In a time where over 41.9% of American’s are overweight or obese, there is a hunt to find tricks for losing weight, including which foods will help burn fat.
The rates of obesity have increased exponentially over the last 40 years. Considering people probably haven’t changed their level of willpower to eat healthy and exercise over the years, what is causing this obesity epidemic? It might not be just the calories they are putting in their mouths.
What is a Calorie?
A calorie is defined as the unit of energy needed to raise the temperature of water by one degree celsius. Fat contains more energy, at 9 calories per gram, than glucose or protein, which contain 4 calories per gram. This would lead one to believe that if you control the amount of calories consumed you could lose weight or gain weight easily.
However, this theory doesn’t take into consideration the types of fat, carbs, and protein in the modern day, in addition to other factors that cause the body to release or hold onto excess fat.
Mitochondrial Health and Fat Burning
Metabolism and fat burning are dependent on mitochondrial health and the ability to produce optimal amounts of ATP (adenosine triphosphate) per mitochondria. This is where cellular energy transfers into energy you can feel. Without energy at the cellular level, fat burning won’t be optimized, regardless of how much exercise you do or how many calories you eat.
The goal is to optimize mitochondrial health and increase ATP to burn fat.
At the cellular level, mitochondria, the energy powerhouses of cells, can operate in two distinct states: coupled and uncoupled. Coupled mitochondria primarily burn fat to generate ATP, the body’s true cellular energy source.
In contrast, uncoupled mitochondria burn excess fat, generating additional heat in the process. This surplus heat boosts the thermic effect and caloric burn within the body. By increasing the number of ATP molecules produced, not only does caloric burn, fat burning, and metabolism intensify, but natural energy levels also experience a notable surge.
Fat Burning and Fat Storing Foods
Let’s look at how each type of food can burn or store fat.
PROTEIN
Protein is essential for a healthy metabolism for many reasons. It provides the building blocks for muscles, tissues, organs, hair, nails– everything in the body. It also can help burn fat by increasing caloric burn through the “thermic effect” where different types of calories consumed can create heat in the body and burn more or less calories depending on that heat.
Protein has a higher thermic effect than any other macronutrient, as the body uses 25 percent of the protein calories just through this heat generating effect. This means that for every 100 calories consumed of protein, 25 calories are used up through digestion and heat. Also, protein provides the amino acid building blocks for growing and maintaining lean strong muscle; muscle contains dense amounts of mitochondria and ATP, and can boost fat burning merely through its existence. Saying that, not all proteins are fat burning.
Fat STORING Proteins ❌
Protein Powders: Most protein powders undergo an 80% conversion into sugars, potentially leading to both fat and muscle gain. While the common belief is that 1 gram of protein equals 4 calories, this is a generalization, as different protein sources vary in their calorie content, depending on how much protein is used for building new protein versus being converted to sugar. Unlike animal protein, which has a “thermic” effect, where 25% of protein calories are used for digestion, protein powders lack this effect due to their easy digestibility.
BCAAs (Branched-Chain Amino Acids): While BCAAs are only 3 of the essential amino acids, the body requires all 20 amino acids to produce protein. Therefore, BCAAs are primarily converted into sugar, failing to effectively build muscle and potentially encouraging fat storage.
Whey, Pea, and Soy Protein: These protein sources only utilize about 18% of their essential amino acids for making new protein, with the remaining 82% converted to sugar. Additionally, they may cause inflammation, increased estrogen levels, leaky gut, high histamine reactions, or allergies, depending on the specific powder consumed. Soy is particularly concerning due to its estrogenic properties and GMO content, which can lead to estrogen dominance and toxicity. Whey, derived from dairy, may trigger inflammation and leaky gut in some individuals, while pea protein is prone to mold and may induce allergies and inflammation.
Chicken, Conventional Beef, Turkey, and Pork: These meats contain high levels of omega-6 inflammatory fats, including the dangerous linoleic acid, and amyloid proteins, which are associated with various diseases and autoimmunity. Linoleic acid is highly unstable in the body and produces oxidative stress; as a result, the body will store more fat, lower overall ATP, and induce a cascade of detrimental effects to the body.
Amyloids are misfolded protein structures typically produced in the bone marrow. Not only do they not get broken down into usable amino acids for building lean tissue, but they can also accumulate in tissues, or organs like the brain. Consumption of these animal products, from animals raised in crowded conditions, can contribute to amyloid buildup in their tissues. Amyloids can feed pathogens and reactivate viruses in the body, leading to gut issues, pathogen proliferation, fat gain, inflammation, and autoimmunity.
