Today's post continues the posts of the past couple of days regarding active calories. Today we will talk about Energizing Foods. Energizing foods are basically foods that boost your metabolism. Examples are coffee, black tea, green tea, and dark chocolate.
You get metabolism-boosting caffeine in coffee and in black tea. The key here is to drink these beverages without loading them down with sugar and/or cream!
Green tea doesn't have much caffeine in it but it does have catechins, an antioxidant that raises resting metabolism by 4% and that amounts to about 80 calories a day. Had you ever realized you could burn calories with a cup of green tea?
Dark chocolate does double duty since it contains both caffeine and catechins. The downside here is to not overindulge. You should only eat 1-ounce per day, and it should be dark chocolate!
Green tea doesn't have much caffeine in it but it does have catechins, an antioxidant that raises resting metabolism by 4% and that amounts to about 80 calories a day. Had you ever realized you could burn calories with a cup of green tea?
Dark chocolate does double duty since it contains both caffeine and catechins. The downside here is to not overindulge. You should only eat 1-ounce per day, and it should be dark chocolate!
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