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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Increase Your Metabolism Instantly: 9 Foods For Overdrive

By Mitch Graves

You may ask "why do I need to increase my metabolism when I want to gain weight and build muscle?:

Here's why.

A slow metabolism will destroy muscle and store fat. Starving your body or inactivity will tell your body not to build muscle because it takes too much energy to maintain.

In a bulking phase, your body is demanding energy all the time for the heavy amounts of stress you're putting on it by lifting heavy weight and doing intense interval cardio.

Rebuilding muscles require a lot of energy and so does maintaining those muscles. The best way to do this is to eat more. But eating more with the same activity level will make you fat.

The best way to minimize the fat you build is to increase you metabolism. This creates an environment in your body to feed the muscle and starve the fat. Your activity alone such as lifting heavy weights and interval training will shoot your metabolism through the roof.

In addition to your activity, you'll need a dietary boost in your metabolism. The following foods will increase your metabolism as well as help build muscle.

1. Fish High in Omega-3

* Mackerel - 2.5g O3 per 3.5 oz of fish
* Bluefin Tuna - 1.6g O3 per 3.5 oz of fish
* Salmon - 1.5g O3 per 3.5 oz of fish

Omega 3 is a protein which can increase your metabolism by up to 400 calories per day. Talk about a burn.

Eating fish has many nutritional benefits that out weight simply taking a vitamin.

2. High Fiber Veggies

* Avocado
* Beans
* Broccoli

The carbohydrate of fiber isn't digestible, but your body will try, and burn tons of energy in the process.

3. High Protein Meats

* Venison - 34g per 100 grams of meat
* Chicken - 25g per 100 grams of meat
* Lean beef - 25g per 100 grams of meat

Protein increases your metabolism because it takes twice as much energy to digest and metabolize a high protein meal than it does for a high carb meal.

Incorporate these into your diet, and along with your weight training efforts, you'll benefit from a high metabolism around the clock.

Thanks to webmd for some of the information. - 17269

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