Farm-Raised Fish: Most farmed fish are fed genetically modified corn and soy, which are not only unnatural, but are also full of the inflammatory omega-6 fats and linoleic acid that increase fat storage and derail mitochondrial health.
Fat BURNING Proteins 🔥
PerfectAminos: PerfectAminos consists of pure essential amino acids in the precise ratio required for building new proteins. Due to this, it achieves a remarkable 99% utilization rate by the body. Each serving of PerfectAminos is equivalent to 30 grams of whey protein but contains only 2 calories, compared to the 120 calories found in a serving of whey protein. PerfectAminos helps increase muscle mass without simultaneously gaining water or fat weight, allowing for a process known as lean bulking.
Wild Animal Proteins: While wild animal proteins may offer only 32% of usable amino acids, they provide essential B vitamins, iron, magnesium, potassium, and other nutrients crucial for protein synthesis and overall health. Moreover, the digestion of wild animal proteins triggers a “thermic” effect, during which the body burns 25% of the calories consumed. Additionally, the balanced ratios of amino acids and omega-3 fatty acids in wild animal proteins stimulate the release of a hormone called CCK, which helps curb sugar cravings and suppress the appetite. These meats include bison, elk, deer, lamb, cornish game hen, and wild cold water fish.
FATS
High fat ketogenic diets have been very popular over the last decade, and some people have been successful in burning fat with them, due to limiting their carb intake. However, long term, this approach may backfire as the metabolism slows down and thyroid hormones are suppressed. To make matters worse, the bombardment of toxins, radiation, and spike protein overburden the liver, to the point that it can’t metabolize fat very efficiently. Assuming the liver can metabolize fat efficiently, there are healthy fats, and fats that will lead to fat gain.
Fat STORING Fats ❌
PUFAs, or polyunsaturated fats, are everywhere—processed foods, imitation butter, salad dressings, fried foods, poultry, pork, nuts, seeds, seed oils, and fatty fish. These include oils like safflower, grapeseed, sunflower, corn, cottonseed, soybean, rice bran, peanut, and canola. The biggest culprit is Linoleic Acid (LA). These fats can mess with your metabolism, harm your mitochondria, and contribute to fat gain, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, insulin resistance, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s disease.
PUFAs have multiple double bonds in their carbon chains, unlike saturated fats. This structure makes them fragile and prone to becoming inflammatory compounds, damaging mitochondria, and impairing ATP and energy production. They also inhibit fatty acid beta-oxidation, making your body less efficient at using fat for fuel and leading to larger fat cells. Even worse, these fats stay in your body for up to six years, continuously disrupting your metabolism.
Linoleic acid is found in foods often considered healthy, like chicken, pork, seeds, and nuts. But ruminant animals—like bison, cows, lamb, deer, and elk—have multiple stomachs that convert high-LA fat into healthier saturated and monounsaturated fat. In contrast, animals with single stomachs, like chicken and pork, don’t process LA efficiently, leading to high levels of LA in their meat. So, even lean cuts of these meats are packed with linoleic acid, which could be causing your fat gain.
Fat BURNING Fats 🔥
It is true that if you are in a ketogenic state, your body will tend to burn body fat for energy. The healthy fats to focus on are butter, ghee, organic cold pressed olive oil, and possibly avocado oil. Unfortunately, over 60 percent of olive oil and avocado oil on the market are cut with cheap seed oils and can backfire on your fat burning goals.
CARBOHYDRATES
Carbohydrates have been demonized over the last two decades with the focus on keto and carnivore based diets. It is true that too many of the wrong carbs can lead to inflammation, leaky gut, endotoxins, fat accumulation and lowered mitochondrial health. However, consuming the right source of carbs can increase fat burning, lower stress hormones, and support optimal energy.
Fat STORING Carbs ❌
Processed Foods: When it comes to processed foods, the carbs in them are far from natural. They’ve been adulterated, refined, and are often loaded with GMOs, glyphosate, and paired with seed oils. This harmful combination can wreak havoc on your gut, leading to leaky gut syndrome and malabsorption issues, which drastically alter the gut microbiome.
