Build Muscle: When we think of burning calories, we think exercise, exercise, and MORE exercise!   Muscle burns more calories per hour than fat.  Lifting weights or weight-bearing exercises are a great way to build or preserve lean muscle mass, therefore keeping our metabolism going strong.

Fuel Smart: But exercise alone cannot do the trick!  We need to focus on our nutritional habits as well.  We burn more calories by eating protein and fiber-rich foods that are harder to digest and require more work by our bodies to break down.

Eat Regularly: If we can eat several small meals frequently throughout the day, we can keep our metabolism constant. 

Prioritize Sleep: Lastly, rest indeed does a body good!  Ensuring you get adequate sleep prevents your resting metabolism from slowing down, an important factor in determining total calories burned daily. 

These simple habits, combined with a healthy diet and regular exercise, can give your metabolism the boost it needs for long-term weight management success.

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        Consider a Fresh Herb Garden for flavorful, aromatic appetizing, and nutritious meals and snacks. Most common herbs are packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Most also contain bioactive compounds like carotenoids, lutein, zeaxanthin, and more. Fresh parsley can relieve arthritic and gout pains and is a blood detoxifier. Fresh holy basil can fight fever, cold, cough, sore throat, and respiratory tract infections. Fresh or dry turmeric powder is ant arthritic, detoxifies the liver, natural pain reliever, and aids fat metabolism and weight control. Fresh thyme is yet another anti-bacterial, anti-fungal helpful for candida thrush, skin infections, colds, soar throat bronchitis, and flatulence-fresh rosemary is great in relieving tension headaches, and flatulence, aids digestion and improves memory. Fresh oregano – the pizza taste enhancer, has anti-aging properties related to skin health and vision. It improves cardiovascular health, cholesterol and bone health. Fresh watercress is loaded with vitamins and minerals that aid with bone and heart health. It has medicinal benefits for kidney stones, blood detoxification, asthma, and fertility enhancement.

Start improving the nutritional power of the foods you eat by adding Fresh Herbs to cooking, garnishing finished dishes, or simply juicing with other raw vegetable blends and have as a drink.

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