Seven snacks that burn stubborn belly fat fast

If you’ve overindulged this Christmas and don’t know where to start, listen up!
Eating healthy foods and exercising is the best way to beat the bulge, but there are certain foods that can actually speed up fat-burning and help you lose weight.
Some foods have a very high thermogenic effect, so you literally burn calories as you chew. Other eats contain nutrients and compounds that can increase your metabolism.
Eating snacks with the right ratio of nutrients, with the right calories, will help keep you body energised and help you lose weight.
Protein fuels the growth of lean muscle mass, which boosts metabolic rate and increases calorie burn. While fibre helps improve digestion and keeps you from binging on fats and sugars.
Here we reveal seven top fat-burning foods you should add to your diet immediately:
1. An apple and skim milk
This is a perfect protein-fruit pairing: one large apple and one cup of skim milk.
This duo will give you 10 grams of protein and five grams of fibre for just over 200 calories.
2. Walnuts
This Christmas favourite should be part of your diet all year round. While saturated fats increase the storage of fat in the belly, polyunsaturated fats, found in walnuts, can actually help shift the pounds.
Sprinkle a handful on your morning porridge, add a scoop to your lunchtime salad or just snack on them throughout the day to help blitz belly fat.
3. Canned tuna on whole-wheat crackers
A can of tuna in water is another great source of lean protein plus healthy Omega-3s.
For about 200 calories, you can enjoy three ounces of light tuna and six whole-wheat crackers—complete with three grams of fibre and 20 grams of protein.
4. Edamame beans
One cup of edamame contains 17 grams of protein, eight grams of fibre, and 189 calories. A perfect fat-burning snack.
5. Greek yogurt with raspberries and honey
This snack is not only delicious, it’s a perfect combination of healthy fats, fibre and protein.
Also the vitamin C in raspberries increases your body’s fat-burning ability, according to research in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition.
6. Oatmeal and blueberries
Oats are a great snack any time of day as they’re full of fibre and help regulate blood sugar levels to keep you from crashing.
While blueberries are packed with vitamin C which increases your body’s fat-burning ability.
7. Green tea
Drinking four cups of green tea a day helped people shed more than 6lbs in eight weeks, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reports.
This is because the nutrient-rich tea contains EGG, a compound that temporarily speeds up your metabolism.
* This article was originally written and published on http://www.dailystar.co.uk/diet-fitness/574882/How-to-lose-weight-fast-healthy-snacks-fat-burning-foods