8 tricks to awaken your slow metabolism
Slow metabolism is a very important problem for women and is often the cause of those extra pounds that you just can't lose, despite diets and exercise ... Discover with us these 8 tricks to give you a good shake to your slow metabolism, wake it up and speed it up to burn more calories and lose weight faster.
1. Drink lots of water
Yes, you have heard it repeated a thousand times: drink at least 2 liters of water a day to eliminate toxins and avoid water retention problems. What you may not know is that drinking a lot of water also helps to awaken the metabolism: it activates a heat production mechanism that requires a lot of energy, consequently burning a good number of calories. It is therefore very important to drink throughout the day to lose weight quickly.
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2. Eat lots of proteins
Fundamental to awaken a slow metabolism is to follow a special diet, aimed at accelerating it.The central element of this diet must be proteins: in fact, they have the great quality of increasing the metabolic rate by as much as 15-30%! Therefore, give preference to white meats and legumes.
3. Exercise early in the morning
Training regularly at least 3 times a week is essential to awaken your metabolism and keep it active. By doing some simple exercises, such as those we propose in the video below, you can get excellent results, especially if done early in the morning: the body, recently awake, will suffer a real shock that will force the metabolism to activate quickly and stay active. all day long.
4. Drink lemon water as soon as you wake up
Drinking lemon water as soon as you wake up and even before exercising will help stimulate both metabolism and digestive activities. Then you just have to wait half an hour before having breakfast on a regular basis.
5. Consume foods that speed up metabolism
Yes: there are particular foods that perform an acceleration function of the slow metabolism, consequently also speeding up the weight loss process. Walnuts, bitter chocolate, cinnamon, vinegar, cereals, ginger ... there are so many. Browse our album to discover them all and use them in your recipes every day:
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6. Sleep 8 hours a day
Sleeping little or badly leads to slowing down your metabolism, and if you already suffer from slow metabolism you risk also having an increase in hunger, with the consequences we know well ... Try to recover a healthy sleep rhythm of at least 8 hours a night, it is essential for our psycho-physical well-being. The metabolism will thank you, so will the balance.
7. Drink tea and coffee
Of course, we must not exaggerate with caffeine, but there is no doubt: coffee certainly helps speed up the metabolism, by a percentage that would even be around 3-11%! That of theine, on the other hand, would increase it by 4- 5%: not surprisingly, in fact, it is recommended to get a nice flat stomach ... One more reason to relax with a nice hot cup in your hand!
8. Never skip meals
Not only is skipping meals absolutely counter-productive for the metabolism, but it is even advisable to never let more than 6 hours pass between meals! Eating little but often is essential to speed up your metabolism and keep it active throughout the day, in order to burn more.
