Make Fruit & Vegetables Work For You

Most people know that eating more fruits and vegetables can make you lose weight. What people don’t know is what types of fruit work the best and why!

Fruit

• Grapefruit- works in the body to reduce insulin levels. Eating grapefruit after a meal can allow your body to digest food more effectively and also cause you to burn more calories rather than store them as fat.
• Bananas are full of complex carbohydrates, potassium and fibre which leave you feeling full for longer. This prevents snacking on other unhealthy treats.
• Water rich fruits like apples regulate the amount of fat your body cells can absorb preventing excessive fat storage.
• Watermelons are full of water, this takes up a lot of space in the stomach leaving you feeling full.
• The high vitamin C content of oranges promotes the breakdown of fatty acids and therefore fat burning.

Vegetables

– Capsalcin, a chemical found in hot peppers, causes a spike in the metabolism enabling you to burn more calories after eating.
– Broccoli is rich in calcium and vitamin C and promotes a healthy metabolism. Calcium activates the metabolism while vitamin C works to allow you to absorb more calcium. This means more calories can be burned.
– Mannoheptulose is a sugar found in avocados, this is important for reducing the amount of insulin released into the body. This allows more calcium to be absorbed, essential for a healthy metabolism.
– Onions and garlic contain oils and minerals that help to break down fat and speed up the metabolism.