Speeding Up Your Metabolism Naturally

When it comes to burning body fat, every little advantage helps. That is why it is important to maximize your BMR, the thermal effects of food, and physical activity. By flipping the so-called fat burning switch, your body, with very small changes, can significantly become a natural metabolism booster.

Vitamin D
Vitamin D is needed for preserving muscle tissue which beneficial for your metabolism. Foods enriched with Vitamin D include salmon, tuna, fortified milk, cereals, and eggs.

Eat Breakfast
A decent breakfast containing protein, complex carbohydrates and a source of good fats can immediately raise your metabolism by up to 70%. Breakfast not only helps to burn fat, it is also a great way of keeping catabolism at bay after 8 hours or so without food.

Drink Cold Water
Drink plenty of ice cold water. Drinking cold water can increase your metabolic rate slightly. You can also burn up to 70 extra calories, if you drink eight 8-ounce glasses of cold water each day, according to Discovery Health. So make sure you stay hydrated with eight 8-once glasses of ice water!

Green Tea
Green tea or Oolong tea is shown to boost your metabolism for a couple hours. It may not sound like that is very long of a period of time but drinking two to four cups of tea can help you burn up to 17% more calories.

Dieting – Believe it or not, strict dieting can lead to lower metabolism. Avoid fad diets and super low calorie diets. Low calorie diets cause your body to switch to starvation mode, your metabolism slows down to keep you from burning too many calories, then when you eat again your body stores the calories as fat. Fad diets may work in the short term, but the true path to a healthier you is to improve your overall eating habits over the long term.

Get Up! 
Stand up from your desk and walk around the office, go up and down the stairs a few times, park farther away or play with the dog. If you use these little bursts of energy throughout the day then your metabolism will stay revved up and you’ll keep burning more calories.

List of Foods for Speeding Up Your Metabolism Naturally: 
Carrots
Mangos
Spinach
Cucumbers
Green, Leafy Veggies
Lettuce
Avocado
Broccoli
Lemons
Zucchini
Celery
Turnips
Cauliflower
Seed milks
Pineapple
Papaya
Asparagus
Onions
Cabbage
Nut milks
Grapefruit
Garlic
Tomatoes
Apples
Oranges