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Fat Burning Food - The Search for the Holy Grail

Author: David Maillie Author Ranking Gold | Posted: 07-02-2006 | Comments: 0 | Views: 796 | Rating:  (58) Article Popularity - Blue (?) Got a Question? Ask.
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Fat is taboo these days. The world is at loggerheads with it and in this battle, the ace up its sleeve is the fat burning food. Though it sounds too good to be true, but fat burning food actually has the capacity to melt fat and make it easier for the body to flush it out.

The green brigade wins easily when it comes to formulating a fat burning food diet. Not only are vegetables and fruits healthy, some of them serve as the best fat burning food that is around.

Amongst the fruits, citrus fruits like orange, lemon, grapefruit and tangerine, with an abundance of Vitamin C, help in diluting the fat deposits in the body. The diluted fat is thus rendered ineffective and it also becomes easy to wash it out.

Fruits like apples and berries feature high in the fat burning food list. They contain a chemical called pectin, which limit the cells' capacity to absorb fat and also makes them release their fat holdings. If averse to fruits, soybeans, thrice weekly, will also serve the same purpose.

So if you are weighed down by ever-expanding girths, resorting to a diet rich in natural fat burning food is safer than surrendering yourself to the surgeon's scalpel. Take Brad Pitt's word for it.

Many vegetables serve as good fat burning food. Brussels sprouts and tomatoes, the latter containing vitamin C, are a must in any fat burning food list for they stimulate the pancreas and kidney to flush out the waste matter and thus cleanse the body cells.

Lettuces, radishes and horseradishes are rich in iron and magnesium, which are proven to possess fat dissolving properties. These minerals actually speed up the metabolic process, wherein the body goes into a frenzy of activity to burn down the fat deposits. Carrots and onions also find favor as fat burning food because they help in whetting up the metabolism.

Diuretics actually break down fat so that the body can readily dispose it. Beets, cucumber, garlic, cabbage and apple cider vinegar are some diuretics that are excellent fat burning food.

Any fibrous food item is probably the best natural fat burning food that you can have. Fibers not only help to rinse the body cells of their fat but also fill you up quickly and decrease the body's calorie absorption rate, so that you experience less hunger pangs.

Thus in any self-respecting fat burning food list should obviously contain grains, root vegetables like white and sweet potatoes, turnips, tough-skinned fruits and unsalted nuts and seeds.

A tooth for a tooth. A claw for a claw. So why not fat for fat! Liquid fats like corn, sunflower and peanut oils and fatty acids found in fishes and some vegetable oils (except coconut and palm) are natural fat burning food that help the body get rid of harmful fats and also provide the body with the requisite fat quota.

With fat burning food in your arsenal, it is good riddance to bad fat.

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David Maillie is a chemist with over 12 years experience in biochemical research and clynical analysis. He is an alumni of Cornell University and specializes in biochemical synthesis for public, private, and governmental skin care interests. He can be reached at http://www.bestskinpeel.com
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