How can I boost my metabolism?

Metabolism is the term for all the chemical reactions in your body.
These chemical reactions keep your body alive and functioning.
However, the word metabolism is often used interchangeably with metabolic rate, or the amount of calories you burn.
The higher it is, the more ccalories you burn and the easier it is to lose weight and keep it off.
Having a high metabolism can also give you energy and make you feel better.
Here are 10 easy ways to increase your metabolism.
1. Eat Plenty of Protein at Every Meal
Eating food can increase your metabolism for a few hours.
This is called the thermic effect of food (TEF). It's caused by the extra calories required to digest, absorb and process the nutrients in your meal.
2. Drink More Cold Water
People who drink water instead of sugary drinks are more successful at losing weight and keeping it off.
This is because sugary drinks contain calories, so replacing them with water automatically reduces your calorie intake ( Especially Skip the soft drinks).
However, drinking water may also speed up your metabolism temporarily.
Studies have shown that drinking 0.5 liters of water increases resting metabolism by 10–30% for about an hour.
This calorie-burning effect may be even greater if you drink cold water, as your body uses energy to heat it up to body temperature.
Water can also help fill you up. Studies show that drinking water a half an hour before you eat can help you eat less.
3. Do a High-Intensity Workout
High-intensity interval training involves quick and very intense bursts of activity.
It can help you burn more fat by increasing your metabolic rate, even after your workout has finished.
High intensity training has also been shown to help you burn fat.
4. Lift Heavy Things
Muscle is more metabolically active than fat, and building muscle can help increase your metabolism.
This means you will burn more calories each day, even at rest.
Lifting weights will also help you retain muscle and combat the drop in metabolism that can occur during weight loss.
5. Stand up More
Sitting too much is bad for your health.
Some health commentators have even dubbed it "the new smoking." This is partly because long periods of sitting burn fewer calories and can lead to weight gain.
In fact, compared with sitting, an afternoon of standing up at work can burn an extra 174 calories.
If you have a desk job, try standing up for short periods to break up the length of time you spend sitting down.
You can also invest in a standing desk.
6. Drink Green Tea or Oolong Tea
Green tea and oolong tea have been shown to increase metabolism by 4–5%.
These teas help convert some of the fat stored in your body into free fatty acids, which may increase fat burning by 10–17%.
As they are low in calories, drinking these teas may be good for both weight loss and weight maintenance.
7. Eat Spicy Foods
Sounds wierd but yeah thats true. Spicy foods helps in increasing the metabolism rate.
Peppers contain capsaicin, a substance that can boost your metabolism.
However, many people can't tolerate these spices at the doses required to have a significant effect.
One study of capsaicin, at acceptable doses, predicted that eating peppers would burn around 10 additional calories per meal. Over 6.5 years, this could account for 1 lb (0.5 kg) of weight loss for an average-weight male.
8. Get a Good Night's Sleep
Lack of sleep is linked to a major increase in the risk of obesity .
This may partly be caused by the negative effects of sleep deprivation on metabolism.
Lack of sleep has also been linked with increased blood sugar levels and insulin resistance, which are both linked to a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
It's also been shown to boost the hunger hormone ghrelin, and decrease the fullness hormone leptin.
A good sleep of 8 hours is necessary.
9. Drink Coffee
The easiest way to build up your metabolism and Who can say no to coffee (Personally my favourite too:))
Studies have shown that the caffeine in coffee can boost metabolism by 3–11%. Like green tea, it also promotes fat burning.
Coffee's effects on metabolism and fat burning may also contribute to successful weight loss and maintenance.
10. Replace Cooking Fats with Coconut Oil
Unlike other saturated fats, coconut oil contains a lot of medium-chain fats.
Medium-chain fats can increase your metabolism more than the long-chain fats found in foods like butter. With more than 100 calories per tablespoon, coconut oil may not seem like a good metabolism-booster or diet food.
In one study, researchers found that medium-chain fats increased metabolism by 12%, compared to long-chain fats, which raised it by just 4%.

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