Burn fat 35% faster!

International Journal of Molecular Sciences shows that green tea’s brown-fat activating ingredient, EGCG, is only absorbed in your small intestine if you drink it on an empty stomach!

Youmay have heard that your body is home to good “brown” fat that works nonstop converting calories into heat. The great news is that we women have twice as much brown fat as men! And the new news is that energizing that brown fat can melt pounds 35% faster on any diet! See for yourself by:

Activating brown fat with green tea before meals

Sipping two 12-oz. mugs of green tea daily can make your brown fat 18% more active—but there’s a catch: Recent research in the

Cutting cortisol with relaxing time-outs

It’s bad enough that stress makes us jittery and more prone to accidents; now scientists have proven it also makes brown fat sluggish by blocking absorption of nutrients! Luckily, Texas Medical Center pros say, you can cut your cortisol level 25%— energizing your brown fat and revving your fat burn as much as 35%—just by taking two relaxing 20-minute breaks each day!

Spiking fat burn with chili

Your brown fat is most active when your body temperature plunges and you need it to warm you up, which is why people who live in cold climates (below 60 ºf) burn 25% more calories and fat for heat! You could turn the A/C down really low, but if you don’t like shivering there’s an easier (and more economical) solution: Add 1/ 2 tsp. cayenne, chili

Eat the peels!

Apple peels are brimming with ursolic acid, a compound that energizes brown fat, helping you shed up to three pounds monthly if you eat two apples each day. powder or a few slices of jalapeño pepper to your food each day. Capsaicin— the compound in spicy foods that makes your tongue tingle— energizes brown fat as effectively as shivering!

Getting a 24-hour boost with Youtube

Exercising for 30 minutes will prod your brown fat to stay active for 24 hours straight— speeding your fat burn 20% if you do it daily, reports the journal Disease Models and Mecha

nisms. When your body is in motion, your muscles release enzymes that encourage calorie-hungry brown fat to burn sugars for fuel, explains study coauthor Jorge Quan, M.D. Find lots of great free workouts online, such as 30 Minute Low Impact Workout to Torch Calories, Youtube.com/ watch?v=sy1nlwswcoe.