Fat Burning Foods

Berries

If you want to keep your hunger in check throughout the day and to stay away from your fridge, then you need to ensure that you have a good volume of fiber in your diet. Fiber ensures that you will feel full and satisfied and also ensures your food will move through your body, preventing excessive fat absorption. A great source of fiber comes from berries. In particular, raspberries are the best berries to include in your diet, followed closely by blackberries and blueberries. Nuts are another good way to ensure a high fiber mix. While they may scare many do to their high fat content, studies have shown that this higher fat content is countered by the high fiber component.

Breakfast Cereal

Choose fiber rich, low fat cereals. Again, the fiber will help fill you up and - so long as your opt for healthy cereals -they will provide much fewer calories than other breakfast alternatives (think bacon and eggs or pastries). One particular study investigating the effects of cereal on weight loss revealed that women who ate cereal were 30% less likely to be overweight, as compared to those that ate other breakfast foods.

Tea

Would you believe it -Tea is helpful for weight loss? For those of you that like the odd cuppa - then you are probably pretty happy about this. It is the catechins in tea that stimulate your body to use its existing fat for energy. One or more cups of tea per week for 6 months or more has been linked to lower body fat. Green tea in particular has been proven to assist in weight loss.

Calcium

A good source of calcium in your diet will assist in losing weight. Natural calcium in dairy foods is more effective than just a calcium supplement. Foods such as yoghurt or even broccoli will provide a good supply of calcium to help you lose weight.

Hot Peppers

Do you eat capsaicin's? Well. You will be pleased to know that the capcaicins in hot peppers will boost your metabolism and stimulate your fat burning potential as well as decreasing your cholesterol - rendering it a fantastically valuable fat burning food!

By Aaron D Stone