Do cucumbers speed up your metabolism?

Metabolism Booster #2: Cucumbers The natural diuretic effects of this vegetable containing potassium and vitamins A and C, flushes out toxins and revs up your metabolism moving.

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It’s no secret that drinking enough water can help keep your weight in check. But adding one of these three things can boost your metabolism and burn extra calories, without logging any additional hours at the gym.

Metabolism Booster #1: Citrus Fruit

Adding citrus fruit to your water can speed up the fat burning process and help you feel more energized. Lemons and oranges in particular are a great source of Vitamin C, and assist in fat burning at the cellular level. This is because the metabolic process of transporting fatty acids within the cell and mobilizing them to be used as an energy source requires vitamin C as a co-factor. That means loading up on vitamin c can naturally increase fat burning, so add 3-4 thin slices of lemon or orange to your water to get that boost of Vitamin C and help use fat as energy.

Metabolism Booster #2: Cucumbers

Flush out your system and your metabolism by sipping glasses of cucumber. The natural diuretic effects of this vegetable containing potassium and vitamins A and C, flushes out toxins and revs up your metabolism moving. Add 6-8 slices of cucumber to a pitcher of water a refill you glass for cool, refreshing drink.

Metabolism Booster #3: Cayenne Pepper

While spicy water may not sound tasty, give it chance. Research suggests that the capsaicin found in cayenne pepper can boost your metabolism shortly after ingesting it, and make you fell fuller. Of course cayenne on its own isn't that appealing so try this recipe: Mix slice strawberries, blueberries, and just half a teaspoon of cayenne pepper into your water. You'll have a surprisingly sweet, calorie-torching pick-me-up with just little bit of kick. Got a sweet tooth? Too busy to exercise or just hate working out? Whatever your hang-up, our four-week program will help you blast through your hurdles so you can lose weight and keep it off this year.

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Cutting carbs, calories: You lose weight, that's for sure. But those between-meal hunger pains are vicious. Can you make it home tonight without chewing off your hand?

For more than a decade, nutritionists have investigated this issue of "satiety" -- feeling full -- to help us fight off hunger pains, writes Barbara Rolls, PhD, in her book, The Volumetrics Weight-Control Program. Rolls is the Guthrie Chair in nutrition at Pennsylvania State University in Pittsburgh. "Cut calories by simply eating less, and you'll feel hungry and deprived," she writes. Rolls' extensive research has led to this conclusion: By strategically increasing a meal's water and fiber content -- with the addition of fruits, vegetables, lean protein, and whole grains -- you can dramatically cut the calories per portion, she tells WebMD. Fruits and vegetables naturally have a high water content, which allows you to eat more, because the food is "energy dense." It's the grapes versus raisins concept: A cup and a half of grapes equals ¼ cup raisins for a snack that is about 100 calories. The water in grapes lets you eat more, so you feel fewer hunger pains, she explains. Also, a tiny bit of fat helps you last longer, Althea Zanecosky, MS, RD, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, tells WebMD. Your system burns carbs in an hour or two, so the hunger pains hit midmorning. "If you add a little fat to your breakfast, low-fat rather than skim milk, or low-fat yogurt, or a smear of peanut butter on a bagel, you're not hungry so soon afterward."

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