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Monday, January 4, 2010

Instantly Increase Your Metabolism With These 9 Foods

By Mitch Graves

You may ask "why do I need to increase my metabolism when I want to gain weight and build muscle?:

Well I'm glad you asked.

A slow metabolism will destroy muscle and store fat. Starving your body or inactivity will tell your body not to build muscle because it takes too much energy to maintain.

In a bulking phase, your body is demanding energy all the time for the heavy amounts of stress you're putting on it by lifting heavy weight and doing intense interval cardio.

Muscles need a lot of energy to grow. The best way to increase your energy intake is to eat more. But if you eat more and aren't aren't active, you'll get fat.

To minimize your fat gains, you must increase your metabolism. This is muscle beneficial and fat detrimental. Intense cardio and lifting weights already boost your metabolism.

In addition to your activity, you'll need a dietary boost in your metabolism. The following foods will increase your metabolism as well as help build muscle.

1. Fish - for the omega-3 (O3)

* Mackerel - 2.5g O3 per 3.5 oz of fish
* Bluefin Tuna - 1.6g O3 per 3.5 oz of fish
* Salmon - 1.5g O3 per 3.5 oz of fish

Omega 3 is a protein which can increase your metabolism by up to 400 calories per day. Talk about a burn.

Of course you can take an Omega 3 vitamin, but eating fish gives you the benefit of a lot more nutrients.

2. High Fiber Veggies

* Avocado
* Beans
* Broccoli

Fiber is an indigestible carbohydrate, but your body tries to digest it anyway. It uses up tons of energy in the process of trying to do so. Side note: Broccoli is also high in calcium.

3. High Protein Meat

* Venison - 34g per 100 grams of meat
* Chicken - 25g per 100 grams of meat
* Lean beef - 25g per 100 grams of meat

Protein takes twice as much energy to burn as carbs. This will increase your metabolism right away.

Include these foods in your diet and you'll benefit from a higher metabolism, even in your sleep.

Webmd supplied some of the information. - 17274

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