The problem starts with metabolic toxins. These toxins disrupt cellular energy production within the mitochondria, leading to decreased carbon dioxide production in the intestines. A lower concentration of carbon dioxide creates an environment that encourages the growth of harmful bacteria known as facultative anaerobes.
These bacteria have high levels of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in their cell membranes. When they consume complex carbohydrates, they multiply rapidly, but eventually die off, releasing LPS—also known as endotoxin—into your system. Endotoxin is a powerful metabolic poison that further disrupts mitochondrial function, creating a vicious cycle that can lead to fat gain and other health issues.
This creates a paradox: even complex carbs, which are typically considered healthy, can exacerbate health problems by increasing endotoxin levels in the body. However, when gut health and mitochondrial function are optimized, these same complex carbs can actually be beneficial. The reality is that most people don’t have an optimized gut, leading to weight gain and other health problems from these foods.
So, the takeaway is clear: focus on improving your gut health and mitochondrial function. When these systems are running smoothly, your body can handle complex carbs better, turning what can be problematic into something beneficial. This means paying attention to the quality of your food and avoiding processed carbs loaded with harmful additives. Your gut and overall health will thank you.
Fat BURNING Carbs 🔥
Carbohydrates from cooked organic vegetables that don’t contain sulfur, oxalates, histamines, or mold, can help provide sufficient fiber to support a healthy gut microbiome, without disrupting the detoxification pathways associated with the aforementioned substances. Furthermore, organic fruits can provide simple carbs that don’t encourage endotoxin growth while still providing sufficient carbohydrates for energy. Initially, as laid out below, eating a lower carb diet may be beneficial to allow the gut to heal through supplements and some intermittent fasting, slowly increasing the carb intake as the metabolism improves.
Other Factors Causing Fat Gain
Apart from food, the following issues may contribute to low ATP, depressed mitochondrial health, and reduced fat burning.
Iodine Deficiency
Iodine deficiency is a major player in mitochondrial failure. When you don’t get enough iodine, your mitochondria can only crank out 2 ATP (energy units) instead of the 36 they can produce with adequate iodine. This means way less cellular energy, which is crucial for a healthy metabolism. Internally, iodine boosts energy and metabolism, reduces inflammation, fights off pathogens, supports liver detox, balances hormones, and detoxifies all your cells from nasties like fluoride, bromide, chlorine, lead, mercury, xenoestrogens, and radiation. Externally, iodine helps with things like easing symptoms associated with spike protein and regulating blood sugar levels.
Xenoestrogens
Xenoestrogens are everywhere—in our food, water, and environment. They mimic estrogen in your body and disrupt your hormonal balance. These compounds, found in herbicides, pesticides, plastics, and parabens, not only mess with your mitochondria but also lead to diseases, lower energy, and weight gain. Your body, in an attempt to protect itself, stores these toxins in fat cells, which just leads to more weight gain.
Radiation
Radiation, whether from non-ionizing or ionizing sources, messes with your health in numerous ways. It ramps up insulin resistance, oxidative stress, and DNA damage while wreaking havoc on your nervous, endocrine, and hormonal systems. It also slows down your metabolism, boosts fat storage, and reduces ATP production, leaving you with lower energy levels.
Stress
Today’s fast-paced lifestyle means chronic stress is a big issue, and it seriously impacts your metabolism:
- Leaky Gut: Stress can cause leaky gut, letting endotoxins flood your system and disrupt nutrient absorption, essential for a healthy metabolism.
- Reverse T3: Stress prompts your body to convert T4 into Reverse T3, a thyroid hormone that slows metabolism and promotes fat storage.
- Visceral Fat: Chronic stress means constant cortisol release, which leads to belly fat buildup.
- Insulin Resistance: Stress alone can increase insulin resistance, making it harder to manage blood sugar and causing your body to store more fat.
Dirty Liver
Your liver is the main detox organ, synthesizing the Estrogen Binding Protein (EBP). If it’s overloaded with toxins, it can’t do its job properly. This means it struggles with converting T4 to the active T3 thyroid hormone and managing fat and protein metabolism, leading to weight gain. The liver also handles estrogen detox, and if it’s overwhelmed, excess estrogens build up, further contributing to weight gain and hormonal imbalances.
