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Fat Burning Foods for Low Calorie Vegetarian Diets

Some research has indicated that eating certain foods can help you to burn fat.

How does this work?

Food that has a high amount of Vitamin C helps you to burn fat, because the vitamin C dilutes the fat and makes it easier for it to pass through the system.

Another substance, called pectin, is found in apples and other fresh fruits. It has been said that pectin can limit the amount of fat which is absorbed by the cells. It also makes the cells release fat desposits.

Hot pepper, as is found in spicy food, speeds up the metabolism of the body so that it burns calories faster.

Soy contains chemicals which breaks down fat and helps to prevent if from depositing in the body.

Garlic also assists the cells to get rid of fat.

Tea is considered to be a fat burning drink. Particularly, Green Teas, and Oolong (Wu Long) Teas. Yerba Mate tea is known to suppress appetite and to supply vital nutrients to the body. These nutrients can satisfy some of the body's nutritional needs, making less food necessary and helping a person to become less hungry.

Water is also considered to be a fat burner! How? It suppresses the appetite and flushes out toxins and excess sodium (which are both contributive factors of weight-gain).

In some cases, water was found to increase the body's metabolism.

Eating protein can help you burn fat. Why? One of the reasons is that it requires a lot of energy to digest protein and the body burns calories to get that energy. Digesting fats or carbohydrates, on the other hand, requires very little energy.

But eating protein also helps satisfy one of your body's principal needs, and reduces cravings for unhealthy foods.

It is considered that more calories are required to digest some foods than there are calories in the foods themselves. These foods are called "Catabolic Foods."

If you are on a weight-loss diet, it is recommended that you consume at least 10 servings of catabolic foods each day, in addition to proteins and other nutritional foods.

The following are some of the vegetarian fat burning foods:

Fruits:

• Blackberries
• Blueberries
• Grapefruit
• Oranges
• Plums
• Strawberries
• Lemons
• Limes
• Raspberries
• Pineapple
• Cantaloupe
• Oranges
• Watermelon
• Pears-Bartlett

Vegetables:

• Artichokes
• Parsley leaves
• Asparagus
• Cucumbers
• Peppers
• Tomato
• Broccoli
• Eggplant
• Celery
• Sweet Potato
• Radishes
• Zucchini
• Brussels Sprouts
• Leeks - cooked
• Spinach
• Carrots
• Lettuce

Adding these foods to your daily diet can help you live a healthier, happier life and to have a better appearance and morale.