How to increase metabolism naturally? How to lose weight? With the current life styles and the health disorders associated to that, often people wonder, how can one boost BMR? Boosting up the metabolic rate will help you lose weight faster. Metabolic rate depends on age and sex of a person. Older people tend to have a lower metabolic rate, and men tend to have higher metabolic rate than women. A person living in a hot climate also has a higher metabolic rate. There are certain foods that increase basal metabolic rate and can be a ready guide for you to select correct foods at correct period of time. These foods include:
Hot stimulant beverages such as green tea, black tea, coffee, hot chocolate (without sugar).
High fiber foods such as oats, sprouted pulses, legumes, whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables.
Milk and milk products such as yogurt, buttermilk, soy milk, tofu etc.
A mixture of apple cider vinegar with a tsp of honey and crushed garlic is useful.
Include chili, capsicum, pepper, mustard, cinnamon, garlic, jalapenos, raw almonds etc. regularly in your diet.
Edible parts of few plant possess BMR boosting properties. They include Erythrea centaurus, Gallium aperine, Glycorrhiza glabra, and Paulina cupana (guarana) . Herbs such as Fucus vesiculosis and Garcinia cambogia also improve BMR.
Over the counter medicines available for increasing metabolic rate usually contain animal thyroid. They should be avoided due to the associated side effects such as tremors, increases heart beats, nervousness and stomach upsets. Rather prefer negative calorie foods.
The above metabolic rate boosters can actually enhance your metabolic functions rendering you a trim and healthy body.
