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The best fat burning foods are high in fiber or protein. While some argue that no food can effectively burn fat, other sources insist that some foods are clinically proven to promote and maintain weight loss.

Rather than simply limiting the intake of fat, the best fat burning foods moderately elevate sugar levels for a longer time, leaving the dieter satisfied for longer. One example of such a food is an apple, providing only 81 calories, on average, but its soluble fiber prevents rapid changes in blood sugar that produce pangs of hunger. An apple is a treat that can help you avoid hunger and even lower cholesterol.

Berries represent another source of fiber that can curb longings for sweets, having natural fructose sugar. With only 40-80 calories per cup, dependent on the berry, they are a treat that similarly prevents hunger without large intake of calories. They make great ingredients for any fruit juice recipes or shakes.

Foods high in protein are considered fat burning, as well, as long as the protein is lean. Lean meats such as turkey or chicken provide the body with this nutrition. Protein intake is beneficial, because protein consumes more calories while being digested than either fat or carbohydrates, promoting the metabolism more effectively for longer.

Caffeine is also considered a fat-burning element, as it elevates the heart rate, which in turn burns more calories. Many sources of caffeine, however, are rich in calories, so it is important to manage intake of sweet coffees.

The chemical EGCG, similarly, causes the nervous systems to run more quickly, rather than the heart, but this also helps to burn calories. Green tea is an excellent source of EGCG as well as antioxidants, and when combined with caffeine, can help burn 80 more calories per day, while the body is at rest.

These foods that burn fat and others high in protein and fibers assist the body in maintaining its metabolism and curbing hunger pangs. Combined with a balanced diet and exercise, they have been proven to significantly assist in weight loss, without harming nutrition.

Learning how to lose weight by eating right can be difficult at first. Unless you have already have a strict nutrition schedule mapped out for you, you are often not sure what you are allowed to eat. Hopefully this article has helped you figure out what kinds of natural fat burning foods will help assist you in your weight loss without having to stick to a strict eating schedule. Good luck on your weight loss journey!

Can you juice carrot tops? This is a good question that often comes up for many people when they start juicing. There is not a black and white answer but I will give you the facts. Carrot tops (also called carrot greens or carrot leaves) are edible but they contain substances that are mildly toxic to us which is the reason that a lot of people don’t eat them or juice them. However there are people who add the leaves to salads or juice them and suffer no adverse effects.

So why would people eat carrot tops if they are mildly toxic? Another good question and the answer is that carrot tops are extremely nutritious. Some sources say that the carrot tops are even more nutritious than the actual carrot. So one thing is for sure if you, if you do juice them it will greatly enhance the health benefits of your carrot juice recipes. However, I will leave the choice to you.

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Carrot juice recipes are probably the most popular and well known of vegetable juicer recipes. I believe the sweetness/taste of carrot juice and the cheap price and ease of availability of carrots are the prime reasons for this popularity.

Choosing Juicing Carrots
To make the best raw carrot juice ensure you pick the freshest of carrots. Avoid carrots that are limp, rubbery and excessively cracked, these are all signs that the carrots are old. If the carrot tops are wilted this is another sign of old carrots. A fresh vibrant carrot should be firm, bright colored, relatively straight and of smooth texture. The more orange the carrot is the more of the potent antioxidant beta-carotene it contains. Beta-carotene is the plant pigment that puts the orange color in carrots.

If you want the sweetest carrots then choose those that are the thickest. The inner core is where most of the sugars are stored. So the thicker the carrot the thicker the core, the more sugar the carrot will supply.

Is it OK to Juice Carrot Tops?
There is a divide about this subject because the carrot tops are both mildly toxic and extremely nutritious. Some say the carrot top greens are even more nutritious than the carrot. There are people who juice carrot along with their tops or even use the green tops in their salads and report no side effects. I will leave the choice to you. Personally I lean towards caution and don’t use the tops in my carrot juice recipes. As an extra note the tops don’t contain sugar like the main body of the carrot and taste very sour when juiced.

Organic Carrot Juicing
It is important to point out that non-organic carrots are usually plastered in pesticides. These pesticides can contain toxic heavy metals like lead and arsenic as well as as a plethora of other harmful (and carcinogenic) chemicals. I therefore highly recommend using organic carrots whenever possible. If you are using non-organic for juicing carrots then It is a good idea to peel them first. The majority of the pesticides are found in the skin.

In health
Darren Haynes

Pure lemon juice was an age old beverage esteemed by Chinese Emperors dating back 1000’s of years. Its unique acidic yet sweet taste also makes lemon juice a popular mixer with other juices and drinks and a useful culinary aid.

Picking Lemons for Juicing
When choosing lemons for juicing look for those that are bright yellow throughout with no green coloring in the skin. This will ensure the lemons are ripe and ready. Avoid lemons that have any wrinkling or mold in the skin, these are both signs that the lemons are over-ripe and old. Lemons that feel heavy for their size indicate a higher pulp and juice content and will therefore produce more juice. Lemons with thinner skins will contain more pulp and therefore more juice. Eureka and Lisbon varieties are great juicing lemons because they contain a high water content. Juicing lemon that has been stored at room temperature also produces a higher juice yield than refrigerated lemons.

Can you Juice Lemon Peel?
You sure can but it is not to everybody’s taste! The peel will taste extremely sour, even more so than the pulp of the fruit and without providing any sweetness. The peel is, however, very nutritious and does not contain harmful substances like the peel of its citrus brothers oranges and grapefruits.

Personally speaking the peel is too intense juiced for my liking but I do juice the pith and other white membranes. The pith (the white part between the skin and the pulp of the fruit) is less sour than the yellow outer skin but also very nutritious. The pith is densely concentrated in bio-flavonoids and vitamin C.

Best Wishes
Darren Haynes

What are the best apples for juicing? This is a question that I often see on the web, at least in the juicing world of the web. I have seen 101 different answers and the bottom line for me is which ever ones you want, you can’t go wrong. Of course the question could mean several things, such as “which apples taste best?” Well that is personal preference but red apples are definitely sweeter and green apples are more tart, especially granny smiths. If you want the least sugar/fructose in your juice go for green apples.

The question might also translate as “which apples are the most nutritious?” Although all apples are a great source of nutrition, I have asked myself the very same question. The only answer I have found resulted from a Canadian Governmental study conducted in 2005. The study revealed that red delicious apples contain the most antioxidants compared with 7 other varieties. The study also illuminated the fact that the skin of apples are the most bio-flavonoid dense area of the apple too. For that reason I always juice apples with their skins on.

Another great reason for juicing apples with their skins on is fiber content. Even though most of the fiber in produce is discarded during the juicing process, some still makes it through. So ‘cloudy apple juice’ (this refers to apples juiced with their skins on) will contain a little fiber as opposed to clear raw apple juice, which will contain a negligible amount of fiber. Cloudy apple juice looks less appealing and is not to everyones taste, but it is nutritionally superior.

Avoid juicing the pips in apples, they contain cyanide.

Organic Apples?
To cut a long story short – YES – use organic apples whenever possible. Non-organic apples are one of the most extensively sprayed fruits when it comes to pesticides. Many pesticides contain the toxic heavy metals lead and arsenic plus a plethora of other harmful (and often carcinogenic) chemicals. So if you juice apples that are not organic, I will reverse my previous advice of juicing apples with their skins on. Just for the simply reason that the skins are where most of the pesticides reside.

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