Fitness Facts and Food Articles

 Did you know that simply changing the temperature of the water you drink can speed up your metabolism and burn more calories? Drink warm water!

Did you know that foods like bran cereal are denser and will make you fuller because your body cannot digest fibre?

Did you know that certain foods like rice work very well with liquids to expand in your stomach making you more satisfied?

Did you know that if you cut 3 tablespoons of butter per day from your diet you could drop 1 pound every 12 days just for not eating butter? Let's hope you don't actually eat 3 tablespoons of butter every day though.

To lose body fat you must eat fewer calories than your body burns off, so EAT LESS -- but you must NOT starve yourself, otherwise you will lose more muscle than fat!

Start eating 5-6 meals per day (space them out to about one every 3 hours). You are eating more often, but not necessarily more.

Increase your protein intake. Without protein your body cannot build new muscle. Protein also helps to increase your metabolism - which burns calories.

Increase you water intake. A good formula for this is to multiply your bodyweight by .66 to get the required number of ounces per day.