Endotoxins in the Gut
Processed foods, linoleic acid, and excess estrogens can wreak havoc on your gut, lowering cellular energy production and carbon dioxide levels. This creates a breeding ground for bad bacteria that release endotoxins when they die, which messes up your mitochondria even more and leads to fat gain. Once you eliminate these toxins and improve mitochondrial function, your gut health improves, and complex carbs can actually be good for you.
Spike Protein
Spike protein messes with the ACE2 enzyme receptor in your liver, causing a buildup of Angiotensin 2, which can lead to water retention, insulin issues, oxidative stress, inflammation, hormonal imbalance, leaky gut, histamine intolerance, increased oxalates and amyloids, and reduced detox pathways. All of this lowers your metabolism and increases fat gain.
Copper Deficiency
Processed foods and the spike protein have depleted our bodies of copper, which is crucial for managing uric acid levels, insulin resistance, and weight.
Copper blocks the Polyol Pathway, which converts glucose to sorbitol and fructose. Without enough copper, uric acid levels rise, increasing insulin resistance and causing unexplained weight gain.
Copper also helps regulate triglycerides and liver fat and manage iron levels, reducing oxidative stress and lowering the risk of insulin resistance.
Fat Burning Supplements
Acceleradine® Iodine
Essential for addressing iodine deficiency, Acceleradine® Iodine is a game-changer in tackling the rampant issue of iodine deficiency, which affects 96% of the U.S. population.
Iodine deficiency severely hampers mitochondrial function, reducing ATP production from the ideal 36 to a mere 2, leading to a sluggish metabolism and weight gain.
The benefits of iodine include:
Optimal Thyroid Function
Iodine is critical for thyroid health, necessary for producing thyroid hormones T2, T3, and T4. Unfortunately, modern diets fall short, and even iodized salt doesn’t provide enough, plus it risks mineral depletion and microplastic contamination.
Boosts ATP Production
By significantly increasing ATP production in mitochondria, iodine enhances energy levels, supporting a more active metabolism.
Cellular Detoxification
This iodine helps detoxify cells from heavy metals, toxins, and radiation that hinder metabolism and weight loss.
Displaces Harmful Substances
iodine effectively removes harmful substances like fluoride, chlorine, and bromide from cells, which are known to contribute to hypothyroidism and a sluggish metabolism.
Prevents Toxic Overload
With high-dose administration, iodine prevents new toxins from binding to cells’ receptor sites, protecting against negative effects.
Mitigates Spike Protein Damage
It may alleviate damage caused by the Spike Protein, which is linked to metabolic slowdowns and weight gain.
Blood Cleansing and Hormonal Balance
Iodine aids in cleansing the blood and supporting liver detoxification, helping to eliminate toxins linked to weight gain. It also helps regulate estrogen, promoting hormonal balance and reducing estrogen dominance.
By incorporating iodine into your routine, you can tackle iodine deficiency head-on, boosting your metabolism, energy levels, and overall health.
By incorporating iodine into your routine, you can tackle iodine deficiency head-on, boosting your metabolism, energy levels, and overall health.
Why Acceleradine Iodine?
Acceleradine® Iodine stands out as the only pure, natural singlet active iodine (I-) suspended in alcohol and enhanced with scalar frequencies. Because it’s a single atom of iodine without attachments to other atoms, it achieves increased bioavailability and absorbability. This means that even if your body is weak, it can efficiently absorb this iodine in every cell, ensuring you get the maximum benefits. Most iodine supplements only achieve 10 to 20 percent absorption.
Accelerated Fast®
Accelerated Fast® is much more than just a metabolism booster and fat burner. By ramping up ATP production in your mitochondria by 5 to 10 times, it not only speeds up your metabolism but aids in weight loss. It also gently cleanses your liver daily, reducing fatty liver and detoxifying your system. Since your liver is crucial for converting T4 to the active T3 thyroid hormone, keeping it clean helps optimize this process, promoting thyroid health and boosting fat metabolism.
What’s great about Accelerated Fast®, is its ability to help curb cravings for sugar and processed foods. These cravings can drain your ATP levels, energy, and metabolism. By pushing your body into ketosis, the ingredients in Accelerated Fast® help you tap into your fat stores for energy, providing a steady and sustainable energy source. This also optimizes the conversion of T4 to T3 thyroid hormones, further accelerating your metabolism.
On the flip side, relying on glucose for energy and restricting calories can put your body into survival mode, converting T4 into Reverse T3. This slows down your metabolism, encourages fat storage, and signals to your body that it’s under threat. By promoting ketosis and optimizing thyroid hormone conversion, Accelerated Fast® helps keep your metabolism running smoothly and supports your overall well-being.
