9 Foods for Fat Loss You Should Eat Every Day

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Fat free salad dressings, low fat yogurts and other boring diet foods, they can actually make it harder for you to lose weight. They are not the healthy foods you think they are. Now here's the good news. You don't have to shrink your diet to shrink your waistline. You can actually add before you take away. And I'm going to share nine foods that you're going to want to incorporate into your meals that'll help you reach your body composition goals. So the first one is apple cider vinegar. And gosh, it does so many cool things. First of all, it contains acetic acid. And acetic acid can help regulate the genes that help your body store less fat and burn more fat. The next cool thing it can do, and this is why I want you to take it before your meals. It can help lower the blood sugar response to the meal. It actually slows the rate at which carbs are broken down and absorbed into the bloodstream. So what does that mean to you? Less stored fat, better blood sugar control, and big one, less cravings. Now, those weight loss drugs that we've been hearing about, a zembic mounjaro, one of the things that they do is slow down stomach emptying. Guess what? Apple cider vinegar does it too. It helps food stay in the stomach longer, which means you're going to feel fuller, longer. And that means you'll eat less. Now here's just one caveat about this. Don't just chug it from the container. I know you wouldn't do that anyway, but that would trash your tooth and animal. So as long as you dilute it, you're totally cool. One of my favorite ways to have it, which we're going to talk about this one in a bit, is with green tea, the next one, lemon juice. So apple cider vinegar is great for blood sugar and so is lemon juice. And what I love about lemon juice is you can get a lot of flavor without a big sugar hit and a bunch of calories. So it's got a low glycemic load, it's low in the Sugar impact diet. It's going to help with digestion. It can actually help you absorb nutrients better and reduce bloating. Plus of course it's rich in vitamin C. And vitamin C is super important because it's an antioxidant that helps make carnitine. And carnitine can help break down fatty acids so that you can use them as fuel rather than keep them stored as fat. So you gotta have enough carnitine so that your body can use fat better, which can help you lose fat better. Now one other thing with lemon juice are these polyphenols that can slow the digestion or absorption of carbs. Again very similar to apple cider vinegar. And that's going to help you not have those blood sugar spikes and elevated blood sugar which then can lead to more fat storage. Okay, so apple cider vinegar, lemon juice number three should come as no surprise if you've been watching my videos. And it is protein. And when I think of great protein sources, I'm thinking wild fish, especially wild salmon, grass fed and grass finished beef, lamb, collagen, bone, broth, protein. There's so many cool things that protein does. First of all, it helps you not be hungry. It increases satiety. You know, all bets are off if you're hungry. It's impossible to stay on your healthy eating plan if you're hungry.

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So that's the first one is it can dramatically improve satiety. The second one is that it's more thermic. So we've got three macronutrients, right? We've got protein, we've got carbs, we've got fat. Protein has a 20 to 30% higher thermic effect than carbs or fat. Carbs are like around 10% fat doesn't really take much for your body to use fat, right? But protein your body has to do a lot of work for. So that's fantastic. In fact, what we know is that even if all you did in your diet same, it's isochloric, same calorie load, if you took your protein up, say from 10 to 12%, which is the standard awful diet, right up to more of the 20 to 25%, replacing out, kicking out some of the fats or carbs, you would lose weight. Now the other things, and I think of this as that trifecta of satiety, thermic effect and blood sugar control. I'm talking a lot about blood sugar control, but gosh, that is so mission critical for great sustained energy and of course to Help you not get insulin resistant. Speaking of insulin resistance, protein of course is necessary for you supporting good muscle protein synthesis, right? And we've gotta have that for good insulin sensitivity. So that's mission critical. We want you doing resistance training and then feeding your body what it needs in terms of those amino acids through protein so you can rebuild. And if you're doing that, all that muscle protein synthesis is going to burn more calories at rest, right? So that's the next thing we know. Muscle is more metabolically active than your fat tissue. Of course. Now one other thing. Protein's been found to increase fat burning. Fat oxidation is the process of using stored body fat as a fuel source. I don't know about you, but I would much rather be burning off stored body fat.

