Surprising Foods That Boost Metabolism

Surprising Foods That Fight Fat


By Maridel Reyes

Get excited: You can burn calories and combat fat by eating yummy food. "If you choose the right picks, studies show you can torch up to 300 extra calories a day," says Pamela Peeke, M.D., author of "The Hunger Fix".

Whole, unrefined foods are your heroes. Your metabolism has to work harder to break them down than processed ones, so you're zapping more calories -- and storing less as fat. These recipes double up (even triple up) on foods with serious metabolism-boosting power. Take that, dastardly fat!

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Foods That Fight Fat

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"Surprising Foods That Fight Fat" originally appeared on Health.com.

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