GRAPEFRUIT
There is a good reason for this traditional food to be a regular part of your diet. It helps dissolve fat and cholesterol. An average sized grapefruit has 74 calories, delivers a whooping 15 grams of pectin (the special fiber linked to lowering cholesterol and fat) is high in vitamin C and potassium and is free of fat and sodium.
The additional benefits here are assistance in the battle against atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and the development of heart disease. Try sprinkling it with cinnamon rather than sugar to take away some of the tart taste.
MUSTARD
Try the hot, the spicy kind, find an Asian import store, specially shops and exotic groceries. It is normal for Mexicans, Indians, and Asians, they use about one teaspoon; temporarily speeds up the metabolism, just as caffeine and the drug ephedrine do.
“Mustard is natural and totally safe” “it can be used every day, and it really works. It was shocked to discover it can speed up the metabolism by as much as 20 to 25 percent for several hours” this can result in the body burning an extra 45 calories for every 700 consumed.
PEPPERS
Hot, spicy chili peppers fall into the same category as hot mustard. A mere of three grams of chili pepper were added to a meal consisting of 766 calories. The pepper’s metabolism raising properties worked like a charm, leading to what it calls and diet induced Thermic effect. It doesn’t take much to create the effect. Most salsa recipes call for 4 to 8 chilies – that’s not a lot.
Peppers are astonishingly rich in Vitamins A and C, abundant in Calcium, Phosphorus, Iron and Magnesium, High in Fiber, and free of fat, low in Sodium and have just 24 calories per cup.
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