11 Metabolism Snacks To Lose Weight

Your metabolism plays a very important part in your weight loss and the series of chemical reactions within our bodies play an important role in how you lose weight while on a healthy eating plan or weight loss diet such as the Healthy Mummy Plan Our hormones and nervous system control the metabolism. The speed and effectiveness with which it works is dependant on a variety of factors. Some of these – your age, gender and to some extent, genetic makeup, are outside of our control. Others though, like the food you eat, your physical activity levels and muscle to fat ratio can be controlled. - 

Having healthy eating meals and including exercise in our daily routine helps to keep your metabolism working well. And ensuring that you  eat regularly is also important. If we go too long between meals or snacks, our metabolism can slow right down. This is similar to what happens when we try and follow a severely calorie restricted diet; our body starts to panic and slows everything right down, to try and conserve as much energy as possible.

One of the best ways to ensure you’re eating regularly is by including regular snacks in your diet. Not only will these keep you feeling full and satisfied, they’ll also keep your metabolism burning.

Each of these below snacks contains metabolism boosting properties, either as an individual food or part of a larger dish

1. A handful of blueberries – Calories per serve – 85
2. Greek yoghurt with a tablespoon of honey – Calories per serve – 190
3. A cup of green tea – Calories per serve – 0
4. Overnight oats - Calories per serve – 325
5. A handful of almonds – Calories per serve – 110
6. 1 cup diced pineapple – Calories per serve – 70
7. Cinnamon and coconut rice pudding – Calories per serve – 190 (recipe below)
8. Sweet potato + lentil dip - Calories per serve – 135 (recipe below)
9. An Acai enriched Healthy Mummy smoothie  – 300 calories per serve if made with 250ml of low fat milk and half cup of fruit and a few acai berries
10. Raw celery and carrot sticks – Calories per serve – 60
11. A Healthy Mummy Green Smoothie – 300 calories per serve if made with 250ml of low fat milk and half cup of fruit

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