Food That Burn Fat

Now a days obesity is a very big problem, with all those junk fast food around which don't do any good to health but they are certainly rich in high cholesterol and trans fats which are very bad for health and especially for heart. Fast food should certainly be avoided. There are many food that can help you loose weight and keep you fit. Some of these food are listed below:

1. Citrus Fruits and other fruits that are rich in vitamin C. Vit C is an antioxidant that helps in maintaining the lipid profile by decreasing the amount of oxidised LDL in the body. Oxidised LDL tends to get deposited in the blood vessel leading to diseases like atherosclerosis which is the basic foundation for other diseases like myocardial stroke and angina and some other diseases. It also certainly does help to reduce fat in the body. Be sure to include cirtus fruits like oranges, lemon, kiwi in your diet.

2. Vegetables like cabbage, broccoli, spinach are very low in carbohydrate content and thry also stop coversion of glucose to fats in the body.

3. Spices like turmeric, chillies and cardamom. Turmeric with its active component curcumin helps in reducing bad cholesterol and decreases blood clotting on regular intake.
Cardamom is a thermogenic herb that increases metabolism in the body and helps burn fat. It is believed that it also has soothing affect on digestive system and helps in propper digestion of food.
Chillies have capsaicin that increases metablic rate of the body and thus helps in burning fat.

4. Garlic: Garlic has a sulphur containing compound called allicin which has antibacterial actions, and also decreases unhealthy fats.

5. Nonvegetarians should avoid eating red meat as it contains a lot of fat. They should rather eat chicken, which is white meat and contains very less fat.

6. Eggs have dietary cholesterol which are important for the body as it reduces endogenous cholesterol production. It is rather good to eat one or two eggs a day than not having at all.

7. Pulses like dal, jwar, bajra etc are low on fats and highly nutrtious.

8. Honey It is a home remedy for obesity. It mobilises the extra fat deposits in the body allowing it to be utilised as energy for normal functions. One should start with about 10 grams or a tablespoon, taken with hot water early in the morning.


Please do try to add these food items in your diet as they have multiple properties i.e. not only fat lowering but also most of them help in improving circulation in body. Do add suggestions in form of comments what else to added in the list make the list complete.