Medical Questions » Diet Questions » Question No. 1469
| Question: | What supplements or foods can boost your body' s metabolism? |
| Answer: | A regular exercise regime is actually the only way to raise your basal metabolic rate. The effect lasts for about 15 hours after you stop exercising. And while nutrients cannot themselves change your metabolism, certain foods and supplements can enhance the way your body turns food to energy. The B vitamins are essential for this process, so take a B complex. Keeping an even blood sugar level also helps - so avoid refined foods, sugar and coffee and take 200mcg of the mineral chromium a day. A substance called hydroxycitric acid (HCA), an extract from the tamarind plant, has also been shown to enhance the body' s use of fat for making energy, reduce the conversion of excess sugar to fat and lessen appetite. |
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