Hi Chris, If your metabolism is slow, vitamins may not be your main solution. In all likelihood, you are probably not eating enough. Yes, you heard me right. Your metabolism slows down when you put yourself in "starvation" mode. Food is energy and when you deprive your body of energy, it reacts as if there is a famine and your metabolism slows down naturally in order to conserve energy until the "famine" is over. This will make it very difficult to lose weight as your body is working hard to reserve your fat stores as long as possible.
My suggestion is to eat six small meals per day. Eat things that will not spike your blood sugar. Spiking your blood sugar drives more fat into your fat cells and will leave you tired and hungry all the time. Here is an example of a list of foods that will spike your blood sugar. These are simple carbohydrates that are high glycemic.
White potato, white rice, white bread, bagel, soda pop, french fries, white bagel, angel food cake, rice crispies, donuts, graham wafers, parsnips, cranberry juice cocktail, fruit rollups, jelly beans, pretzels and snickers bars.
Here are a sample of a list of foods that are low glycemic and will not spike your blood sugar as high. These are complex carbohydrates that will digest and burn slowly so that you can have long lasting energy to last you through your run and your day.
Apples, cherries, grapefruit, peaches, plums, pears, avocado, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, cucumber, yam, lentils, chick peas, whole grain wheat bread, sourdough rye bread, all bran cereal, oatmeal (not instant), brown rice, lowfat yogurt, almonds, hazelnuts, pecans and walnuts.
Never take vitamins on an empty stomach. This could help you with the queasy feeling and it will help your body to absorb the vitamins much better.
Here are two things to check out.
- If you are trying to get your metabolism up and lose weight, check out the Healthy for Life Program. It concentrates on teaching you how to eat so you won't spike your blood sugar, how exercise will speed up your metabolism and what nutritional supplements will help you to increase energy and lose weight. It is not a diet. Click Here to see the three reasons Why Diets Fail.
- Consider upgrading your multivitamin. There is an independent study that was done by Nutrisearch Labs a few years back. They studied over 1500 multivitamins over a six year period and rated them according to 18 scientific criterion and how effective they were. I thought the vitamin I was taking was one of the best on the market. To my surprise, they rated it lower than average. Only 33 vitamins got a 5 star rating. Four of those got a gold, five-star rating. Click on the following link to read about the study and the book. Find out how your vitamin was rated.
The Comparative Guide To Nutritional Supplements