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And we know again, if you have that higher protein intake, it's going to help you use fat for energy better and help support fat loss. So a couple shout outs. I started with the beginning going some of the things I love, I do collagen every day, either in my bone broth protein, that's about 80% collagen or add collagen. In fact they even travel with these things because it's great for your joints. It's also great for your hair, skin and nails. I think of it as whole body, whole beauty type of collagen. Now as far as wild fish and I especially big shout out to salmon because of the astaxanthin, an amazing antioxidant and grass fed grass finished beef. And you're going to get omega 3s from these and omega 3s as you know, are critical for helping reduce inflammation, improve insulin sensitivity and help with fat burning. So easy thing for you to do every single day. Start the day with a loaded smoothie whenever you're breaking your fast, which I would say best time is generally two to three hours after waking up. I think two hours is about a great window. But it's a great way to get the protein in that you need 30 grams or more that breaking fast meal, right? That's high quality. So for number four, I mentioned throwing apple cider vinegar into green tea. Green tea is something that I put into my diet every single day. In fact, one thing I like to do is do a big 32 ouncer of it when I'm going to the gym because green tea does so many cool things. First of all, it's been found to help increase fat oxidation which we just talked about with protein intake. That's how you can use stored body fat as fuel. It also can help impact your hunger, regulating hormones, ghrelin and leptin. So your brain hears the message of I'm good, I'm full, right? And again, you gotta work on satiety because if you're hungry, like how are you gonna be rational? Then it's got this Catechin called epigalactokatechin3 Gallate EGCG. I was always taught to go, it's an egg with a C in the middle, egcg. And EGCG can boost thermogenesis, it can help raise your metabolic rate. It also can reduce inflammation. Now here's the big bad thing about inflammation. I mean, obviously, you know, inflammation's a bad thing. It's its own risk factor for obesity because it basically locks the doors on your fat cells so your body cannot access that stored fat for energy. Also, chronic inflammation puts the brakes on muscle protein synthesis, increases your risk of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. And of course it's not good for your heart or brain. So big thing there. So green tea and the EGCG in it have these anti inflammatory effects because they suppress inflammation causing enzymes and molecules. And then the other one is what it's doing to your gut microbiome. And I Learned this from Dr. Jason Fung. Green tea can influence the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut. You want that. And it can also stop the development of the bad kind. So it can help you create that balance that you want in your microbiome. And what we're just really seeing with microbiome is that the balance of your bacteria in your microbiome can impact your immune system, them, your mood, but it also hugely impacts your weight. Depending on the types of bacteria you have in your gut, it can make the difference between you storing more calories from the food you eat as fat or burning more calories off. I know which one I want to have. Now there's also prebiotics in green tea that can also help your gut bacteria. And there's one more thing that I got to do, a shout out in green tea. And it's the L. Theanine in there. Now, L. Theanine is basically the precursor to the neurotransmitter gaba. And GABA is that calming neurotransmitter. So what you'll find is very different than coffee. If you're drinking green tea, yes, it has some caffeine, but the theanine is like calming. So it's this great calming buzz. But speaking of buzzing, coffee is also getting the shout out. Now coffee is the other thing, and I literally will tell you, I go to the gym with a coffee and a green tea. That's what I go double fisted in every single day. They stop making jokes about it because it's just like my normal. But why is caffeine so important? Well, we know caffeine can increase metabolic rate and help you burn more calories. It boosts metabolism, it temporarily will increase your body temperature, and it will stimulate thermogenesis and improve fat burning. While it's doing that, it's also suppressing your appetite because it influences the hormones that regulate hunger and fullness. And of course, along with that, it can curb cravings. Now we know it's something called an ergogenic aid. In fact, you know, it's monitored with professional athletes because of what it can do for exercise performance. It makes you more alert, more focused. It reduces that whole perceived exertion of how hard workouts are. And which is why I always have some when I'm going into my workout so I can work out harder. So here's a little hack for you with your coffee. You can take your coffee in the morning, you can throw in some of my collagen, you can throw in some of my bone broth protein, or if you want to make like the killer mocha, take some of my collagen and take this living ratio Cacao calm with some mushroom extracts. Amazing. It's a great thing that you can do to really get a great workout. Deliciously. All right, next one. Now, all of these things I will tell you go in my diet every single day. And this one too. But I, I had to do some exploration here with this. So we've all heard how good fermented foods are. And let's face it, in the United States, they just really aren't part of the culture. I have a good girlfriend who is Korean descent, and I remember we were having an event, she brought kimchi. Holy smokes. I was like, whoa. You know, it's like, did you have to open that in the room with everybody in it? But literally, she wrote the