Foods That Help Lose Fat

Many folks know that in general vegetables are good for you and those same folks usually do not know that certain specific foods including some (not all)vegetables, meats, and nuts are good for specific biochemical tasks.

Some foods are great for energy, or fiber,  or muscle repair, and some are great for fat loss.  In this article we will go over five common foods that can help you lose fat (not just weight and no it's not the same).

Patients ask me all the time about weight loss, new diets, exercise, and weight loss supplements; the following foods I have recommended to our patients that wish to loss fat, and our recommendations have always worked well (as long as the patient followed what I supplied them).

Now, I can not go into specific detail that I go into with our patients. Because, our patients have trusted me, paid for our services and I owe them respect for their decision to trust my judgement. The following list with a brief description will at least point you in the correct direction.

Foods that help lose fat:

1. Beans/lentils : The mix of fiber, complex carbs, protein, and magnesium helps with appetite suppression,  fat loss and increased metabolic rate due to increased caloric needs for digestion of the beans
2. Nuts: The fiber, protein, and healthy fats all have been shown to help lose belly fat
3. Lean protein: Turkey, chicken, fish, lean red meats
4. Oat meal/brown rice: fiber, complex carbs, zinc,selenium, thiamin, phosphorous, Vitamin E, and copper all needed for fat metabolism.
5. Green Tea: EGCG specifically has been shown to temporarily increase metabolism

Foods in of itself will help you tremendously to lose unwanted fat and the best way is to include HIT (High Intensity Training) weight training exercises to your very clean and well thought out eating strategy.

We also recommend two supplements (nothing exotic or strange - simple and very effective), they are not mandatory and they will enhance the fat loss capabilities of your body.

Why is a Structural Chiropractor talking about fat reducing foods?

It's fun and I enjoy the topic, as well as an abnormal weight will shift your spine outside the normal range. Yes, I do have folks with normal weight and who are in exceptional physical shape and still have structural shifts causing them Secondary Conditions, like back,shoulder and neck pain.

Losing weight will not correct any structural shift - it helps(we all know this to be true), for many other systems of your body and mind and yes will influence your spine for the better.

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Have a Great Day!

Dr. Chris