When we are young, our metabolism is naturally high, but as we get older that just isn’t the case. Do you remember the days when you could eat anything that you wanted at any time and never seem to gain a pound? Those days were great, and long gone. However there is hope. Of course we live in the age when we all want to find a quick and easy way out of everything.

We want to find a magic pill that will change all of our lives, and the fact is there are thousands of them that claim to do just that. These pills can be very dangerous and even deadly if they are not used properly. The good news is that you don’t even need them. There are many solutions that you can easily use to boost your metabolism in a completely natural manner that will not cause more harm than good.

The best thing that you can do is to exercise regularly and eat a balanced diet as is directed by the food guide pyramid. Even if you have a medical condition that requires you to have a special diet, you can still boost your metabolism. Part of having a good metabolism is having good physical health and the other part is having good mental health.

Personal fitness is very important in maintaining a high metabolism. This does not mean that you have to be skinny it just means that you have to be fit. Drinking certain teas like green teas can also help you to detoxify your body which will also help boost your metabolism. Green tea has become very popular in the past few years as a means of doing this.

Also, it is essential that I mention that a protein enriched diet will help you to build up your body’s natural muscle mass as well. Adding certain vitamin supplements can also help you to boost your metabolism. Vitamins like vitamin E, D, C, and B will be great for boosting your metabolism. If you don’t like the idea of taking them in pill form you can find these vitamins in most fruits and vegetables that are in their most natural state or steamed.

Green vegetables are great sources of natural vitamins and minerals that your body needs to stay fit and healthy. If you are dieting you should make sure that you are eating balanced meals. Getting healthy and boosting your metabolism should go hand in hand. Otherwise, you will only succeed in hurting yourself.

The south beach diet and metabolism

The South Beach Diet claims that it is a scientifically proven program that is sure to help you achieve your goals and resolutions for losing weight safely. This diet will help you lose weight fast and improve your heart health at the same time. On average, most individuals lose between 8 and 13 pounds in the first two weeks when they start the south beach diet plan.

The South Beach Diet is completely different from the Atkins’s Diet because it is neither lowcarb nor low-fat. Instead, the diet teaches you to rely on the right carbs and the right fats. This process is made simple using a three phase process that begins with banishing your cravings and ends with installing a diet plan that is meant to last for life. The real value in the South Beach Diet is the sound nutritional advice that you will receive.

This diet retains the most important part of the Atkins’s regimen, eating meat, while forgetting the philosophy that you can only eat low carb foods. Instead, you are encouraged to eat a well-balanced diet for the remainder of your life. This sounds easy right? The well balanced diet of the South Beach plan should be composed of plenty of fruit, vegetables and whole grains, nuts and healthy oils.

Countless people from around the country continue to rave about the weight-loss success that they have experienced because of this diet. This program is easy to learn and put into practice, and is becoming one of the most popular forms of dieting around because of the success rate and dietary freedom involved.

Celebrities love the South Beach diet plan and swear by it. That is where much of the hullabaloo came from, but it doesn’t mean that the diet doesn’t work. The average person does find that this diet is one of the cheaper and easier ones to maintain since it requires balanced eating habits instead of deprivation.

Perhaps that is why so many stay on this diet forever. The South Beach diet offers a great deal of variety to what you can eat and makes it so that you can enjoy your meals without feeling hungry. This diet is easy to follow and is very worth the time invested in learning it. If you make it a long term part of your fitness program, you will notice that you have more energy and your metabolism will get the jump start that you need.

Using food to boost your metabolism

When most of us think about our metabolism it is mostly just in terms of losing weight. Our weight and our metabolism is what we use to define our bodies these days. The only problem with this is that we are also likely to forget that dieting does mean an absence of food, but the moderate intake of food.

It is not healthy nor is it smart to take on all of those fad diets like the Atkins, South Beach or Zone diets that force you to completely give up certain foods because they only work for the length of the time that you are following that diet. If you do not continue that way all of the weight that you loose is only temporary. Food is the key to boosting your metabolism and when it comes in its most natural forms, it can also be your best tool in maintaining a great weight for your body size and type.

When I say natural forms I mean for example, when you eat vegetable and fruit it helps to eat them in the form that they naturally come in. if you eat fruit from a can, it is contained in syrup and sugars that will not be good for you so eating them raw is the best choice. When you are eating vegetables it is best to eat them raw and steamed because it keeps all of the vitamins and minerals in them. You should also avoid processed foods and fried meats.

Don’t get me wrong fats are a necessary aspect of nutrition however saturated fats are not. The right balance of foods in a day can give your metabolism a boost that pills and fads can’t. It is best to eat at least three meals a day that are balanced with each food group as prescribed by the food guide pyramid and in between snacks as well.

What people don’t know is that it is ideal that you eat five small meals a day instead in order to get the most out of your metabolic system. The more foods that you intake in a day that are healthy the better to boost your metabolism. It is not always easy for most of us to follow the food guide pyramid; however, it is still the best way to ensure that you get the most out of your efforts.

Diet and exercise combined is the best way to boost your metabolism naturally, but if you can’t do both walking and eating right is the way to go. There is no real excuse not to do both, but it was necessary to mention them.

Excerpted from the book Ultimate Body-Building And Fitness by Wings Of Success.

This excerpt has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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