Superfoods?

There has been a lot of discussion about so called superfoods. And there seems to be some truth to the claims that some foods help the body to recover or to even change your physique. For example; there have been studies that showed that people from a test group who included nuts in their diet (think almonds, UNSALTED pistachios, cashews, peanuts, walnuts...) lost more body fat than a test group eating the exact same amount of calories only they didn't include nuts.

But how does this work? Well, they help you burn more calories from fat, decrease chronic infalmmation and increase your cells' sensitivity to insulin, or they improve your body's internal detoxification system so waste products and toxins slowing your metabolism will be eliminated more easily. Also, some foods increase your body's resting metabolic rate and support tissue renewal and repair and they help the body respond faster and better to food.

There are lots of superfoods and supplements but here's a nice list of ten superfoods for fat loss and body composition that also explains a little better how these work:

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