| Burning more calories then you eat has always | | | | Here's a quick example of what we are talking |
| been the way to lose weight. For many years the | | | | about. One night for desert you eat three |
| idea was to eat less which reduced caloric intake | | | | chocolate brownies. Sounds good doesn't it? Total |
| and allowed the body to burn excess fat. While | | | | calories for those three brownies equal 275 |
| this worked for short periods of time the problem | | | | calories, mostly from the sugar they contain. You |
| that arose was trying to keep the weight off. | | | | body uses 75 calories digesting those three |
| Eating a low calorie diet for any extended period | | | | delicious brownies leaving you with 200 extra |
| of time can be difficult and most people put the | | | | calories that have to go somewhere, which in |
| weight right back on once they are done with | | | | most cases is directly to fat storage for future |
| their diet. With new evidence that there are foods | | | | use. |
| that speed up metabolism it doesn't have to be | | | | Now let's say you eat a grapefruit, a known |
| that way anymore. | | | | negative calorie food (remember all the grapefruit |
| First let's take a look at how our bodies use | | | | diets over the years). Said grapefruit has 35 |
| calories. Without calories the body would be unable | | | | calories and it takes 90 calories for your body to |
| to function as they are the fuel that gives us | | | | digest and metabolize that grapefruit. It has |
| energy to live our daily lives. What many people | | | | actually taken 55 extra calories to eat that |
| don't understand is that without adequate caloric | | | | grapefruit. This is rather simplified but you get the |
| intake everyday the body will actually slow down | | | | picture. |
| its metabolism as it goes into starvation mode, | | | | The question now is why do these foods work |
| hoarding every last bit of energy and storing it as | | | | this way and speed up your metabolism? Fruits |
| fat. In fact if there is enough of a calorie deficit | | | | and vegetables make up a majority of the |
| the body will begin to break down muscle tissue in | | | | negative calorie foods. These types of food have |
| order to provide the energy it needs. | | | | a nigh nutrient value made up of vitamins, |
| The key to any weight loss program is increasing | | | | minerals, complex carbohydrates and fiber. It |
| metabolism while keeping the intake of calories in | | | | takes a lot more energy to extract these |
| the normal range. But how can you do this? The | | | | components from a healthy food then it does to |
| answer may well be negative calorie foods that | | | | digest the processed foods full of refined sugars |
| speed up metabolism. | | | | we find on the grocery shelves today. In |
| What is a negative calorie food? On the surface it | | | | particular digesting high fiber foods is one of the |
| sounds like foods that have negative calories. | | | | most calorie intensive processes when it comes |
| Unfortunately all foods have at least some | | | | to metabolizing the food we eat. |
| calories but it is the way they are digested and | | | | By simply changing your eating habits and |
| used by the body that denotes whether they are | | | | increasing the amount of healthy foods you eat |
| negative calorie or not. The thinking behind how | | | | while cutting back on the processed and refined |
| these types of foods create a calorie deficit is | | | | foods so predominate today you can speed up |
| actually quite simple. Some foods actually require | | | | metabolism, lose weight, and live a more healthy |
| more energy during their breakdown and digestion | | | | life. |
| for cellular energy then they contain. | | | | |