August 21, 2009

Save Money With These 2 Cheap Foods That Burn Fat

There are a number of foods that burn fat that are easy to add to your diet.

Improve your weight loss and your good health by incorporating these foods in your every meal.

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What They Do: This tells you some of the most important benefits for you and your body.
Nutrition: This refers to the main nutrients that will maximize your weight loss.
Friends: This tells you about alternatives to the food.
Impostors:  This tells you which foods you cannot use as replacements.

Almonds, Walnuts
Nuts are basically high in protein and monounsaturated fat ( also known as good fats).
Almonds and walnuts are the royalty of nuts.

Nuts are low in calorie, because 5-15% of their calories are not absorbed by the body.
Some factors that will influence your digestion are the skin of the nut and how well you chew them.

You must take into consideration the unhurried release of calories make you feel full longer.

What They Do: Build muscle. Aside from having protein, almonds have sufficient amount of magnesium, which is necessary in building muscle.Fight cravings by eating 24 almonds for a snack or before a meal, then drink 8 ounces of water to suppress your appetite.

The water will cause the fiber of the nuts to expand in your stomach, making you feel fuller.

Nutrition: fiber, potassium, vitamin E, fiber magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, iron.
Friends: pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, avocados.
Impostors: smoked nuts, peanuts, salted nuts.
How to introduce into your diet:
Put some chopped nuts to your oatmeal.
Add chopped nuts to your cereal or yogurt.
Put some chopped nuts to your ice cream.

Another one of the foods that burn fat are beans. These are a great replacement for carbohydrates. Beans, beans are good for your heart… just like the song says. They also provide protection against cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, and obesity.

The most nutritious bean is the black bean.
On a side note, Qdoba and Chipotle both serve black beans, which have been shown to have the most antioxidants, on their burritos.

Beans, in general, are so balanced with protein and fat that you can replace a meat dish with a bean dish without worrying about the saturated fat.

What They Do: build muscle, help to burn fat, regulate digestion.
Nutrition: fiber, protein, iron, folate, bioflavanoids.
Friends: lentils,  bean dips, hummus, edamame.
Impostors: refried beans that are high in saturated fats, baked beans that are high in sugar.

The Best Beans: soy, pinto, garbanzo, navy, black, white, kidney, lima, red

To learn more about foods that burn fat and why you can’t get rid of excess belly fat go to greenlifeweightloss.com and get the free 60 page fat loss report.

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