8 ways to supercharge your metabolism

1. Never skip meals. Small frequent meals helps maintain metabolism. Starving slows metabolism.

2. Exercise for 45 minutes at the least 3 times a week and on other days, do floor exercises to tone up.

3. Start the day with 30 minutes of stretching or yoga or any kind of meditation as this can handle stress and kickstart your fat-burning.

4. Build lean muscle mass. Here are some facts to chew over: 1 pound of fat burns only 2 calories a day while 1 pound of muscle burns 50 calories a day. Isn’t that amazing? The more muscle you build, the faster your metabolism will be, and the more calories you will burn while at rest.

5. Drink at the least 8-10 glasses of water daily. Drinking cold water requires the body to expend calories to maintain body temperature.

6. Eat as early as possible in the morning. Start the day with a good breakfast. Skipping breakfast causes the body to synthesise its own energy fuel in the form of fat and begins to conserve energy from every single meal. So the more you skip breakfast, the more you are teaching your body to skimp on shedding fat.

7. Low-glycemic carbohydrates increase your metabolism, and they have less calories per unit volume of fat. So quit eating white breads and processed baked goodies. They do nothing for your metabolism except mock it.

8. Eat whole fruits, legumes, whole grains, and vegetables. Include more fresh salads in your meals. These are the rock stars of nutrition and the superchargers for metabolism.