Thursday, April 06, 2006

Heating up your Metabolism

Metabolism is defined as the chemical changes in living cells by which energy is provided for vital processes and activities and new material is assimilated; WOW what a mouth full! In other words it is your energy level and they way you burn stored fat.

Changing your diet for life is one of the things you need to do heat up the metabolism. Try for a week to eliminate all sugars, including high fructose corn syrup. Also hydrogenated fats, junk food, alcohol and caffeine should be taken out of your diet for a week. Now you won't feel great at first; headaches and irritability will become part of your life till your body no longer depends on these false energy givers. Be patient! And ask your family to do the same. I don't recommend that husband and wife do this the same week.
Replace them by drinking green tea, more water (half your body weight in ounces) and eating plain yogurt. Load up on fruits, vegetables and lean meats like fish and chicken. Try ground flaxseed in your yogurt. Try rice pasta instead of the regular Semolina. If you do this for a full 7 days then by day 8 you will begin to feel higher level of energy. If you choose you can begin to add some of those bad things back into your diet. Don't do it all in one day unless you want to feel terrible the next day. It takes a full 30 days to completely detoxify. Then think moderation when you ingest caffeine and alcohol.

1 comment:

tripmom827 said...

Darn. I thought you would tell me just to take some Hoodia or Hydroxycut and then continue to eat just like I always have been. You mean this is going to be hard?!?