Winter is the right time to lose weight: Eat the right 4 types of fat-burning foods

The weather is cold in winter, and even if you wear thick and large clothes, it is not easy for people to notice their gradually expanding belly. Therefore, many people can rest assured to eat tonic food in winter and wait until spring and summer to lose weight! However, the body consumes calories faster when it is cold. In addition to exercise, eating the right "fat-burning foods" can also improve weight loss results and allow the body to maintain its "inner beauty" without relying on clothes to cover it up.

Curry is rich in curcumin, which can help the body produce heat, promote fat burning and accelerate metabolism. (Photography by Huang Zhiwen)

Every winter, many people forget about losing weight or maintaining a normal weight because of the barrier of clothes. In addition, the cold weather makes people often lazy and overeating, which invisibly causes fat to accumulate quickly. Nutritionists say that the rate of fat anabolism in winter is 2 to 4 times that of spring and summer, and the rate of fat catabolism is 10% lower than that of spring and summer, which can easily cause local fat accumulation and body weight may increase by about 12%.

The cold winter is a season that causes obesity, but it is also a good time to lose weight. Under normal circumstances, the human body temperature is maintained between 36 and 37 degrees Celsius. If the ambient temperature is too low, the body will generate heat by burning calories to maintain body temperature and maintain normal metabolism. Therefore, if you can use this principle, exercise more when the weather is cold and eat foods that can improve fat metabolism, you no longer have to "hibernate" with the weather to lose weight, but can improve the weight loss effect.

4 types of fat burning foods help metabolize fat

In addition to active exercise to accelerate fat metabolism, you can also choose foods that burn calories in moderation when the weather is cold, including spices, black foods, caffeine, nuts, etc., to stimulate gastrointestinal motility and help eliminate body fat.

Spices: If you add about 5 grams of spicy food to rice or pasta at each meal, it will stimulate the sympathetic nerves, burn body fat, generate body heat, and accelerate metabolism. Common spices include chili powder, curry powder rich in curcumin, and black pepper, Sichuan pepper and mustard which contain short-chain fatty acids that can accelerate the body's metabolic rate. In addition, vegetables that taste a bit pungent, such as celery, garlic, and onions, have similar functions.

Black foods: Black beans, black sesame seeds, seaweed, kelp, mushrooms and other black foods each have different fat-burning ingredients, but the common point is that these foods are not high in carbohydrates and starch, but high in fiber, which can increase satiety while helping gastrointestinal motility, aiding digestion and defecation.

Caffeine: Caffeine can stimulate the sympathetic nerves, improve thyroid function, inhibit the formation of fatty acid synthase, make fat less likely to accumulate, or promote metabolism and burn fat. Such foods include coffee, cocoa, and green tea.

Nuts: Nut oils contain unsaturated fatty acids, which can increase thyroid hormone, promote fat burning and improve constipation. Such foods include almonds, pumpkin seeds and macadamia beans.