How To Instantly Increase Your Metabolism

You may ask “why do I need to increase my metabolism when I want to gain weight and build muscle?:

Well I’m glad you asked.

A slow metabolism is good for building fat, but horrible for building muscle. Your body would rather store fat if you’re starving it because it doesn’t know when the next time you’re going to feed it. The last thing it wants to do is build muscle which requires A LOT much energy. In a slow environment, your body releases all sorts of nasty catabolic (muscle destructive) hormones. But that’s for another article.

Building muscle requires a lot of energy because of the high demands you’re putting on your body such as lifting weights and intense cardio.

Your body needs a lot of energy to rebuild those muscles. Your body needs a lot of energy to maintain those muscles. To do this, you have to eat more. But we all know that if you eat more and do the same, you’ll get fat.

The best way to minimize the fat you build is to increase you metabolism. This creates an environment in your body to feed the muscle and starve the fat. Your activity alone such as lifting heavy weights and interval training will shoot your metabolism through the roof.

In addition to your activity, you’ll need a dietary boost in your metabolism. The following foods will increase your metabolism as well as help build muscle.

1. High Omega-3 Fish

* Mackerel – 2.5g O3 per 3.5 oz of fish
* Bluefin Tuna – 1.6g O3 per 3.5 oz of fish
* Salmon – 1.5g O3 per 3.5 oz of fish

The protein Omega-3 can potentially increase your daily calorie burn by 400.

Eating fish has many nutritional benefits that out weight simply taking a vitamin.

2. Veggies High in Fiber

* Avocado
* Beans
* Broccoli

Fiber is an indigestible carbohydrate, but your body tries to digest it anyway. It uses up tons of energy in the process of trying to do so. Side note: Broccoli is also high in calcium.

3. High Protein Meats

* Venison – 34g per 100 grams of meat
* Chicken – 25g per 100 grams of meat
* Lean beef – 25g per 100 grams of meat

Your body burns twice as much energy to digest protein as it does to digest carbs. This increases your metabolism greatly.

Incorporate these into your diet, and along with your weight training efforts, you’ll benefit from a high metabolism around the clock.

Thanks to webmd for some of the information.

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