Whether you are trying to loose weight or simply trying to work on a healthier you your metabolism plays a roll in both. By giving your metabolism a little boost your body will process and burn fat longer during the day. Many of these tips below are just great health tips whether you are looking to boost your metabolism or not.
Tips to Boost Your Metabolism
- Lift weights : Muscle burns 6 calories a day just to sustain itself, whereas fat only burns 2 calories daily. Weightlifting helps activate your muscles, which raises your resting metabolic rate.
- Work out intensely : Studies have shown that aerobic exercise can increase your metabolism hours after your workout. Higher intensity workouts, with short bursts of activity, such as Tabata or HIT (High Intensity Training) have a larger and longer impact on metabolism than low- or moderate-intensity workouts.
- Drink more water : Your metabolism will slow down if it doesn’t have plenty of water to process food. One study showed that adults who drank 8+ glasses of water per day burned more calories than those who drank four.
- Take a dietary supplement : Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine recently discovered that the reason your metabolism slows as you age is that two key amino acids become depleted. Taking a supplement, such as Pruvin (www.pruvin.com) that replaces these amino acids will restore your metabolism to younger levels as long as you keep taking it, and help you gain muscle, lose fat and increase energy and mental sharpness.
- Drink caffeine : The reason you feel a boost in energy and concentration after drinking caffeine is that it temporarily boosts the metabolic rate. One study showed that after drinking 2-4 cups of tea, the body burned 17% more calories during moderate exercise for a short time.
- Eat Well and Often : Trying to lose weight by eating fewer calories can backfire, because your metabolism learns that it’s not getting as much food, so it slows down, causing you to lose less weight. And when your calorie reduction makes you lose muscle, the metabolism slows even further. The best way to boost metabolism is to eat lean protein (which causes the body to burn more calories than by eating carbs or fat), such as white chicken meat, turkey, eggs, tofu, nuts, beans, low-fat dairy, fish and lean meat. And eating snacks between meals (every 3-4 hours) keeps your metabolism in high gear, and also reduces your appetite at meal time.
Nutrition is the key to metabolism. The pathways of metabolism rely upon nutrients that they breakdown in order to produce energy. This energy in turn is required by the body to synthesize new proteins, nucleic acids (DNA, RNA) etc. ~ (Dr Ananya Mandal, MD)
Key word here is energy. I don’t know about you but as a working mother I often wonder where all my energy goes. We are already in the second month of the new year and I have yet to set some much needed goals for myself regarding my health. These tips are a great way to kick off my goals in a healthy way.
What is one healthy habit you would like to add to your day?
Rhiannon Rowland says
I need to get moving more, I really do need a boost to my metabolism!
Rhonda Martin says
I have never heard of Pruvin before reading this post. Thanks for sharing this article. I think this might help boost mine. I’ve changed a lot of things in my diet but I have never tried a diet supplement.
ellen beck says
I have also heard that drinking ice water (not just water) is better to boost. The ice takes energy to get to body temperature so you burn calories with the drinking cold beveraages.
Cynthia R says
We’ve lost weight and had more energy by reducing our carbs and sugar to very little. We’ve been staying away from sodas & processed foods.
Sarah L says
I need to drink more water. I swim 3 times a week and walk a lot.
Tammy Woodall says
I agree 100% with all the tips to boost metabolism. I definitely need to drink more water.
Michelle Tucker says
Thank you for these tips. I know that we hear some of them regularly, like drinking water is good for us, but I forget why it’s so important. I’ll make sure I’ll get all 8 glasses of water in now.
cynthia says
I would like to add push ups to my daily fitness routine
jeevon kay says
these are really good tips. I will try to do all these to boost my metabolism
Elizabeth Sunderland says
I can say caffeine works cause that’s all the liquids I consume. I’ve never had a problem with weight.
wen budro says
Those are some great tips to boost metabolism. I try to drink enough water so it’s nice to know that I’m boosting my metabolism by doing so.