kimchi diet because she eats it every single day. I tried, but kimchi sauerkraut, I don't even like pickles. So I had to figure out what was I going to do to have a little bit of fermented every day. I tried it with wine. This is not what we're talking about here. So what I use is a nut style yogurt. So you can do it with a yogurt, a kefir, if you can do dairy Greek style yogurt's an amazing one. If you can't do it like me, then try some of the different nut style yogurts. You can do a water kefir, a coconut kefir, a coconut yogurt. So there's a lot of things here, but honestly, making that commitment every, every day to get in some fermented foods will have a huge, huge impact because it's going to do such great things for your gut microbiome. And as we know, having great microbiome balance and diversity is super key for better metabolic health and of course, weight management. In fact, again, what we know is that certain types of bacterias can actually lower your weight and help you burn more fat. And it's all about having that right balance. Now I'm going to give you a little hack too, and that is taking probiotics. So I use my floral harmony from Reignite Wellness, which has several strains of probiotics that support weight management and fat loss. One is bifid bacterium breve and one is Lactobacillus rhinosis. I probably killed that pronunciation of both of those. But super important. So that's a way you can kind of hack it, but you still want to get those fermented foods in because they're making it easier for your body to absorb and use nutrients that really help with weight management. Now another one. And again, I'm kind of hammering this home. But if you look at what is going on now with all these weight loss drugs, one of the key things that they do is make you not feel so hungry all the time. Well, guess what? Fermented foods do this too. And here's what's cool about fermented foods. A lot of times they also have fiber and protein. And so now you've got this trifecta to help you with fullness and satiety. And quite often they also have anti inflammatory properties too. And as we know, like in obesity, fat cells actually have what are called pro inflammatory cytokines. These are these inflammatory messengers, right? And so it starts to become this like chicken and egg situation. You get inflamed, you start gaining more fat, you get more fat, you get more inflamed and it just goes round and round and round and round. And when you can start to reduce inflammation, one of the ways you can do it is with fermented foods. It can also help here too. And finally, fermented foods have a low glycemic index, they're low in the sugar impact diet. Why? Because the fermenting ate up the sugar, so it can help regulate your blood sugar levels so you're not having those spikes and crashes. Now I talked probiotics, but one of the things I think we don't talk about enough, although I see it's now coming out a lot in the literature, are prebiotics. Prebiotics are different because they're a type of dietary fiber that actually provides the fuel for the bacteria in the gut. They fuel the probiotics. So you really want to look at how do I feed the bacteria in the gut, how do I create this big diversity in the gut? So prebiotic foods are usually foods that are high in fiber. And remember, fiber should be one of our secret weapons because it adds bulk to your meals. So you're going to feel fuller, longer, right? Which of course again, appetite control, you'll eat less. So that's super duper important. It also, I gotta say, it will give you poops that you can be proud of, right? And it helps you detoxify and it helps move things through faster. Now prebiotics also may influence the production release of certain appetite regulating hormones. So beyond just the keeping it in your stomach a little longer and then moving it through, it also can influence ghrelin and peptide. Yy pyy. Now ghrelin stimulates hunger, PYY promotes feelings of. So influencing these is a big deal. And it can also help with improving insulin sensitivity and reducing inflammation. So here are some you can easily google. Go prebiotic foods. But let me give you some of the ones that are the easiest ones to do because some of them you're like chicory root. Like I just haven't really bought chicory root at the store lately. But garlic, onions, asparagus, bananas. Remember, shout out on the bananas. Get them as green as possible. You gotta be able to peel it, but get a more green for the resistant starch too. Sunchokes. Whenever I see those on the menu at a restaurant, I get them. Dandelion greens. Great to work into your salads, leeks, apples and legumes. And then water. Holy smokes. There's so much to water. I think it's one of those things. I'm a big tracker. I think we need to be tracking our protein every day and I really think we need to be tracking our water every day too because that's so many things that it does. First of all, it can boost your metabolic rate when you drink water, it can boost your metabolic rate 30% for 30 minutes. That's a major impact all throughout the day. Right. Because the reverse of that is true too. If you're mildly dehydrated, stress hormones come up. Your body then starts to go into a storage mode where it actually takes glucose, converts it to fructose. This is not the pathway you want to go. Right. You want to go fructose to glucose. It takes glucose, which you can get from your liver, converts it to fructose and stores it as fat, just like a camel does. Because when we burn fat, we can liberate water. That's what your body does when you're dehydrated, so it makes sure you have some hydration to access. We do not want that process to happen. And so you want to make sure that you're staying hydrated so you have good metabolic function. Right. You can use energy more efficiently. Now you want to be drinking water throughout the day, especially in between meals, because it's going to help you feel more full. So you don't eat