Give Your Diet A Kick Start!

Feeling sluggish? Well, you already know that regular visits with the chiropractor can boost your immune system, speed up your metabolism, regulate hormone balance, and overall improve your general health. But why not aid those changes on your own with a better diet of foods that boost your metabolism and provide your body with more energy?

The foods that you eat are made up of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates. These components provide the energy your body needs to build and maintain itselt, and your metabolism is the process by which these food components are broken down and converted into energy. The right foods provide your body with the right nutrition, and contribute to a faster process of metabolism.

The best foods to eat to boost your metabolism are vegetables, fruits, lean proteins, fish, healthy fats, and whole grains. Some ideal examples of these foods are as follows:
Vegetables--spinach, broccoli, carrots, asparagus, cabbage, beets, beans, and dark leafy vegetables such as kale.
Fruits--anything fresh; blueberries, melons, apples, citrus fruits, and tomatoes
Lean Protein--skinless poultry, eggs
Fish--omega 3 fatty acids; contained in fish or capsule form, and burns up to 400 calories a day
Healthy Fats--Nuts, peanut better
Whole Grains--brown rice, cereal, barley, oats
Anything with B vitamins, magnesium, and fiber are also good metabolism boosters.

There are several other good nutrition habits to live by now that we are choosing the right foods. Portion control is still important. Eat several small, healthy meals and snacks throughout the day to keep your metabolism continuously running, and your body continuously supplied with energy. Know the caloric content of the foods you eat. The Nutrition Facts Label will tell you the number of calories in a single serving. There are negative calorie foods that burn more calorie during digestion that the foods themselves contain! For most people, a healthy number of calories per day is between 2,200 and 2,800 depending on their sex and size. Dieting by reducing your caloric intake beneath 1,000 calories can be dangerous to your health and should not be done unless under instruction and supervision of a professional.

Supplement your diet with other good habits as well, such as drinking 6-8 glasses of water a day, and exercising at least 3 times per week. Using free weights can help stimulate your metabolism by building muscle tone. Add these metabolism boosting tips to your schedule of regular visits to the chiropractor, and you should be feeling more energy in no time!