Eat Clean, Train Mean, Look Lean

So many people go to the gym, sweat their butts off and go wreck the whole thing by eating junk food and wonder why they are not making any progress. If you are training to lose weight and tone up then you have to remember to achieve this goal it is 20% exercise and 80% diet that will get you there. Food is purely to fuel the body, not to indulge in.

I have picked five foods that can help speed up the metabolism, burn fat and help build lean muscle.

Green Tea

Green tea has not only been proven to be a good protection against heart disease but has also been proven to aid in burning body fat.

A study has shown that drinking four cups of green tea was reported to reduce the body weight of healthy people by almost 1kg and body fat by 2.4% in only a period of 14 days. Research has also shown that this is due to the green tea activating the body's thermogenic fat burning activity.

Tea party anyone?


Grapefruit

Grapefruit has been proven to lower the insulin levels in your body by a small degree which prevents the body from storing as much sugar as fat. Lower insulin also curbs the appetite as high insulin levels turn the brain onto thinking that it's time to bring some energy into the stomach.


Turkey Meat

Turkey meat is a lean meat, with a high protein content. Each 100 gram serving of turkey meat contains only 160 calories and because it is so high in protein it helps to make you feel full and satisfied for longer, which helps in preventing overeating.

Turkey is also a good source of niacin, vitamin B6 and selenium and these nutrients help in energy production and metabolism of the thyroid hormone. It is also, like the grapefruit good for keeping insulin levels balanced and therefore keeping sugar levels down.

 

 

Coffee



 

Coffee increases the free flowing fatty acids from your fat stores, allowing you to access fat instead of carbs or lean muscle for energy. It can isolate the stubborn body fat you struggle to get rid of and burn that for energy.

 

So next time you hit the gym, half an hour before drink a coffee. it will help give you energy and burn that stubborn fat you've been working so hard to get rid of.

 

 

Yoghurt

 

 

Studies have shown that fat around your waist produce a hormone called cortisol which tells your body to accumulate even more belly fat. When you eat yoghurt the calcium in it signals your fat cells to pump out less of the cortisol, helping in reducing fat on the waist line. While the amino acids in the yoghurt help to burn fat that already exists.

 

Yoghurt is also a great source of vitamins such as potassium, phosphorous, riboflavin, iodine, zinc and vitamin B5 and B12.

 

 

There you have it, five foods to add to your diet to burn that fat off your body. Keep checking back to House of F's for more healthy fat burning foods.

 

*Please note all information is from personal research and experience and is not a trained professional opinion.