10 Things To Keep Your Metabolism High

Often maintaining a healthy, slim and natural body seems like a herculean task. Many people complain that despite a significant amount of workout and a healthy diet, they are not able to maintain a slim and fit body. In such cases, one of the key culprits that is blamed is a slow metabolism. By applying a few simple and easy hacks you can fire up your metabolism, which will eventually result in maintaining slimmer, fitter and healthier body for you. Mentioned below are such simple and effective hacks:

Water before meals

One of the simplest and most effective ways to send your metabolism flaring is having water before every meal. Normally, two glasses of water before every meal is good enough to kickstart your metabolism in a significant way. According to a research study presented at the American Chemical Society's annual conference, having about two glasses of water before having a meal actually helped dieters to lose at least two kilograms more than dieters who did not drink any water before their meals.

Taking More Laughter Breaks

You got many more reasons now to take short breaks from your work many times a day and laugh out your heart. So do not shy away from opening a funny YouTube video once in a while during the day to have your share of genuine laughter. Not only your mood will lighten up but your metabolism will be fired too. As reported by a study in the International Journal of Obesity, during a genuine laughter we increase our usual energy expenditure (which means the calories burned) by about 10%. This means that if we have had a good laugh for about 10m minutes, we can burn about 10-40 extra calories. So go ahead, lend your ears to the colleague who loves to share good jokes and keep your metabolism high.

Green Tea

Green tea is a very good source of antioxidants, especially catechins, which really kick starts your metabolism. According to a research published in the Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a decent amount of green tea coupled with about three hours of exercise every week over a three-month period, helped people lose fat from abdomen. A cup of green tea without any sugar fires up your metabolism causing your daily calorie burns to increase by 100 calories.

Coffee

Caffeine is a very good agent to speed up your central nervous system which in turn gives a big boost to your metabolism. Thus a good dose of caffeine and the antioxidants in the coffee beans make coffee metabolism booster. However, you need to ensure that you don't add too much of sugar and cream to your coffee, which can cause you pile up extra calories. Also, coffee helps in extracting energy from the fat cells, this further helps in improving metabolism.

Stand as you answer calls

Many people spend a lot of their time everyday talking on the phone. The best thing is to stand or walk (if it is safe) while answering your calls. As per the American College of Sports Medicine, a person can burn about doubles the amount of calories if he or she answers a call standing as compared to doing it sitting. And if you walk as you talk, you can burn about 20% extra calories than what you burn while standing. So, make sure every time your phone rings you take a small stroll or at least stand.

Have More Lentils

An iron deficiency negatively impacts your body's capacity to burn calories. Lentils are a good source of iron as about 355 of your daily iron needs can be provided by them. Thus, having lentils can help you keep your your iron levels at optimum, helping your body to function more effectively and burn calories faster.

Salmon

Salmon is another great way to boost your metabolism. Salmon is a good source of protein along with that it also has a significant amount of omega-3 fatty acids which is great for boosting your metabolism.

Upping the Probiotic intake

Food products like yogurt and pickles, which are high in Probiotics, the healthy bacteria are again a good way to send your metabolism flaring and burning a few extra calories.

Go ahead, apply these easy hacks and boost your metabolism and stay healthy, fit and slim.

( Via Lifehacker )