Accelerated Thyroid®
Accelerated Thyroid® is a top-notch natural thyroid supplement, designed to comprehensively boost thyroid function. It combines the power of grass-fed thyroid glandular, essential peptides, amino acids, and crucial nutrients for thyroid health. Plus, it includes the ancient Ayurvedic herb Kanchanara, famous for its detoxifying and thyroid-supporting properties. The formula also includes extra amino acids to optimize thyroid function.
But it doesn’t stop there. Accelerated Thyroid® is enhanced with scalar frequencies to:
- Eliminate Emotional and Physical Shock: Can help clear emotional and physical shock from your body, promoting holistic well-being.
- Restore Thyroid Health: Supports the overall health and function of your thyroid gland.
- Enhance Detoxification: Facilitates detoxification from halogens, heavy metals, and radiation, further strengthening your thyroid health.
- Maintain Balance: Keeps your thyroid and parathyroid glands balanced, ensuring overall hormonal equilibrium.
The ingredients in Accelerated Thyroid® may deliver the following benefits benefits:
- Preventing Fatty Liver: Supporting metabolism and aiding in weight loss.
- Accelerating Wound Healing: Promoting faster recovery.
- Strengthening Connective Tissue and Bones: Enhancing structural integrity.
- Elevating Mood: Boosting your overall outlook.
- Improving Digestion: Optimizing nutrient absorption.
- Enhancing B12 Production: Supporting overall health and vitality.
With Accelerated Thyroid®, you get a powerful blend that not only supports your thyroid but also promotes your overall well-being.
Accelerated Scalar Copper®
Accelerated Scalar Copper® is your go-to supplement for getting the essential copper your body needs. This vital trace mineral is crucial for thyroid hormone synthesis and metabolism, achieving an impressive 99% absorption rate compared to most copper supplements with only a 5 to 10 percent absorption rate. Enhanced with scalar frequencies, it maximizes its effectiveness. Here’s why copper is so important for metabolism and fat loss:
- Enzymatic Reactions: Copper acts as a cofactor for many enzymes involved in thyroid hormone synthesis and metabolism. These enzymes help convert thyroxine (T4) into triiodothyronine (T3), the active form of thyroid hormone. This process is key for optimal thyroid function.
- Thyroid Hormone Binding: Copper binds to thyroid hormones, especially thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG), which is vital for transporting these hormones in the bloodstream. Changes in copper levels can affect how well thyroid hormones are transported and bound, impacting thyroid function and fat metabolism.
- Oxidative Stress: Copper is crucial in defending against oxidative stress by neutralizing free radicals and reducing oxidative damage. Since oxidative stress can harm thyroid function, copper’s antioxidant role helps maintain thyroid health and supports fat loss.
- Alleviation of Anemia: Copper deficiency can lead to anemia, which negatively affects ATP and metabolism in several ways:
- Reduced Oxygen Delivery: Anemia lowers the blood’s ability to transport oxygen, causing tissue hypoxia (oxygen deprivation). This forces cells to rely on anaerobic metabolism, which produces ATP less efficiently.
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction: Oxygen deprivation from anemia can impair mitochondrial function, reducing ATP production efficiency and hindering fat loss.
- Disrupted Metabolic Pathways: Anemia can disrupt essential metabolic pathways for ATP production. Oxidative stress from anemia can affect pathways like the pentose phosphate pathway, which is important for ATP synthesis.
- Heightened Energy Demand: In response to tissue hypoxia from anemia, the body may increase metabolic rates and energy demands, straining ATP production pathways even further.
With Accelerated Scalar Copper®, you’re not just getting a copper supplement—you’re supporting your thyroid, metabolism, and overall well-being with a highly effective and absorbable form of this essential mineral.
Accelerated Ancient Salt®
Accelerated Ancient Salt® is your secret weapon for mitochondrial health and weight management, packed with 62 essential minerals and uniquely hand-mined without explosives like most salts. Here’s why this salt is a game-changer for your health:
- Liver Cleansing: Salt helps liver detoxification by promoting bile production and aiding fat breakdown. This helps keep your liver healthy and enhances detox pathways.
- Apoptosis Promotion: Salt supports apoptosis, the process of regulated cell death that keeps your cells in balance and clears out damaged or unwanted ones.