as much with your meals. Right. And if you're drinking cold water, maybe a little thermogenic as well, because your body has to warm it up and that means that your body has to do a little bit of work. The other thing we talked about, fiber for detoxification, well, water is critical for detoxification too, right. It's going to be critical for your kidneys so they can work properly and get rid of stuff and drink enough water. Your kidneys can easily remove waste. And that also includes all those byproducts that happen from you breaking down fat, which we want to do. And then your body just stays clean and working well. And then finally talked a little bit about fiber with the prebiotics. But let's really drive fiber home, because when I talk about eating by the plate, I talk about eating protein first. You know, that's my mantra, right? And then getting in your fiber from lots of non starchy vegetables, two pieces of fruit and a little bit of slow low carbs, and then healthy fats. Because this is really the trifecta for blood sugar balance, for satiety. And so here's the fiber part of it. Here's where we want you to do this, because truly, fiber is a secret weapon for fat loss for a couple reasons. Again, number one is satiety, number two is blood sugar, and number three is detox. And I think we don't talk about this enough. As you're losing fat, you are actually freeing up toxins that are in your fat. Because our body, we're going to get toxins. There's just no way around it. Like if we're breathing air, we're out there drinking things, we're touching things. Our skin's a sieve. Even if you go to the most pristine areas in the world now, there's toxins there because they fly, they drift, right? And so we want to be actively getting rid of those toxins. But if we have more toxins coming in than our body can get rid of, it's stored in our fat. And that means as we start to free up fat, as we start to fat burn, we're freeing up toxins. We gotta get them out. And fiber is a great way to help do that. It can glom onto them and help escort them out of the body. Protein's another key thing here too, along with water. Now, one thing I like to talk about is eating as close to nature as possible. And when you do that, you're gonna get higher fiber foods. Quite often, all this ultra processing is ultra processing the fiber right on out of there. So here's what I want you to do. First, non starchy vegetables, minimum. Your floor for non starchy vegetables is at least five servings a day. What's a serving? It's a cup of raw or a half a cup of cooked. So half cup of cauliflower rice, one serving. A cup of romaine lettuce or arugula lettuce, one serving. So you can see how easy it is to go way past that. And I want you to be an overachiever here. Like 10 servings is my ultimate goal. And you can go past that. There is no limit here. There is a limit on fruit. What I want you to do is think about two fruit servings a day. That's about a cup. So say an apple, a cup of berries. And with both of these, I really want you to go for diversity. Diversity is super key. For all the polyphenols, the nutrients that you get from that. Now you can add onto that some of the slow, low carbs. And I like to say that you're going to earn those carbs through your exercise. So baseline, non starchy vegetables, the two fruit. If you're active, then you can add more based on that. Things that I love. Legumes, potatoes for the resistant starch. Winter squash is another one. Wild rice. You gotta watch the amounts, though. Half a cup is a serving there. It's easy to go overboard on that, right? And if you go overboard on carbs, that's what your body's gonna focus on. Burning carbs, not anything else. And it's got too much and it can't store it in your muscles which are your sugar sponge. And your liver's full, guess what happens to it? Becomes fat. All right, so I just threw a lot at you. So what does this look like in a day? Here's what you do. Get up in the morning, have your coffee, make your loaded smoothie. Now oftentimes now I've been making more of like a yogurt smoothie where I'm using nut yogurt and stirring in my bone broth protein, stirring in some collagen, adding in some fiber. I have an extra fiber product I love. And then I also might use chia seeds or freshly ground flax. Of course, berries, another great one in there too. Then again, green tea is going to the gym with me. I love a good green tea. Lemon juice, acv, easy thing to do. So another thing that is an easy one to do is take lemon juice, a little cayenne pepper, a little bit of a sweetener like allulose and you can put ACV in there too. Apple cider vinegar is kind of one of those easy things you can throw in and it's especially great to get apple cider vinegar or lemon juice before a meal. Now in your two meals beyond that loaded smoothie, you're gonna get in some clean protein, you're gonna get in some fiber from the non starchy vegetables, maybe a little slow, low carbs and get something fermented. Again I got fermented in in my yogurt in the morning. But if you didn't get that in, maybe you are advanced and you're gonna do some sauerkraut or kimchi. Simple, easy peasy though you see how easily that was to incorporate those things in and that's what we really wanna do is look at how can we take one by one, don't overwhelm yourself and go, okay, there's nine things here I've got five I'm good at. Pick one and start adding that in. Now that's what you need to do for fat loss. Next up are the lifestyle strategies that you're going to want to have in place to reach your ideal body composition. So in this next video I'm going to talk about six simple strategies for fast lasting fat loss so you can finally break through your weight loss plateau. Be sure to join me next time for more tools, tips and techniques you can incorporate into everyday life to ensure you look and feel great and more importantly, that you're built to last.

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