Turmeric is now being touted in the innovative medical
community as the “fountain of youth” super spice.
Used predominantly in Indian cuisine, the root of this spice
is used for dozens of health benefits, including acting as a powerful,
all-natural anti-inflammatory agent.
Often considered the forgotten spice, turmeric can assist
your liver’s enzymes in flushing out carcinogens from your body.
This is critically important for optimal health and
efficient fat loss because your liver acts as a natural detoxifier. It’s your
body’s fat burning filter and turmeric will help you keep it healthy.
A poor functioning liver will ZAP you of your energy and
make it nearly impossible to shed unwanted body fat because it’s responsible
for the elimination of drugs, pesticides, and environmental chemicals from your
body.
Turmeric not only helps you maintain a healthy functioning
liver, research indicates curcumin, a chemical found in turmeric, may help
reduce joint pain caused from inflammation and lower your blood sugar to
eliminate cravings...all of which will keep your body in a “fat burning
environment”.
As you can clearly see, this spice is definitely one you
want to be making good use of. It will help you flush out more “trapped” fat
and it just so happens to work perfectly with food #2 below.
The all-natural alkalizing effect of fresh squeezed juice,
from organic lemons, has a very powerful detoxifying effect that can purge
toxins from the blood and help assist in removing harmful compounds from your
body.
Almost everybody has been misled to believe lemons are
acidic, but inside your body lemons are an incredibly alkaline food that can
help balance your body’s pH, which means better health and higher energy
levels.
Lemon juice has also been shown to improve your digestive
function, acts as a mild diuretic and is loaded with healthy nutrients (citric
acid, vitamin C, calcium, magnesium, bioflavonoids, pectin) that helps boost
your immune function.
Combine all these benefits together and you have the PERFECT
environment for faster fat loss. All you need to do to get all these healthy
fat fighting benefits is squeeze a medium sized lemon (use organic to avoid
residual pesticides) into a small glass of water every morning on an empty
stomach.
But this is really only the beginning. When you combine this
little trick with the ones I provide on the next page, you can supercharge
every single one of the benefits listed above.
Cruciferous vegetables contain a naturally occurring
ingredient called 3,3′-Diindolylmethane or DIM for short. DIM is strongly
anti-estrogenic, so it helps block xenoestrogens (sometimes called
obsesogens)…otherwise known as BAD estrogen that accumulates inside your body
from constant exposure to environmental toxins.
This hormone is the reason why women are storing more and
more belly fat in today’s day and age – and it’s also responsible for
chronically low testosterone levels in men. This causes all kinds of nasty side
effects like facial hair in women and “man boobs” in men. Not to mention it
makes it VERY difficult to lose weight.
DIM not only wards of off bad estrogen, it also acts as an
immunostimulant, which means it can naturally “boost” your immune system and
Wikipedia even touts this ingredient to have various potent anticancer
properties. So including these foods in your diet could go a long way.
Obvious choices to add to your daily nutrition plan are
broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, and cabbage. Some other, lesser-known, super
veggies include swiss chard, arugula, collard greens, bok choy, kale, and
watercress.
IMPORTANT TIP: Since DIM is fat soluble, it’s best to
consume these veggies with other healthy oils and friendly fats like grass fed
butter. This will greatly enhance the absorption of these powerful fat-fighting
nutrients.
I'll show you dozens of other healthy foods that can KILL
BAD HORMONES and accelerate your rate of fat loss on the next page.
Over 111 million prescriptions are issued yearly for
anti-inflammatory drugs. These meds have been shown to wreak havoc on your
digestive system, while causing damage to your heart, your liver, and your
kidneys.
But the anthocyanins and phenols found in tart cherries have
been shown to provide STRONGER protection against muscle injury and damage than
these dangerous drugs. In other words, this tiny fruit has been proven BETTER
than things like Ibuprofen for reducing inflammation and muscle soreness.
In fact, over 74 published studies indicate tart cherries
deliver a high level of protection against cardiovascular disease, metabolic
syndrome, and can even fight against Alzheimer’s. Many of them also validate
tart cherries and tart cherry beverages speed up recovery time from exercise
and reduce inflammatory markers significantly.
But there’s MORE...tart cherries also contain a hefty dose
of naturally occurring melatonin (improves sleep) and they have one of the
highest anti-oxidant scores of all fruits and they score amazingly low on the
glycemic index (~20). So they’re one the best fruits to eat for fat loss.
So by eating a hefty dose of tart cherries (or organic,
flash pasteurized tart cherry juice) you can help your body recover faster,
reduce joint pain through the anti-inflammatory response, sleep better, and
fight inflammation to "flush out" more trapped fat from your body.
No. 1025, Learn The Truth About Fat Burning Foods
March 27, 2014
