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Drink More Cold Water
Drinking water may speed up your metabolism for about an hour. This calorie-burning effect may be even greater if you drink cold water, as your body uses energy to heat it.
Drinking water can also help you fill up and help you eat less, especially if you drink it half an hour before you eat.
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Drink Coffee
Caffeine in coffee can boost metabolism by 3-11%. It also promotes fat burning. However, coffee affects lean women more, with fat burning by 29% compared to only 10% for obese women.
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Eat Spicy Foods
Capsaicin, found in peppers, can boost your metabolism. At acceptable doses, pepper can burn ten additional calories per meal.
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Eat Plenty of Protein at Every Meal
Eating food increases your metabolism for a while because extra calories are required to process your meal. This is called the thermic effect of food (TEF).
Protein increases your metabolic rate by 15-30%, carbs by 5-10% and 0-3% for fats. Eating protein makes you feel full and prevent o...
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Do a High-Intensity Workout
High-intensity interval training (HIIT) involves short, intense bursts of activity and help you burn more fat by increasing your metabolic rate.
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Lift Heavy Things
Muscle is more metabolically active than fat, and building muscle can increase your metabolism, making you burn more calories.
Lifting weights will help you retain muscle and prevent the drop in metabolism that occurs during weight loss.
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Using Coconut Oil
The medium-chain fats in coconut oil increase your metabolism more than the long-chain fats found in foods like butter.
Medium-chain fats increase metabolism by 12%, while long-chain fats raise it by 4%.
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Drink Green Tea or Oolong Tea
Some studies found green tea and oolong tea can increase metabolism by 4-5%. The teas help convert some of the fat stored in your body into free fatty acids, which may increase fat burning by 10-17%.
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A Good Night's Sleep
Lack of sleep is linked to an increase in the risk of obesity.
A lack of sleep has been shown to boost the hunger hormone ghrelin and decrease the fullness hormone leptin. Not enough sleep has also been linked to increased blood sugar levels and insulin resistance, which are both li...
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Stand up More
Long periods of sitting burn fewer calories and can lead to weight gain.
If you have a desk job, try standing up for short periods. You can also invest in a standing desk.
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Drink it cold!
Drink cold water the moment you wake up.
We all wake up in the morning in a state of dehydration.
Water helps you to breathe, think, lose weight, wake up, regulate your body temperature, even be productive.
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BODY #2 Drink a Lot of water
Water, like sleep, is one of the essentials for our body.
Drinking water improves your brain function, bodily functions, energy levels and mood.
Always have a water bottle next to you all the times so you remember to drink it.
Less water intake
Without enough H2O, your metabolism can stall.
How about a tall, cool glass of water? Some studies show that it helps the body burn energy and fuels weight loss. At any temperature, water also helps you fill up, so you eat less.
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