I guess you can’t wait to read about these foods that burn fat in the body. I shall reveal these foods to you but after I have discussed the condition that warrants the working of these foods in the body.
Today, we are going to look at the exact science of how fat is burned in the body and the roles some food types play in the issue of weight loss and fat gain.
Now, before we start, I know there are people who have done a lot of things to lose weight, yet they are not getting anywhere simply because they are not just getting it.
I guess you can’t wait to read about these foods that burn fat in the body. I shall reveal these foods to you but after I have discussed the condition that warrants the working of these foods in the body.
Today, we are going to look at the exact science of how fat is burned in the body and the roles some food types play in the issue of weight loss and fat gain.
Now, before we start, I know there are people who have done a lot of things to lose weight, yet they are not getting anywhere simply because they are not just getting it.
Many people have bought countless materials on the issue of losing weight but have found out that they are not losing it. Many people wonder, what could be wrong?
Are the supplements not working? What about the claim of 20 minutes exercise done 3 times a week, why is it not working even after following it religiously?
The truth is most of us do not understand how fat burning happens. If we do, you will find out that it is just a matter of time in weeks, and all your effort will start paying off big time.
The Science of Burning Fat
The truth is we burn fat every day, whether we eat or we don’t. As long as we are alive and mobile fat burn takes place. However, what we want is an obvious fat burning that depreciates our overall sizes both in weight and size.
To achieve that, we need a calorie deficit.
How do we achieve a calorie deficit? May be a better question to ask is; what is a calorie deficit in the first place?
Well, a calorie deficit occurs when the amount of fat burned is more than the calorie supplied by the foods you eat, and the result is weight loss.
In other words, when you eat 2000 calories of food a day and the body burns 2500 calories per day, the extra 500 calories is burnt from the excess fat in the body.
So for us to lose weight, we must eat in such a way that our body continues to burn extra calories each day while we lose weight overtime.
How do we achieve this environment in the body?
We do this by understanding how fat burn takes place. So in simple terms, I’m going to explain this.
Introducing The Fat Hormone – Insulin
Insulin is a hormone that processes sugar from carbohydrates in the body. When you eat foods that have high carbohydrate content, insulin is released to compensate for the amount of carbs in your body. In other words, when you have high level of carbohydrate in your body, your insulin level is also elevated.
According to scientists, the secret to burning fat lies in creating a hormonal environment in the body where insulin level is lowered or reduced. In other words, when you eat your bread or yam in any quantity, insulin rises to the occasion. And one thing insulin does pretty well is storing fat in the body.
The amount of insulin released depends on the amount of carbohydrate available at the time.
But when you don’t have much quantity of these carbs, insulin level is low, when insulin is low; a healthy environment for fat burning takes place. Therefore to achieve a low insulin level in the body, and therefore burn fat, you must have little amount of carbohydrate in your body at all time.
If you have been fat for a very long time due to your lifestyle, it could be that your insulin level is so high that your fat cells have become so used and “locked” with carbohydrate that fat burning becomes impossible.
If you have been struggling to lose weight overtime and you are not getting the results you so desire, even after numerous exercises, it could be that your insulin level is high, because the job of insulin is to store fat inside fat cells. That is why we always say that weight loss is 80% nutrition and 20% exercise.
At this point, what do you do to get your body into a fat burning phase?
You need to do a total internal cleansing of your system or body. You can do this by changing your diet with plant based proteins.
The work of plant based protein in the body is to “unlock” the weight loss resistance that has been created in the body and force the body to start burning fat once again.
In other words, you need to avoid eating carb as for few days and concentrate on protein foods such as beans, soybean, tons of vegetables, fruits, plantain, potatoes and lean protein from eggs and fishes.
Role of vegetables in burning fats
Once your Insulin level is under control and lowered for fat burning, eating of vegetables plays a major role in two ways.
• Consumption of large amounts of vegetables makes you full, less hungry and controls your sugar cravings (which may result to release of insulin).
Additionally, vegetables contain lots of micronutrients responsible for solidifying the immune system of the body and hence you’re less likely to succumb to illness.
• Eating lots of plant foods like vegetables, onions, cucumber, etc guarantees that your diet has less of carbohydrates that will trigger insulin release, thus making the body more alkaline and very conducive for a healthy fat burning environment.
The foods which helps you to burn fats
After reading to this point, you can now comfortably eat the following foods for the purpose of weight loss. The fact is, eating these foods alone will help you to lose weight without exercise.
When you add exercise, you slash the time it takes by half to get results. It should also be noted that while you do not need exercise to achieve weight loss with proper and healthy eating, exercising is an important activity in life and will go a long way in helping you live a longer life with full vitality.
So please do not ignore exercise, it’s very important.
Here are the foods that will help you burn fat
• All types of edible vegetables
• Beans
• Soybean
• Plantain
• Onions
• Garlic
• Berries
• Oranges
• Lemon
• Grapes
• Ginger
• Green Tea
• Mushrooms
• Tomatoes
• Watermelon
• Red and Green Pepper
• All nuts containing Omega 3 fats (Cashew, peanuts, walnuts etc)
The interesting thing about these foods is that they also help in fighting the growth of tumor in the body according to scientific research.
If you are looking for a way to fast track your fat burning in a healthy and natural way, you simply need to follow the ideas outlined in this article to a very strict degree. And that would mean removing foods that raises your insulin level for few days, and increasing the consumption of the foods above.
The entire process is a nutritional cleanse. In fact in a couple of months, I shall be releasing a system that details an exact meal plan full of vegetables to detoxify the body.
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