Fat Burning Food

Grapefruit has been a part of many funny fat loss diets over the years. However, now there is firm scientific evidence that suggests grapefruit does provide a positive impact on the body’s insulin levels that results in better fat loss.
In this 12-week pilot study, researchers from the American-based Scripps Clinic revealed that overweight people who ate a serving of grapefruit with each meal (3 times a day) experienced an average weight loss of 3.6 pounds compared to a control group that lost only 0.5 of a pound. Some participants lost more than 10 pounds during this study!
Eating a slice or two of grapefruit after a meal appears to help promote lower, steadier glucose and insulin levels that reduce hunger and promote better fat metabolism.

If you’re looking for foods shown in research to enhance fat metabolism and improve body composition (increase fat loss and or lean body mass) you cannot go past high quality whey isolate.
One study examined the effects of supplementation with a high quality whey protein in comparison to casein in healthy adults. Even though no exercise was performed during this trial after the 10 week supplementation period (20grams/day), the whey group demonstrated a decrease in body fat percentage and an improvement in anaerobic performance.
A study on rodents has shown that supplementation with a whey isolate during 6 weeks of exercise training resulted in much better improvements in body composition compared to supplementation with casein or carbohydrate.

The evidence suggests that a high calcium intake not only protects against body fat accumulation, it enables a person to utilize (burn) more fat for energy. The amount of calcium in the diet basically determines how easily an individual gains or loses body fat. So if you’re after a lean’ mean physique you’d be crazy not to increase your intake of calcium.

A high intake of vegetables (high in naturally occurring fiber) is the real secret to an ultra lean body. The reason why vegetables are so effective for fat loss is that they provide “bulk” to the diet but add very few calories. This “tricks” the metabolism into staying elevated during calorie restriction because of the large volume of food the body has to process.
Vegetables increase satiety and keep blood sugar concentrations steady so that the muscle building, fat burning process isn’t interrupted. If you want a single digit body fat percentage then a high intake of vegetables is essential.

That’s right, plain old water! Results showed that drinking 500 milliliters of water increased metabolic rate by 30%! The increase occurred within 10 minutes of consumption and reached a maximum after 30 to 40 minutes.
Drinking water increases thermo genesis (calories expended via heat). About 40% of the thermogenic effect originates from the body warming the water from room temperature to body temperature.