Fat Burning Foods

There are several foods that are amazing fat burners. Following are a list of fruit/veg that will kick start the fat burning/toxin flushing process taken from "Burn Fat & Flatten your Stomach" Paul Richardson (http://www.articledashboard.com)

Citrus fruits: oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, lemons, and limes contain high concentrations of Vitamin C (this is also called ascorbic acid). This Vitamin C has a fat burning quality.
Vitamin C reduces the efficacy of fat. It reduces its content and can dissolve or dilute fat. By diluting the fat, it makes it less effective, and easier to flush out of your system. Vitamin C also works on cholesterol deposits. Vitamin C can help burn out the cholesterol, hence, making it difficult for cholesterol deposits to form in blood vessels.

Soybeans contain lecithin, this chemical will shield your cells from accumulating fat. This chemical prevents, like a shield, fat from forming on your cells. It will also break down oily deposits in your body. Snack on soybeans at least 3 times a week and you'll be boosting your bodies ability to get rid of fat. You can find soybeans in most health food stores.

Apples, Berries, Fresh Fruit containing a substance call pectin. Pectin is a great chemical found in almost all berries and fresh fruit - the pectin is contained in the cell walls of fruits and common in apples. Pectin limits the amount of fat your cells can absorb. This will put a natural limitation on the amount of fat your cells can absorb. Pectin, once in your system, has a water binding property, it absorbs watery substances, and these watery substances in turn bombards the cells and makes it release fat deposits.

Garlic oil or the juice of garlic has a considerable protective quality to cells which help to reduce fatty deposits. When taken, it brings down the levels of fat. Garlic powder, oil or various types of seasonings with garlic has huge antibacterial and antibiotic qualities which can cure many ailments. It also has the power to reduce fat in the cell walls of the intestine. considerably.

Asparagus contains the chemical asparagine. The asparagine is a type of alkaloid which stimulates the kidneys and enhances the circulatory system. These alkaloids affect the cells and break down fat. It also contains a chemical that helps to take away waste from the body by breaking up the oxalic acid, this acid tends to glue fat to cells, so by breaking the acid up, it helps to reduce fat levels.

Beets are a strong diuretic that focuses on the liver and kidneys. Beets flush out floating body fats. They have a special iron the cleanses the corpuscles, corpuscles are blood cells that can contain fat deposits. Beets amazingly also contain a chlorine that also helps to flush out fatty deposits. This chlorine stimulates the lymph which will clear out the fat deposits.

Brussel Spouts: stimulate the glands, the pancreas especially, which releases hormones the has a cleansing effect on the cells. There are also minerals the stimulate the kidneys. Waste is released quicker and it helps to clean out the cells.

Cabbage will help to cleanse your body of waste matter because it contains sulfur and iodine, which helps to cleanse the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines. Cabbage is a great food if you should have a tummy or a middle age spread. The diuretic in cabbage will help to break up the fat in this area.

Carrots contains carotene, a form of Vitamin A, this carotene will start a fat flushing reaction in your system. This effect will literally wash out fat and waste quickly. The carotene will be changed into vitamin A in the intestines and this process will create a speed up in your metabolism and cause a reaction in your cells to remove fat deposits.

Celery in the raw, not cooked, has a high strength of Calcium in a ready to use form, so when you eat it, the calcium is sent directly to work. This pure form of calcium will ignite your endocrine system. The hormones in your body will break down up the accumulated fat build up. Celery also has a high level of magnesium and iron which will clean out your system.

Cucumber contains a high sulfur and silicon content. These minerals work to stimulate the kidneys to clean out uric acid, which is a waste product. With this uric acid being washed out, it stimulates the removal of fat, and loosens the fat from the cells.

Horseradish (natural root form) has an amazing effect of dissolving fat in cells (no side effects) and also as a cleansing effect on the body.

Lettuce contains iron and magnesium. These minerals will enter your spleen, your spleen helps your immunity and protects the body from illness. The spleen will use these minerals make them stronger, and send them to the cells and tissues. Lettuce also helps the liver, increase your metabolism, and wash out fatty cells. The darker lettuces have more of the minerals. So add Lettuce to your diet NOW!

Onions, similar to garlic, have minerals and oils that will help to breakdown fat deposits and speed up your metabolism. Have raw onions every day, it has more power than garlic and with the milder smell, it will make an excellent addition to your diet.

Radishes scrub the mucous membrane of the body because it contains high levels of Iron and Magnesium. These minerals actually help to dissolve fat in the cells.

Tomatoes have high Vitamin C and Citrimalic oxalic acids. The acid will accelerate the metabolic process. It also helps the kidneys to release more water and helps to wash away fat. Tomatoes have a high level of natural acids with the enzyme activated minerals prompt the kidneys to filter out large quantities of fatty deposits and then you get rid of them from your system.

Apple Cider Vinegar one of the best liquid diuretics in small quantities. You can add it to your salad as a dressing. What makes this such a powerful diuretic is this: It is made from apples and the malic acid in apples will create a fat burning process.