How do I speed up my metabolism?

[cjpbubba]

What's one of the fastest/best ways to speed up your metabolism?

[gottalift78]

drink cold water, eat spicy food, HIIT, eating 6 times a day.

[YoMaMa84]

^^that

plus resistance training

[-TC-]

exercise

[bigchuckdogg]

Great answers

[Sabouneh]

dont sit on your a## .... those things listed above will have a very small affect on your metab..

[Lezgetitdone]

By doing these three things, consistantly per week

-Clean diet (omega 3's in)
-Lift hard to failure
-Cardio atleast 3 days a week

[Jonis]

drink cold water, eat spicy food, HIIT, eating 6 times a day.

This is just broscience. There's really no evidence that eating 6 times a day increases your metab. Cold water and spicy food increase the thermogenic effect of food(TEF) a slight bit, but not more than 100 calories per day. However, HIIT does increase your metabolism a little bit, as does heavy lifting. In general, the more muscle you have the more you burn per day, so activities that increase your muscle mass will indirectly increase your metabolism.

[t1ger]

This is just broscience. There's really no evidence that eating 6 times a day increases your metab. Cold water and spicy food increase the thermogenic effect of food(TEF) a slight bit, but not more than 100 calories per day. However, HIIT does increase your metabolism a little bit, as does heavy lifting. In general, the more muscle you have the more you burn per day, so activities that increase your muscle mass will indirectly increase your metabolism.

Well put. +1

[daddyraph]

how does spicy foods help?

[jxd]

The best way to increase your metabolism is to increase the amount of incidental exercise you do. Walk instead of drive, stairs instead of elevators, etc.

[BunkMoreland]

how does spicy foods help?

they have a miniscule thermogenic effect. what jonis wrote above covers it

[gottalift78]

This is just broscience. There's really no evidence that eating 6 times a day increases your metab. Cold water and spicy food increase the thermogenic effect of food(TEF) a slight bit, but not more than 100 calories per day. However, HIIT does increase your metabolism a little bit, as does heavy lifting. In general, the more muscle you have the more you burn per day, so activities that increase your muscle mass will indirectly increase your metabolism.

From what I've read, drinking cold water does raise your metabolic rate. Your body has to bring it down to core temperature, which takes work.

source

A recent study by germany researchers suggest that 90 minutes after drinking cold water (H20) will boost your metabolism by 24% over their average metabolism rate. Make sure to drink your water cold. Not only does water keep your body lean it also helps with keeping the flow of nutrients and helps get rid of free radicals. Make sure you're keeping the water cooler near by.

[gottalift78]

they have a miniscule thermogenic effect. what jonis wrote above covers it

also, make sure it's natural spice. Hot sauces have a nasty amount of sodium.

[BunkMoreland]

also, make sure it's natural spice. Hot sauces have a nasty amount of sodium.

theres a way around that. this is where i shop for my hot sauce needs. some VERY tasty options here.


http://firegirl.com/verylowsodium.html

http://firegirl.com/lowsodium.html

[daYDreAmErX]

Move to a cold place, start smoking, gain LBM, move more, take a fat burner...

[Zangeif Lagasse]

theres a way around that. this is where i shop for my hot sauce needs. some VERY tasty options here.


http://firegirl.com/verylowsodium.html

http://firegirl.com/lowsodium.html

that's a great find.

will have to order some.

[wnc817]

Eat more carbs and exercise more.

[chud50]

lol, i don't think you can raise your metabolism very much. don't worry about that stuff, just eat fewer calories and exercise.

[gbkxbb]

From what I've read, drinking cold water does raise your metabolic rate. Your body has to bring it down to core temperature, which takes work.

source

A recent study by germany researchers suggest that 90 minutes after drinking cold water (H20) will boost your metabolism by 24% over their average metabolism rate. Make sure to drink your water cold. Not only does water keep your body lean it also helps with keeping the flow of nutrients and helps get rid of free radicals. Make sure you're keeping the water cooler near by.

24% is significant. Can you post a link to this study?

Thanks.

[chud50]

By doing these three things, consistantly per week

-Clean diet (omega 3's in)
-Lift hard to failure
-Cardio atleast 3 days a week

no one NEEDS to lift to failure.

[SocratesTX]

Buy a time machine

[snorkelman]

24% is significant. Can you post a link to this study?

Thanks.

I'd like to see that also. I only find layman's websites making the same general claims with no citation to the underlying study.

[SocratesTX]

Lol @ the ice water claims. Why wouldn't we all just drink ice water for a week and get ripped. All of this hard work seems to be stupid if all we need to do is drink cold water. Imagine taking it with Liipo 6, you could go from 250 lbs. 35% bf to 190 lbs. 7% bf in just two weeks. (sw)

[illiniguy09]

Eating lots of food raises you metabolism.

[56kninja]

drink cold water, eat spicy food, HIIT, eating 6 times a day.

Cold water does almost nothing..So does spicy food, and how is HIIT any more special than any other form of exercise? And we all know the 6 meals a day is bogus at this point.


You can't really make your metabolism go faster, you can just burn more by doing more..

[TGates13]

It has been shown in different studies that by drinking "ice cold water" actually burns more calories than anything. Supposedly your body has to work harder to warm the water in your system which in turns burn calories. I am sure that it does, but, probably not enough to make a HUGE difference. I would assume 20 calories an 8oz glass. Maybe less.

Naturally hot and spicy foods are natural fat burners, so onions, jalapenos and other types of spicy pepper will naturally boost your metabolism. The reason being is a naturally occurring element called capisian. Once again, does it boost your metabolism enough to make a huge difference, probably not, but every little bit helps. BTW, the guy that posted about Lipo6, the key ingredient in most fat burners is capisian in high doses.

Eating small meals throughout the day has had proof to show that it boosts your metabolism. The actual process of breaking down food burns up calories. So if you eat several meals throughout the day, you'll burn up more calories through the digestion process.

Exercise also boosts metabolism. Metabolism is primarily driven by our muscles. For every pound of muscle on our body we burn approximately 35 calories per day. Every pound of fat on the other hand burns a measly 2 calories per day. Strength training is the key to maintaining and building more metabolically active muscle.

Hope this helps.

Tommy

[SocratesTX]

drink cold water, eat spicy food, HIIT, eating 6 times a day.

Awesome, a full list of myths!

[Itadienekes]

This is just broscience. There's really no evidence that eating 6 times a day increases your metab. Cold water and spicy food increase the thermogenic effect of food(TEF) a slight bit, but not more than 100 calories per day. However, HIIT does increase your metabolism a little bit, as does heavy lifting. In general, the more muscle you have the more you burn per day, so activities that increase your muscle mass will indirectly increase your metabolism.

+1.

Stop the f'in Bro science people!!!!! 6 meals a day DO NOT boost metabolism, there's absolutely no proof of that, in fact there's proof that it DOESN'T. It can help with portion control and staying full, but it does not boost metabolism.

And drinking ice cold water!!?!? c'mon! You'd have to drink 10-20 gallons of ice cold water to even start making a difference in calories burned to heat the water up to body temp.

[MJFan1]

Eat, Lift, and Cardio basically.