No matter what you eat or how little you want to exercise, your tight clothes still fit perfectly! Is that true? Absolutely! In fact, if you can't achieve this, your metabolism isn't really "running high." Metabolism is like a little train in our bodies that burns calories; if you can speed it up, fat burning will also accelerate significantly.
1. Embrace Green Tea
Green tea not only has anti-cancer properties but also speeds up metabolism. Research shows that people who drink green tea three times a day or consume green tea extract three times a day have a 4% faster metabolism than those who don't drink green tea. That means burning an extra 60 calories a day and losing 6 pounds of fat in a year! This is likely because green tea contains catechins, which can increase the level of norepinephrine in the body, and norepinephrine accelerates metabolism.
2. Persist in strength training
Strength training is the most important way to quickly burn fat. Exercise physiologists believe that burning one pound of muscle releases the same amount of calories as burning the same amount of fat. Strength training effectively increases the body's resting metabolic rate, allowing you to burn more fat even while sitting still. Furthermore, after a strength training session, your body experiences a metabolic peak: internal circulation is at its highest, lasting for two hours. If you don't have time for strength training, try squats, high knees, frog jumps, push-ups, pull-ups, or using a stair climber. These exercises don't require much time; doing 10 sets of each will definitely make the time investment worthwhile.
3. Eat more bananas
Bananas are rich in potassium, which helps speed up metabolism by regulating the body's water balance. If your body is dehydrated, your metabolism slows down, and fat burning decreases. To ensure you get 2000 mg of potassium daily, one banana contains 450 mg, a glass of milk contains 370 mg, and an orange contains 250 mg.
