Fat Burning Foods

Is there realy such a thing as a Fat Burning Food? Evidence would suggest there is, but what are they and what is the best way to use them? The list is by no means finished as i could go on and on, but these are what i consider the best fat busting foods.

• Chicken or Turkey
• Tuna
• Beef
• Fish
• Celery
• Beans
• Cheese
• Green Veg

Fat Burning Foods – How do they Work

The way Fat Burning Foods work is somewhat controversial and one party would suggest something entirely different from the other. In order to simplify these things, we will just look at two camps – Thermogenesis and natural ingredients from nature that speed up the fat burning process.

Thermogenesis

This is simply the act of increasing the metabolic rate by the heating of the body and its functions, this is a natural way to expend energy and speed up the metabolism to burn th brown adipose tissue that almost always haunts our bodies. The heat can be produced in many ways from the actual physical action of eating that expends more calories digesting food than normal, such as the humble celery that i have discussed before.  Certain foods have heating properties through chemical interaction and these of course are your hot pepers and spices, which can also be an aid to fat burning in general.

Chemical Interaction to help fat burning

Ok, so i have touched on this before and the interaction of chemicals contained in certain foods or spices, can help to speed up the metabolic rate but not necessarily thermogenically. For instance, grean tea is one of those super foods that help to burn fat and this is the reason that you will always find hreat tea in most diet products.

Other Foods such as pulses, oatmeal reduce Some foods reduce calories that you absorb from food due to the fibre content, which excellent for digestion and helps the movement of food through the digestive tract resulting in less calories being absorbed.

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Come on, tell us what your best fat burning foods is and how you use them, what results have you had and what failures have you experienced.