What do we think about choosing avocados, creamy yogurt and chocolate as a way to mind our diet and speed up our metabolism? Yes, please — if it really works. Ecosalon's 20 Foods To Boost Your Metabolism offered some unsurprising options (grapefruit and green tea), but also a few unusual choices and daytime food favorites!
For example, did you know that, according to the piece, cinnamon is a natural blood sugar stabilizer? It reportedly helps curve out-of-whack blood sugar spikes. And then there's broccoli which is said to slow the production of thyroid hormones. And, of course, the good ol' apple which apparently helps prevent cardiovascular disease. Oats keep insulin levels low, avocados help control the metabolic rate, and dark chocolate reduces levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which encourages the body to store fat.
All good news, and all good snacking options throughout the day to keep your metabolism even-keeled, your mood and energy levels stable, and your mind and body feeling their best.
• Read more: 20 Foods to Boost Your Metabolism
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Comments (6)
Health claims aside, those are a few of my favorite things!
I want that spoon!!
@Ben Win - It's from Sur La Table
slowing the production of thyroid hormones would be slowing down your metabolism so I'm a little confused about that one..
Yes, I thought the same thing Ilovekefir - less thyroid hormone would slow things down. Also, oats are carbs, which elicit an insulin response, so I'm not sure how that would keep insulin levels low.
i've heard pretty much all of that before. that cinnamon thing has been going around quite a bit the last couple of years. i think a woman went on dr. oz after having lost a lot of weight. they both shot back a tsp of cinnamon. he was like 'how can you stand it?' and she was like, 'i grew up taking cod liver oil. this is nothing.'
the thing with oats is that they are so fibrous that they burn slowly. they don't spike the blood sugar and therefore don't provoke an over-secretion of insulin. oats provide long-term energy as opposed to a brief surge-and-crash.