How To Increase Your Metabolism

          The rate of your metabolism is mostly genetically determined, but there are still several things you can do to increase yours. Here are 6 tips for those who are looking to boost their metabolism:

1. Do not diet. Dieting will cause your body to think it has insufficient amount of fuel in your body and will therefore work slower to keep the remaining amount that it still has.


2. Drink cold water. Drinking cold water has been believed to increase metabolism since the body has to work harder to bring it down to body temperature.


3. Don't skip out on breakfast. Having a full breakfast every morning has been found to jump start your metabolism. There have been many studies supporting this.


4. Drink a cup of tea per day. Caffeine has been known to boost your metabolism since it is a stimulant for your central nervous system. Aim for having a cup of green tea per day. Green tea has antioxidants with fat burning properties.


5. Eat more protein. A hormone called glucagon is released when foods with protein are consumed, which is responsible for signaling the body to burn fat.


6. Eat more fiber. This forces your body to feel fuller, while eating less. 


7. Have the biggest meal for lunch. You are most active between lunch and dinner, therefore after you have a big meal you can use the energy you consumed. 


6. Don't remain idle for long. Studies have shown that remaining seated for longer than 4 hours actually causes your body's metabolism to temporarily shut down. To keep it active, simply give yourself breaks from sitting too long by getting up and stretching for a couple minutes.


7. Exercise regularly. Maintaining a healthy exercise uses up energy we get from meals, therefore you will have little leftover of energy from meals stored as fat. 

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Healthy Fruits

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Chicken Kabobs

Ingredients: (serves 2)

6 oz of boneless raw chicken breast, cut into 1" by 1" cubes

4 cups of raw bell pepper, cut into pieces

3 cups of raw broccoli florets

6 cups of raw mushrooms

2 tablespoons of vinegar

4 cups of tomatoes, cut into pieces

5 teaspoons of olive oil

1 teaspoon of ground basil

1 1/2 cup of chicken broth, condensed

1 teaspoon of ground oregano

2 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped

Directions:

1) Combine oil, chicken broth, vinegar, basil, oregano, and garlic in a bowl to create a marinade.

2) Prepare 8 skewer kabobs. In each skewer place chicken, bell peper, broccoli, mushroom, and tomato.

3) Place skewers in marinade, and completely cover each with the marinade.

4) Tightly seal with foil. and bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 20 minutes, remove foil, and continue baking for 10 - 15 minutes extra.

5) Place on 2 dinner plates, and serve.

Nutritional Information:

Calories (Per Serving): 500

Protein (g): 43

Carbohydrates (g): 54

Fat (g): 17

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Fortified Rice

Ingredients: (serves 2)

50 Grams raw broccoli, raw, chopped or diced
25 Grams raw celery
6 Egg whites
100 Grams raw mushrooms
1/4 Cup long dry brown uncooked rice

1/4 Cup pace chuncky salsa

2 Tbsp natural brewed soy sauce lite

1 Cup raw spinach

50 Grams raw onion



Directions:
1) Steam broccoli 
2) Pan coated with cooking spray, add soy sauce, chopped onion, sliced mushrooms, steamed broccoli, chopped celery, and spinach. 
3) Cook on medium heat until spinach is cooked. Add rice and simmer until soy sauce has cooked away. 
4) Once everything has cooked, add 6 egg whites and stir until eggs are cooked.

Nutritional Information:
Calories (Per Serving):378.80
Protein (g): 33.9
Carbohydrates (g):53.98
Fat (g): 1.75


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Breakfast

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Fruits

It’s important to know how and when to eat fruits.

Do not eat fruits after meals.

Fruits should be eaten on an empty stomach.

If you eat fruits on an empty stomach it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.

Fruit is the most important food.

Let’s say you eat two slices of bread and then fruit. The fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented because of the bread.

And the bread rots and ferments and turns to acid. As soon as the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.

Eat fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals.

When people complain after eating, its because you did not eat fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and that makes you bloat.

Greying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes, all these will not happen if you eat fruits on an empty stomach or before meals.

There is not such thing as some fruits like orange, and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body (Dr. Herbert Shelton).

If you practice what I have said, you will have better skin, health, energy, happiness, and weight.

When you drink fruit juice, drink only fresh fruit juice.

Do not drink fruit juice if it has been heated.

Do not eat cooked fruits because it loses the nutrients.

Cooking kills all the vitamins.

Eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice.

If you drink fruits, drink it mouthful and slowly. This will allow it to mix with your saliva and intake the nutrients better.

Go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body. Just eat fruits and drink fruit throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised. You will look more radiant.

KIWI: Tiny but mighty.

This is a good source of potassium, magnesium,

vitamin E & fiber.

Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away?

Although

an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants

& flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer,

heart attack & stroke. 

STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit.

Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power

among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-

causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals

ORANGE: Sweetest medicine.

Taking 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away,

lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones

as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.

WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher.

Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose

 of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system.

They are also a key source of lycopene — the cancer

fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon

are vitamin C & Potassium.

PAPAYA: Top awards for vitamin C.

They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content.. 

It is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.

Drinking Cold water after a meal = Cancer!

It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal.

However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that

you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion... Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down

and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food.

It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats

and lead to cancer.

It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.  

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