Muscle Increases Metabolism
Muscle Increases Metabolism
It’s a well known fact that muscle increases metabolism by those who exercise and train regularly BUT unknown to those who do not and seek to loose weight.
To build lean muscle mass and burn more calories just by moving around a little is the reward of those who regularly increase body metabolism by exercising the right way .
Indeed when you increase body muscles you in turn increases fat metabolism and it results in increase weight loss in those tough areas on the body while shaping your body beautifully.
You need to pay the price, but it’s worth it.
Some foods increase body metabolism
Simply put, if the body has to work harder to digest the foods we eat, the body burns calories and energy to do it’s digesting job and thus increases it’s metabolic rate. This results in weight loss…or stops weight gains.
Here’s a small list to get you started:
- Lean Protein. Both Animal and Vegetal
- Complex Carbohydrates
- High Fiber Content Foods
- Mix Nuts, Trail Mixes
- Cheese
- Salads with Meat: Chicken, Srimp, Tuna…
- Ginger, Black Pepper and Red Chili Pepper
Another way foods increase your metabolic rate is by eating more often. Indeed as you eat 5 to 6 times a day, smaller portions of course, you kick your metabolism in high gear makes your body burn the fat as the fuel and stop weight gain as well. As a matter of fact if you eat 2 big meals a day, you slow down your metabolism and store fat in reserve. Not a good idea.
Other Tips To Increase Your Metabolism
- Take cold showers-that always kicks up metabolic rate.
- Short Bursts of Aerobic Exercises
- Weight Lifting
- Fidgeting
- Eat Breakfast To Engage Your Metabolism To Start Early.
Aging Factor
Did you know that your metabolism slows down around 5% for each decade after 40? That’s mainly because of muscle loss. So you definetly win by doing the exercises that increase boby muscles to feel good now and as you grow older. Stay active.
So the food you eat, the exercises you do especially the proper sequence and the foods you avoid, like sugar and sweets combine to help you get in a better shape and looking good.
Other advice from the blogosphere:
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Building muscle is a great way to increase your metabolic rate. Muscle tissue requires more energy than fat tissue.
It increases metabolism (+ muscle mass), but that isn’t the primary benefit either. The primary benefit is that it lowers resistance to insulin.
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