Nutritional Tips to Turbo Charge Your Metabolism

It’s no secret that the faster your metabolism, the more calories your body will naturally burn, and the easier it will be to lose weight and fat. Nutrition plays a very important role in determining how fast or slow your metabolism is. By doing a few simple things with your nutrition, you will be able to use turbo charge your metabolism, naturally burn more calories, and reach your weight loss and fat loss goals quicker.

The first thing you can do to turbo charge your metabolism is to eat 5-6 meals a day. These meals should be smaller than meals you may normally be used to. For men I would suggest between 400-500 calories per meal and for women 250-350 calories per meal. Obviously these are only generalizations and you may have to adjust according to your individual situation. By eating 5-6 smaller meals each day, will undoubtedly speed up your metabolism and get your body naturally burning more calories.

The second tip ties in somewhat with the first and pertains to meal frequency. You want to be eating about every 3 hours or so and try never to go more than 4 hours without eating. By eating every few hours, you keep your body constantly working to digest the food you have consumed and thus expend calories. By eating every few hours, you will facilitate this process keeping your metabolism churning and burning calories. When it comes to eating every few hours, you must be prepared. Get into the habit of carrying fresh fruit, protein bars, meal replacement bars, ect. to fill in the gaps when you can’t have a whole meal.

A last tip to turbo charge your metabolism is to progressively decrease the size of your meals. Earlier I mentioned eating 5-6 meals a day each consisting of 400-500 calories for men and 250-350 calories for women. One slight variation of this is to have your first meal of the day be the largest, have meals 2-5 be average size, and have your last meal of the day be the smallest. Progressively decreasing the size of your meals so you eat your biggest meal of the day first and your smallest last will help you to increase your metabolism.

Take these tips and put them to use. They will allow you to turbo charge your metabolism and subsequently enable you to burn more calories and reach your weight loss and fat loss goals in less time.

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