Monthly Archives: May 2011

5. Perform Intervals. For a period after training, the body burns more calories during what’s called Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption (EPOC). EPOC occurs in the body after intense exercise drains muscles of their inbuilt energy source. This has to be … Continue reading →

4. Include a source of high-quality, complete plant protein with every meal. Protein is instrumental not only in muscle and tissue regeneration but also in fat metabolism. Protein, once ingested, instigates the release of hormones that enables the body to … Continue reading →

3. Eat every three hours. When the body has to digest food, it has to work to break it down into a usable form. The fancy term for this is “the thermic effect.” It simply means that every time you … Continue reading →

2. Drink green tea. Green tea has natural components that helps to speed up metabolism called catechins, they stimulate the body to burn calories (rev up the metabolic furnace). I recommend the South American herb yerba mate. Yerba mate is … Continue reading →

1. Don’t skip breakfast : When you wake up in the morning, rested or not, your metabolism is running at the lowest gear of the day. The second you eat something, your body cranks into gear and metabolically starts working … Continue reading →

Chia is actually the Mayan word for ‘strength’. The seeds were used by these ancient cultures as mega-energy food. Chia seeds are said to have: * 2 times the protein of any other seed or grain * 5 times the … Continue reading →