- DNA Repair Stimulation: It plays a role in stimulating DNA repair mechanisms, preserving your genomic integrity, and reducing the risk of DNA damage.
- Detoxification of Excess Estrogen: It helps eliminate excess estrogen, promoting hormonal balance and overall health.
- Intracellular Hydration: With essential sodium and potassium, this salt optimizes the sodium-potassium pump, improving nutrient transport into cells and toxin removal from cells.
- Improvement of Digestive Health: By enhancing bile production and aiding in fat breakdown, it supports digestive health and improves nutrient absorption.
Why Accelerated Ancient Salt?
Accelerated Ancient Salt™ is an all-natural blend, combining Himalayan salt with salts from the Andes and Utah mountains to create a unique mix for both taste and health benefits.
Every grain of this salt is carefully inspected or mined from deep sedimentary layers that existed long before any man-made toxins. Unlike most other salts, we never use synthetics or explosives.
We take pride in our rigorous methods, avoiding washing, bleaching, heating, refining, or any chemical processes. This ensures that Accelerated Ancient Salt™ is free of shells, rocks, plastics, microplastics, explosive residue, pollutants, chemicals like bleach, anti-caking agents, preservatives, artificial ingredients, excipients, stabilizers, conditioners, bird droppings, or other toxins.
Thanks to scalar frequencies, the salt carries a negative charge, which helps attract and eliminate positively charged parasites, undigested fats, and toxins from your body.
Accelerated Ancient Salt has been certified and analyzed, confirming its extremely low content of fluoride and other toxins. With Accelerated Ancient Salt™, you’re getting a pure, natural product that’s as good for your health as it is for your taste buds.
Accelerated Cellular Detox® Powder
This blend of six organic ingredients is meticulously formulated to absorb the toxins that cause fat storage while also diminishing gut inflammation. With the upgraded new formula including Chitosan, it helps expel fat from the body and lower cholesterol levels. Furthermore, the ingredients provide relief for Crohn’s and colitis, promote regularity, and enhance digestion. Augmented with healing Scalar frequencies, it may help in further detoxifying the body from toxins, heavy metals, pesticides, insecticides, and radiation that may disrupt digestion.
Sara Banta’s Liver Flush Detox Cleanse
When the liver isn’t functioning optimally, both mitochondrial health and metabolism are compromised. The liver serves as the site where the inactive thyroid hormone T4 is converted into the active thyroid hormone T3, which is fundamental for a healthy metabolism. In addition to enhancing thyroid health and metabolism, the Liver Flush Detox Cleanse offers several potential benefits:
- Increase metabolism and fat burning
- Lowering insulin resistance and uric acid levels
- Optimizing protein and fat metabolism
- Alleviating inflammation throughout the body
- Enhancing the production and function of thyroid hormones
- Detoxifying the body of radiation, toxins, and excess estrogens that hinder mitochondrial health
- Reducing fatty liver and promoting liver health
- Mitigating the adverse effects associated with spike protein
By supporting liver function and detoxification processes, the Liver Flush Detox Cleanse plays a vital role in promoting overall health, mitochondrial function, and metabolic efficiency.
Supplements To Improve Gut Health For Fat Loss
MegaSporeBiotic™
This is a spore-based probiotic, different from the typical probiotic in that it promotes the correct microbial diversity without overpopulating it with the wrong strains of probiotics. It helps eliminate the endotoxins that lead to fat gain. The gut microbiome is key to nutrition absorption and fat burning.
Megapre™
MegaPre™ is designed to expedite the results from MegaSporeBiotic™ by exponentially increasing the needed microbes. The combination has been shown to increase weight loss.
HCL Guard™
Many people suffer from low stomach acid and as a result can’t break down foods properly, leading to bloat, malnutrition and weight gain. HCL Guard™ helps:
- Initiating the breakdown of ingested foods.
- Unraveling “protein balls” to optimize enzyme function.
- Activating the protein enzyme, pepsin, for efficient digestion.
- Releasing essential minerals such as B12, calcium, and magnesium for absorption.
- Eliminating or sterilizing potentially harmful pathogens.
- Facilitating peristalsis, the wave-like contractions of the digestive tract.
- Prompting the release of bile salts and enzymes by signaling the digestive hormone CCK.
