Increasing Metabolism (and Fat Burning) with HCG Friendly  Foods

Foods can increase metabolism by process of digestion. Every time you eat you burn calories no different than when you ride a bike or climb a flight of stairs. How can eating burn calories? How? It’s part of the metabolism, the breaking down of food to obtain the energy/calories. It takes calories to break the food down into small particles, to open up the energy inside the food and to fully digest, absorb and utilize them. This process is called thermogenesis. It accounts for about 10% of your total daily energy expenditure. All of the foods below increase metabolism and are part of the 800 Calorie HCG diet. Eat more of them!

Negative Calorie Foods: Can You Really Increase Your Metabolism By Eating More?

The “thermal” effects of food, i.e. that eating foods can increase calories burned has been a popular Internet subject recently. Consequently there is a lot of misinformation. The theory is that you can lose weight by eating lots of these negative calorie foods. Proponents claim, for example, that you will burn 80 calories digesting a 25-calorie piece of broccoli, for a net loss of 55 calories. Celery is another commonly cited example of a negative calorie food because it’s made mainly of water and cellulose, an indigestible vegetable fiber. Other foods sometimes labeled as negative calorie include asparagus, berries, broccoli, cauliflower, grapefruit and cabbage. These foods that contain few calories do require a large amount of energy to digest compared with the amount of calories they provide, however, this does not mean that it is significant enough to result in  a lot of weight loss weight loss. The pie chart below shows the components of daily metabolism. Note calories needed for digestion of foods is 10%–almost 1/2 of all the calories need for physical activity!

Here is a list of foods, where the energy to digest them might exceed the total calories:

• Cayenne Pepper
• Salsa
• Hot Peppers
• Ice Water
• Green Tea
• Apple Cider Vinegar Drink
• Cabbage
• Celery
• Brussels Sprouts
• Broccoli and Cauliflower
• Lemon or Vinegar
• Vinaigrette Dressing
• Grapefruit
• Berries
• Fatty Fish
• Soup

Many of the foods presented as “negative calorie foods” are vegetables, fruits and nearly zero calorie drinks such as lemon water, ice tea, and green tea. All of these can help in any weight loss plan. But they are not a magic bullet for weight loss.

Adding HCG to these foods increases your metabolism even further.

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Dr. Richard Lipman, M.D.

Richard Lipman MD is a endocrinologist and board certified internist who has treated more than 10,000 overweight patients in his Miami office with his new 800 calorie HCG diet for the past 10 years in Miami, Fl