Foods That Burn Fat

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Beans

Even though popular thinking of beans make them out to be the villains of gastrointestinal disruptions, beans and bean products are especially good as it contains a high amount of good protein, fiber and iron, but are low in fats.  Beans are also healthy to eat as they help to reduce your bad cholesterol (LDL).  The best types of beans that you should eat are:

1.    Soy beans

2.    Lima beans

3.    Kidney beans

4.    White beans

5.    Navy beans

In the list above, the best beans to me are soy beans as they are especially good sources of protein and are the beans that are used to make tofu products.

Whole Grain Foods 

Whole grains are especially good fat burning foods for you as it takes a longer time to digest and also more energy, thereby increasing your metabolism and helping you burn calories.  I know we talked about intake of bad carbohydrates, but whole grains are part of the good carbohydrates family and are good for you, besides, your body does require a certain amount of carbohydrates and this is the right way to get it.

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Whole grain foods include whole grain breads, cereals and snack products as well.  Make sure you check to make sure the whole grain products are not processed, otherwise, they contain bad carbohydrates and will not do you any good.

Oatmeal 

Oatmeal is another fat burning food that is high in soluble fiber which helps to flush out the bad cholesterol in your body and is also a preventative food in reducing the chances of heart disease and colon cancer.  Because of this, I recommend oatmeal as a good fat burning food because of the its many health benefits and cholesterol fighting ability. 

Oatmeal is probably best unflavored and if you need to have something to sweeten it, you can add some good fruits such as strawberries, cranberries, blueberries and so forth.  You can also find oatmeal combined with other food products as well.

Green Vegetables 

Everyone should know that eating a lot of vegetables is good for you and as a fat burning food, this is no exception.  Leafy green vegetables are a good fat burning food as they are low in calories, full of vitamins, minerals and fiber.  The fiber is the fat burning ingredient.  Some really good fat burning vegetables are:

1.    Salad greens (lettuce)

2.    Broccoli & Cauliflower

3.    Spinach

4.    Mushrooms

5.    Asparagus

6.    Tomatoes

7.    Cucumbers

8.    Zucchini

Olive Oil & Green Tea 

I know the inclusion of olive oil and green tea together seems strange, but the fact that both have excellent antioxidant properties is the reason I combined the two together.

Olive oils are part of your good fats that help to reduce cholesterol.  An ounce of extra virgin olive oil provides you with 85% of your daily value in monounsaturated fat, which I your good fat.  Of course you wouldn’t just drink olive oil by itself, but some people have done this as a morning drink and it was purported to reduce hunger, I wouldn’t suggest taking it straight up.  You can combine this with breads, such as your whole grain bread and use it as a dip, combining it also with some balsamic vinegar.

Now green tea is another product that is high in antioxidants and full of health properties.  It is a very good health drink, but the powder from ground green tea leaf can be used as an additive to any foods that you eat and can be part of the ingredients.  Green tea contains a lot of polyphenols and catechins, both of which are antioxidants, which are purported to prevent cancers. But aside from this, the catechins in green tea are known to prevent absorption of fat in your body and stabilize your glucose levels.  This makes green tea an excellent fat burning food.

Fruits 

Besides being a good source of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, fruits such as berries are good fat burning foods because of the fiber in the fruits.  Citrusy fruits are also good in fat burning as it contains vitamin C, which is know to retard the fat absorption into your body and flushes it out.  Below are a few fruits that are excellent fat burning foods:

1.    Grapefruit

2.    Strawberries

3.    Oranges

4.    Blueberries

5.    Bananas

6.    Grapes

7.    Cantaloupe

8.    Limes & Lemons

9.    Peaches

10. Pineapple

Nuts 

Nuts such as almonds and walnuts are also a good fat burning food source.  These foods contain vitamin E, magnesium and antioxidants as well as fiber and protein for your fat burning.  Nuts can be mixed with food or taken as a snack.  When taken as a snack, it helps to control your cravings for food and also helps to control your body’s fat burning hormones.

So there you have it, my list of the top 10 fat burning foods.  Although there are others out there, I just wanted to get you started with the ones above.  You can combine the foods above to make your own creative combinations and make things exciting in your diet.  The main thing to get from this in your muscle building goals is that you need to combine proper diet including these fat burning foods and the proper muscle building exercises together in order to create an effective weight loss and muscle building program for yourself.  If you want to know more about fat burning foods and get the best information on fat burning, check out Tom Venuto’s Burn The Fat Program.