Recommended Diet For Fat Burning
Prioritize Eating Wild Animal Protein
Below is a structured approach to incorporate fat burning foods into your diet. Throughout each step, prioritizing wild animal protein is essential for several reasons:
- Rich Nutrient Profile: Wild animal protein is incredibly nutrient-dense, which is especially important today as our soil becomes more depleted.
- Muscle Support: It promotes lean muscle growth, which is vital for a strong metabolism. More muscle means more mitochondria and ATP, both essential for energy production and fat burning.
- Blood Sugar Stability: Eating wild animal protein helps stabilize blood sugar levels and improve insulin sensitivity.
- Consistent Energy: When paired with the right amount of carbohydrates, wild animal protein provides sustained and stable energy throughout the day.
- Detoxification Support: Unlike other proteins, wild animal protein is free from harmful substances like sulfur, oxalates, lectins, and histamines, making it excellent for optimal detox pathways and metabolism support.
- Metabolic Boost: Wild animal protein has a high thermic effect, which means your body burns more calories digesting it. In fact, about 25% of the calories are used up just in the digestion process.
- Appetite Regulation: It helps control your appetite and reduces cravings for unhealthy sugars and processed foods.
Avoid Sulfur-Rich Vegetables
Steer clear of sulfur-containing vegetables as they can overload the body’s sulfur detoxification pathways, exacerbate histamine responses, and slow down metabolism and fat burning. Examples include broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, onions, garlic, and egg yolks. Be cautious of hidden sulfur in medications and supplements.
Steer Clear of Amyloid Proteins
Cut out foods containing amyloid proteins, such as chicken, pork, turkey, and conventionally raised beef. Amyloids can contribute to endotoxins (which are correlated to fat gain), histamine intolerance, oxalate formation, and promote the growth of spike protein, leading to increased inflammation, gut issues, pathogenic load, and insulin dysregulation.
Eliminate Oxalate-Rich Foods
Remove foods high in oxalates from your diet, including spinach, almonds, berries, kale, and most nuts. Oxalates are known to slow down thyroid function, metabolism and fat burning. Reducing the oxalate burden on the system can also help to alleviate histamine responses and enhance sulfur detoxification.
Reduce Histamine-Rich Foods
By excluding the aforementioned foods, the histamine burden on the body diminishes, allowing the digestive system to heal and promote insulin regulation. This approach helps alleviate symptoms associated with histamine intolerance and sulfur accumulation in the body.
Limit Fat Intake
It’s crucial to minimize polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in your diet, as they can impair metabolism, disrupt gut health, increase endotoxins, and hinder progress. These fats can stay in the body for years, so the damage is long lasting. Additionally, aim to keep overall fat intake below 30%, as consuming excess fat can prompt the body to store carbohydrates as fat.
How to Gradually Reintroduce the Right Carbs For Fat Burning
Step One:
Start by adopting a lower-carb diet using the foods recommended in the Accelerated Food Guide. Follow this for one to three months, depending on your metabolic issues. To enhance ATP and mitochondrial health, reduce inflammation, and balance gut flora, incorporate supplements like Acceleradine® iodine, Accelerated Thyroid®, Accelerated Fast®, Accelerated Ancient Salt®, and Accelerated Scalar Copper®. If needed, add gut-healing supplements. The goal here is to repair your metabolism with the right diet and supplements before reintroducing carbs.
Step Two:
Do Sara Banta’s Liver Flush Detox Cleanse to optimize fat and protein metabolism, improve thyroid hormone conversion, and detoxify your body from toxins that contribute to insulin resistance and weight gain.
Step Three:
Once your metabolism is stabilized, start gradually reintroducing suitable carbohydrates. Keep your fat intake below 30-35% to prevent glucose from diverting into glycolysis, which can reduce ATP production and increase fat storage. Introduce carbs from the Accelerated Food Guide slowly to allow your body to upregulate enzymes for better carbohydrate utilization and energy conversion. Start with easily digestible options like fruits to avoid intestinal distress or endotoxin production. If your gut health is compromised with microbial overgrowth, steer clear of complex carbohydrates or fermentable foods, as they can exacerbate endotoxin production.
Sara Banta
Sara Banta is a Stanford University Graduate with a Degree in Economics and Psychology, and a certified Natural Supplement Expert & Graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Sara is the Founder of Accelerated Health Products and host of the health & wellness podcast, Accelerated Health Radio.
