Burn the Fat!

Daughter # 1, the doctor, is such a spoil sport. I told her to ask my neurologist if I could take some form of diet pills to hasten my "slimming" regimen. She said "What are you, nuts? You can't combine any form of diet pills with your current medications now." She said so with much emphasis her hairband flew off her head. Okay.I.Get.It. No need to fly off the handle. I have been doing some jogging every afternoon in the hope that my metabolism speeds up. I used to have a fast metabolism but as one grows older, metabolism slows down. Maybe what I need is a fat burner supplement. I'll read up about it first though for safe measures.

Fat - Burning Foods 1

I took to tidying up my mini-library cum work area last night. I just realized how much books I have not counting the more than 2 big boxes of books that I just have to throw out because they got wet in a freak flood incident in my basement years ago. Wow! how's that for a running a sentence. Anyway, I found this book about Fat-Burning Foods by Judy Jameson. Umm...and I never even realized I have this book. The book says that food high in complex carbohydrates and low in fat are natural fat-burners. Why?

Scientist aren't really sure why but your body seems to handle complex carbohydrate differently than other types of food. Food high in complex carbohydrates seem to raise the metabolism of overweight people. Studies show that the body easily converts complex carbohydrates into energy while dietary fat are converted into, well, body fat. Aside from raising your metabolism complex carbohydrates also serves as your fuel or energy for they break down into glucose. So what are the food high in complex carbohydrates? Here is list of the 30- fat burning foods.

apples, corn, peas, bananas, cranberries, peppers, beans (all), grains and grain products pineapple, bread (plain), grapes, potatoes, broccoli, jam (sugar-free), root vegetables, cabbage ,leeks, spinach, cauliflower, lettuce, tomatoes, celery, melons, waffles and pancakes (lowfat), citrus fruits, mushrooms, pasta (Low-fat), zucchini.

There you go. Enjoy eating these fat-burning foods. Burn, baby, burn!

Vitamin that Burns Fat

Vitamin C helps burn fat. You've got to be kidding me?! Nope! That's the truth. A study showed that our body needs sufficient amount of vitamin C to help burn fat - and we all know that burning fat is the key to losing weight. A comparative study of people who have low concentration of vitamin c and those who have adequate vitamin c was done. Those who were low on vitamin C burned 25% less calories in the treadmill than those who have adequate vitamin C in their systems. So, before you take that brisk walk, or before you hit the gym, pop some vitamin C to up your body's fat burning level.