Based on the
results of this study, by fueling your body with the D-rich nutrients it needs
to stay out of a fat-storage state and in a fat-burning state, you can speed
weight loss by 70 percent! Thousands of studies on vitamin D have been
completed over a span of 40 years, and it's become clear that vitamin D is
pretty incredible and effective. Still, it's not the only player on this
fat-melting team. Turn up your metabolism and melt body fat adding vitamin D
and these five fat-melters from The Vitamin D Diet.
1.
Calcium
Calcium is a
mineral that works in tandem with D to help you shed fat. Calcium is stored in
fat cells, and researchers think that the more calcium a fat cell has, the more
fat that cell will release to be burned. Calcium also promotes weight loss by
binding to fat in your GI tract, preventing some of it from getting absorbed
into your bloodstream.
2. Protein
In addition
to keeping hunger in check, regular doses of protein help to keep body
composition--the amount of fat relative to muscle--in better proportion. Along
with calcium and D, protein helps you to preserve muscle mass as you drop
pounds. A recent study out of the University of Illinois found that women who
consumed protein twice daily lost 3.9 percent more weight than women who
consumed less of it on a diet. They not only lost more weight, they also got
stronger as they did so, with their thigh muscles alone ending up with 5.8
percent more protein at the end of the diet than before.
3. Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Omega-3s
enable weight loss by switching on enzymes that trigger fat-burning in cells.
They also help to boost mood, which may help reduce emotional eating. And omega
3s might improve leptin signaling in the brain, causing the brain to turn up
fat burning and turn down appetite. Fatty fish like salmon (which are also high in D) are one of
the richest sources of this fat. Other foods, such as some nuts and seeds,
contain a type of fat that can be converted into omega-3s after ingestion.
4. Monounsaturated Fatty Acids (MUFAs)
MUFAs are a
type of fat found in olive oil, nuts, seeds, avocados, peanut butter, and
chocolate, and they have just one chemical bond (which is why they are called
"mono" unsaturated). One Danish study of 26 men and women found that
a diet that included 20 percent of its calories from MUFAs improved 24-hour
calorie burning by 0.1 percent and fat burning by 0.04 percent after 6 months.
Other research shows that MUFAs zero in on belly fat. Specific foods that are
high in MUFAs--especially peanuts, tree nuts, and olive oil--have been shown to
keep blood sugar steady and reduce appetite.
5. Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA)
When we consume these foods, the CLA helps blood glucose enter body cells, so CLA can be burned for energy and not stored as fat. CLA also helps to promote fat burning, especially in muscles, where the bulk of our calorie burning takes place.
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