The Top 5 Fat-Burning
Fruits
Are you trying to lose weight? Now you can have your fruit and your
weight loss too. Most fruit contains excessive amount of natural sugars
that quickly converts into fat when eaten in excess. There are some
fruits that actually work to help burn fat. Adding more of these fruits
to your diet can help with fat loss. While fruit has many natural
healing compounds, sometimes its sugar content can be a problem for
people interested in losing weight. However, some fruits actually help
you to burn fat. Here are my picks for the Top 5 Fat-Burning fruits.
Avocado:
Loaded with healthy Omega 9 fatty acids (the same fats found in olive
oil, olives, and macadamia nuts), avocados
speed the conversion of fat into energy and boost the rate of
metabolism.
Coconut:
Coconut is rich with medium chain triglycerides (MCFAs) which increase
the liver’s rate of metabolism by up to 30 percent, according to some
experts. They also help keep you full so you’re less likely to snack
on junk food. Coconut oil frequently
aids the functioning of the thyroid gland. Coconut oil, coconut milk
(not the low fat variety), coconut flour, and shredded (unsweetened)
coconut all contain MCFAs.
Lemons:
Excellent liver detoxifiers, lemons also alkalize our body. They may
seem acidic based on taste but in the process of being metabolized by
the body, they actually alkalize our bodily fluids and tissues.
Maintaining the health of the liver is also imperative to the body’s
ability to digest and burn fat, since the liver
is one of the organs responsible for these functions
Grapefruit: Many
studies confirm that grapefruit is an excellent weight loss food. In
one study at Johns Hopkins University,
women who eat grapefruit daily shed almost 20 pounds on average in only
13 weeks, without changing anything else in their diet or lifestyle.
Tomatoes:
Packed with vitamin C and the phytochemical lycopene, tomatoes
stimulate the production of the amino acid known as carnitine. Research
has shown carnitine helps speed the body’s fat-burning capacity by
one third.
How to
Benefit:
It’s easy
to reap the weight loss rewards of these fruits. Use full-fat coconut
milk and oil in curries, smoothies, or baking. Try my Super Fat-Busting Green
Tea Lemonade
as a great way to reap the benefits of lemons. Enjoy a grapefruit for
breakfast or as a snack instead of something sweet. Make your own fresh
salsa or add tomatoes to soups, stews, salads, or curries. Make fresh
guacamole with minced onion, garlic, lemon juice, and chopped tomato
and
cilantro.
Super
Health Bonus:
Not only will
these fruits help with weight loss, they have plenty of
other health benefits too. Avocado helps prevent heart disease.
Coconuts help prevent cancer. Grapefruit gives the liver a boost.
Lycopene is a powerful antioxidant that studies show cuts the risk of
heart disease by 29 percent.
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