July 1, 2013

Turn Your Body into a Fat Burning Machine: Detoxing Foods

Detoxing basically means to flush out the toxins in your system with foods that your body is starving for. By getting rid of toxins in your body, better enables your body to burn calories as energy rather than fat.

The Number One Detoxing item is WATER. (which if you drink 2-3 liters a day can speed up your metabolism by around 33%). And I don't know about you, but I could use all the help I can get for a speedier metabolism. ;)

Also fruits and vegetables (of pretty much all kinds), but the list down here I found are the most common ones (work fastest?) that was published different fitness/health magazines of the sort.

Foods that Detox:

Lemons
Acai Berries
Goji Berries
Oranges
Pomegranate
Apple
Grapefruit
Pineapple
Blueberries
Papaya

Green Vegetables (leafy greens, cucumber, broccoli, spinach, kale, brussel sprouts, watercress, cabbage, parsley, asparagus, cilantro, celery)
Carrots
Fennel
Onion
Garlic
Turmeric
Beetroot
Cinnamon
Avocado
Chillies
Ginger
Basil (leaf - herb)
Dandelion (teas)
Wheatgrass
Lemongrass
Bean Sprouts
Seaweed
Legumes (beans, peas, lentils)
Sesame Seeds
Flaxseeds
Pumpkin Seeds
Walnuts
Almonds
Brazil Nuts
Brown Rice
Quinoa
Green Tea
White Tea
Natural Pro-biotic Yoghurt