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Burning fat is as simple as eating fatty fish…

02 Wednesday Jan 2019

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…like wild salmon and sardines, three times a week. According to Kyoto University in Japan, those who eat a diet high in fish – or omega-3 fatty acids – gain up to 25% less body fat than those who don’t consume as much fish. The reason? Fish oil turns our white fat cells – the ones that create our love handles – into brown fat cells. Those are the kind that rev our metabolism and help us burn more calories! So, make fatty fish a bigger part of your diet to lose weight.

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Mayo or mustard?

31 Friday Aug 2018

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If you swap your mayo for mustard you’ll save about 90 calories per tablespoon. And, here’s another reason to make that change… You’ll burn more calories, too. Scientists at England’s Oxford Polytechnic Institute found that one teaspoon of mustard can boost metabolism by up to 25% for several hours afterward. It’s thanks to the spices and phytochemicals in mustard. And the hotter the mustard, the bigger the metabolism boost.

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Don’t eat after 8pm!

13 Friday Jul 2018

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We’ve heard that eating at night leads to weight gain… even if you’re not eating any more than you normally do. So why is that? According to the Autonomous University of Chile, it’s because our bodies have adapted to burn more energy during the day. So as the sun sets, our metabolism naturally slows down, helping us prepare for sleep. That means we’re not processing food as efficiently. And in a study of 5,000 people, those who ate after 8pm had waists that were two inches bigger – even though they ate the same number of calories, and had the same activity levels as those who ate earlier in the day.

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Go ahead – enjoy that coffee!

12 Tuesday Jun 2018

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Here’s another reason to enjoy your daily coffee, guilt-free: It speeds up your metabolism. Caffeine accelerates the process of thermogenesis by 11% for up to 3 hours – which is how we convert calories into energy. That equals an extra 150 calories burned a day for the average person.

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Do you drink Oolong tea?

23 Monday May 2016

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If it’s tea time, choose Oolong tea. This Chinese staple can keep your cholesterol in check, aid digestion and increase metabolism. In one study, people who sipped oolong tea lost a pound a week without changing anything else!

What’s the absolute best snack you can eat on the job?

05 Thursday May 2016

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Walnuts! That’s according to Dr. Lenore Arab, a disease prevention expert at UCLA. Walnuts also have a good dose of healthy fatty acids – that improve your metabolism and help you feel full. But on top of all that, a big reason why walnuts make a good WORK snack is because of how they affect the brain. According to Dr. Arab’s research, people who eat walnuts outperform non-walnut-eaters in terms of memory, concentration, and “information processing speed.” All you need are 6 or 7 walnuts a day to get a mental edge over your coworkers and improve your overall health.

Get up and stretch your legs!

04 Wednesday May 2016

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According to the Mayo Clinic, we sit for 10 hours a day. And that not only slows our metabolism to a crawl – and raises our risk for blood clots – it also makes our rear-ends bigger! Because it causes the soft tissue in the behind to spread out in 3 directions. Imagine squishing play-doh with your palm and you get the idea. And when the cells in your rear have all that pressure put on them, they respond by generating more lipids – also known as fat! To avoid that, stand up and move every hour for at least 2 minutes.

Get up and get moving!

17 Thursday Sep 2015

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The average person sits for at least 8 hours a day – or more than 50 hours a week. That’s according to Vanderbilt University. The cost of all that sitting-down-time? When you’re sitting, your body undergoes a metabolic slowdown. You use less blood sugar for energy, and you burn fewer calories. Sitting also decreases the activity of an enzyme that eliminates fat in the blood.
The worst part? Even regular exercise won’t protect you. You have to take frequent walking or standing breaks during your 8 hours of sitting to offset it. Ultimately, spending more time of your feet means a longer life.

Here are 3 easy ways we can boost our metabolic rate:

22 Monday Jun 2015

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First, eat organic. Researchers found that dieters who ate foods grown with pesticides had lower metabolisms. That’s because the toxins interfere with the energy losing process, making it harder to lose weight.

Next, Stand up. Researchers at Missouri University found that 4 hours of inactivity can cause a shutdown of an enzyme that whisks fat out of your blood stream. This causes you to store fat instead of using it for energy. Experts suggest to burn more fat, break up periods of downtime by standing up during phone calls.

Finally, drink cold water. 6 cups a day can raise your resting metabolic rate enough to lose 5 pounds a year. That’s because your body uses more energy to heat the cold water to body temperature, burning fat in the process.

How much sitting is bad for you?

15 Monday Jun 2015

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4 hours or more at a stretch causes an enzyme that controls fat and cholesterol metabolism to nearly shut down. So get up and move – walk around the block or down the hall at work to fire up your metabolism again.

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