Fat Burning Food That also Keeps you Healthy

Do you know that some food that you eat can increase your metabolism, trigger hormones that release fat, and eliminate toxins that make it hard for your body to shed unwanted pounds? Just be cautioned: For these foods to work their miracles, they must be consumed as part of a clean diet. The eat clean diet is a lifestyle way of eating that allows you to eat more, weigh less, and become the healthiest you can be. Here is some food that helps to step up your metabolism helping you lose fats faster.

Avocados
The much-maligned fat in avocado is actually a triple-fat burner. Its monounsaturated fat plumps up cell membranes, enabling cells to interact better with fat-burning hormones. It also switches off the body's fat storage hormones. In addition, it boosts the metabolism by protecting the energy-producing part of cells from free radical damage.  
Easy meal ideas: Eat half an avocado with sea salt and tomatoes for an on-the-go breakfast, add avocado to a spinach and green bean salad, or make an avocado smoothie with coconut milk and cinnamon.




Brazil Nuts
These little fat-burners help to boost the metabolism by converting the thyroid hormone to its active form. They also bind up toxins that would otherwise store themselves in your fat cells and contribute to cellulite.
Easy meal ideas: Snack on Brazil nuts, drink Brazil nut milk with vanilla and cardamom, or sprinkle Brazil nuts on a mango, papaya, and citrus fruit salad.
 

Chia Seeds
Packed with omega-3 fats, fiber, and protein, these tiny seeds help suppress the appetite, fire up the metabolism, and turn on glucagon, one of the body's fat-burning hormones. The trick is to soak them for 15 minutes so they swell up to 10 times their size. Just as with oatmeal, the larger the seeds are, the quicker your stomach will release those hormones that let you know you're full—and hopefully satisfied.
Easy meal ideas: Make a chia seed pudding by soaking them in almond milk and then topping them with raw almonds, blend them with coconut milk and pineapple for a piña colada-inspired dessert, or eat a chia energy bar.

 
Wild Salmon
Strip abdominal fat by eating wild salmon on a regular basis. The omega-3s in wild salmon help improve insulin sensitivity, which shrinks fat from your waistline. Wild salmon also activates the thyroid hormone for a faster metabolism. Other types of fatty fishes such as mackerel and tuna are also great for burning fats as these fishes trigger fullness and fire up fat burning.
Easy meal ideas: Poach wild salmon with a watercress and pink grapefruit salad, eat smoked wild salmon with dill and mustard or grill the salmon.
 

Oysters
Oysters are your salvation when you're dieting and dining out. In addition to being low in calories they have the richest dietary source of zinc, which helps to decrease the appetite and PMS-induced cravings.
Easy meal idea: Eat a few oysters at the raw bar with a squeeze of lemon and a dash of Tabasco.
 

Coconut Oil
Not all dietary fats are created equal. Coconut oil is rich in medium-chained-triglycerides (MCTs), which your body preferentially uses for energy, leaving less opportunity for them to be stored as fat. Greater abdominal fat is loss when MCTs are consumed versus olive oil. That doesn't mean ditching your olive oil entirely (it has other beneficial properties). Instead, use coconut oil to cook with and olive oil for a salad dressing.
 

Cinnamon
This aromatic spice helps move glucose into the cells faster so our fat storage hormone, insulin, hangs around a lot less. But note: Eating a cinnamon bun doesn't count! You need to consume at least a quarter of a teaspoon of cinnamon to reap its fat-burning benefits.
Easy meal ideas: Add cinnamon to a vanilla smoothie, make an apple-spiced chia pudding, or toss cinnamon through warmed quinoa with raspberries and pistachios.
 

Coffee
Coffee stimulates adrenaline, which sends a message to your fat stores to burn fat. When you drink coffee 20 minutes before a workout, it also acts as an ergogenic aid enabling you to train more intensely. The key is to make it caffeinated and black, as milk reduces its fat-burning potential. However, drinking more than one cup of coffee a day can start to interfere with your body's ability to regulate insulin, its fat storage hormone.

·      Whole grains

Your body burns twice as many calories breaking down whole foods (especially those rich in fiber such as oatmeal and brown rice) than processed foods. Small doses of whole grains is all that is needed to prevent the body from storing fat.
 

Lean meats
Protein has a high thermogenic effect: You burn about 30% of the calories the food contains during digestion (so a 300-calorie chicken breast requires about 90 calories to break it down). Lean meat also builds muscles and strengthens your immune system.
 



Low-fat dairy products
Rich in calcium and vitamin D, these help preserve and build muscle mass—essential for maintaining a robust metabolism. Dairy products also build strong bones and fire up weight loss.
 
Green tea
Drinking four cups of green tea a day helped people shed more than six pounds in eight weeks as EGCG, a compound in the brew, temporarily speeds up metabolism after sipping green tea.
 
Lentils
One cup packs 35% of your daily iron needs which 20% of us are iron- deficient. When you lack a mineral, your metabolism slows because the body’s not getting what it needs to work efficiently.
 

 Hot peppers

Capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their kick, heats up your body, which makes you melt additional calories. You can get it by eating raw, cooked, dried, or powdered peppers.

Easy meal ideas: Add as much cayenne or hot sauce as possible to soups, eggs, and meats. 

Almonds and other nuts (with skins intact)

Build muscle, reduce cravings

 
Eggs

Build muscles and burn fats

 
Berries

Improve satiety and prevent cravings

 
Enova oil (soy and canola oil)

Promotes fullness and is not easily stored as fat

 
Peanut butter

Boosts testosterone (a good thing even in women), builds muscle, burns fat

 
Grapefruit

Lowers insulin, regulates blood sugar and metabolism. Be sure to eat the fleshy white membranes

Spinach and green vegetables

Fight free radicals and improve recovery for better muscle building

 
Beans and legumes

Build muscle, help burn fat and regulate digestion.

 

Whey

Builds muscle and burns fat 

Easy meal ideas: Make a proteinn shake consisting of whey powder

Eating healthy, drinking lots of water and doing exercise would surely set you on your way to toning up and losing the fats present in your body! Be on your way to achieving a healthier body now ;)