-containing foods like veggies of green or any color, fruits, whole grains, cereals, beans and so on. A recent study has shown an effective method of fat burning with fiber-rich foods. The study shows that fiber-rich breakfast burns fats double while doing exercise three hours after it for an hour, than a breakfast which lacks in fibers. Include brown bread, porridge, barley, brown rice, whole wheat pasta, beans of any type, citrus fruits like grapefruit, other fruits like figs, kiwi, melons, apples and vegetables like spinach, Broccoli, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes and lettuce in your breakfast and meals. Nuts too contain a good amount of fibers. If slightly less than a handful of them is included in your foods, they not only burn the fats, but also keep your brain and heart healthy. Everything, especially fruits, are excellent when taken fresh; if you have to take canned ones, take juice-packed or water-packed and not syrup-based.
It is an obvious fact that the fats and carbohydrates should be replaced by more amount of proteins. And the sources of low-fat proteins are skim-milk, beans, fish, 90% lean beef, soy, skinless chicken, tofu and yogurt. By now, everybody knows that fish oil reduces cholesterol, so fish is a food that burns fat.
You may have been depressed with your so-called weight-loss foods, which are extremely tasteless; but good news for you is healthy foods need not be tasteless, as some spice form fat burning foods which you can add to your meals and enjoy. Onion, garlic and red chilies are those spices. Onions and garlic are proven to reduce cholesterol and red chilies, by the virtue of capsaicin, burns fat by accelerating metabolism.
It is interesting to know about some more foods, which are hardly thought of as fat-destroyers, but they are. Coffee, for instance, due to the caffeine it contains, burns fat significantly. But you should remember to have coffee in moderate amount, i.e. not more than 2 cups daily.
And guess what we are going to tell now! Chocolate is a fat-reducer, can you believe? Reports of a randomized, blind, placebo-controlled study say that the Real Dark Chocolate, which contains no sugar, fats or milk, improves cardiovascular health, by burning fats, lowering blood pressure and improving blood flow, because it contains loads of flavanol, a natural antioxidant, and also of Magnesium, which is good for heart, Vitamin B, C and E, Calcium and Iron.
Surely, this information must have given you much relief, that for burning fat, you need not starve or crave! You can eat not only healthy things, but also delicious ones! There is a variety of choices available for you. Starvations are a history now, as you can enjoy a lot of substances in form of fat burning foods!