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It's perfect on potatoes, very good on veggies, and divine in salad dressings. And the best news yet? It may help with fat burning. The magic condiment in question: vinegar.
Obese people who took in 1 to 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar daily in a study melted significantly more body fat and belly fat than a group taking a placebo -- despite being on the same diet and exercise plan.
A Sour Path to SkinnyVinegar may offer a weight loss boost thanks to acetic acid. Seems this sour stuff does double-duty fat-blasting, inhibiting the body's ability to store fat while boosting its ability to burn it. And even though apple cider vinegar was the type used in the recent study, researchers suspect most varieties of the liquid seasoning could have the same get-skinny effects.
Other Tart BenefitsVinegar also seemed to help lower bad-for-the-heart triglyceride levels and systolic blood pressure at the end of the 12-week study. That's a Sherpa's load of health benefits for one little flavor maker. So get your daily dose of vinegar with one of these tart-tasting, waist-whittling RealAge recipes:
Did You Know?
Perform cardio interval training – Along with your weight training workouts, I recommend interval training. Interval training is simply performing short bursts of high-intensity exercise combined with more moderate intensity within the same workout. Studies have shown people who perform interval training twice a week (in addition to two other days of lower-intensity cardio) lose twice as much weight as those who do just a moderate cardio workout. You can easily incorporate interval training into your workout by inserting a 45-second burst into your regular cardio session every 3 minutes. Your body will be working harder and will be forced to burn more calories. Try to get two additional days during the week of lower-intensity cardio as well.
For you more scientific ones....
As you probably know, cardio interval training, also known as High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), mixes intense bouts of cardio with moderate bouts in the same session. It is one of the most effective ways to burn fat! Many people spend hours and hours on cardio machines when they could be making faster progress by implementing intervals. Several studies have shown that HIIT burns fewer calories when compared to lower-intensity, higher-duration cardio. However, the studies also showed that skin-fold loss was greater with the HIIT group than in the longer-duration group. This means that not only did the HIIT group lose more fat, but they also spared more muscle tissue by burning less overall calories. Ultimately, this means a faster metabolism and potentially tighter-looking body, so you’re very much on the right track.
And that's the short and sweet of it!
Btw...Do not perform HIIT on consecutive days. Three other days of the week perform moderate intensity sessions for 40 minutes if possible. Three HIIT sessions per week would also be fine, but I want to make sure your energy levels don’t get overly impacted as you reduce calories and start eating-clean!
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