Originally published December 27 2005
Boost your metabolism with changes to your diet and exercise habits
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Reader's Digest offers tips to those looking to boost their metabolism and burn more calories in fewer minutes.
Gourmet groceries often stock a dozen different kinds of peppers.
Spice up your scrambled eggs with minced jalapeņo, add a little fire to your beef stew with half a diced banana pepper, or pull together a spicy jambalaya (using turkey sausage and lots of veggies).
9. Eat five small meals throughout the day instead of three large meals.
You might think you should eat less often if you want to lose weight, but that's just not the case.
By eating every few hours, you keep your metabolism fired up and ensure it doesn't slow between meals in order to hang on to calories.
Studies find that the caffeine in coffee increases the rate at which your body burns calories.
Somehow the myth got started that if you've spent your life losing and gaining the same 10 or 20 pounds, your metabolism gets out of whack and winds up slower than an airport security line.
When researchers reviewed 43 studies on the topic, they found no difference in the metabolic rates of yo-yo dieters versus those of everyone else.
12. Walk with intent -- and intensity.
Leave the hand and ankle weights at home, though.
It takes more muscle power to glide smoothly over these uneven surfaces (especially sand) than over asphalt.
A University of Wisconsin study found you get a much more intense workout than without the poles.
* Walk along the shoreline of a beach, lake, or pond with your ankles in the water.
There is some evidence that by taking protein to the upper end of the recommended range (roughly 20 percent of your overall calories), the amount of energy you expend while resting remains the same even as you're losing weight (normally, it falls).
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