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Vitamins and minerals are essential to maintaining proper function throughout every system in your body – particularly metabolism. A healthy metabolism can help regulate your energy levels and ensure balanced digestion, plus help you maintain a healthy weight.
If your diet isn’t properly balanced with the right vitamins and minerals, your metabolism may not be functioning as well as it could be. Read ahead to see which vitamins are the best to have to boost metabolism and sustain energy.
Vitamin B
B vitamins refer to a range of vitamins that each play a role in different areas of metabolism. Each can help maintain proper energy levels.
"These vitamins are essential for a fully functioning metabolism. The main function of the B vitamins is to help your body metabolize carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, and to use the stored energy in food," Healthline explained.
Whole grains, meat, eggs and dark, leafy vegetables are all high in vitamin B.
Vitamin D
"One vitamin that may surprise many people is a fat burner is vitamin D," Monica Mizzi, editor-in-chief of wellness website WellMe, told SheFinds.
This vitamin can help boost your metabolism, and in turn promote weight loss and burn fat. There are a lot of foods with vitamin D, including yogurt, eggs, red meat and fish.
Calcium
Calcium boosts metabolism and even has added benefits when it comes to fat burning and weight loss.
Studies have even shown that “calcium stored in fat cells plays a crucial role in regulating how fat is stored and broken down by the body. It's thought that the more calcium there is in a fat cell, the more fat it will burn.”
You can easily add more calcium to your diet by eating more dairy products, salmon, seeds and lentils.
Green Tea Extract
Green tea extract is not technically a vitamin, but this supplement can play a huge role on your metabolism. This is because green tea contains both catechins and caffeine, which burn calories and promote weight loss.
Studies have even found that green tea can boost your metabolism and create conditions that make it easier to burn fat. All you need to do to reap these benefits is drink a cup of green tea each day or take green tea extract supplements.
