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How To Easily and Effectively Increase Your Metabolism!

When it comes to weight loss, a strong metabolism is the key to not only reaching your goals, but also to reaching them in record time. Sadly, many diets and weight loss programs have the opposite effect and wind up lowering your body’s ability to burn calories, making your journey to your ideal weight much harder than it has to be. Increasing your metabolism isn’t as hard as it may seem, either. There are many natural ways you can go about kicking it into gear and enhancing your fat-burning abilities to live a healthier, easier, more fit life! Keep reading to find out how to shift your lifestyle to create a powerful foundation for your metabolism and also how to easily and effectively use natural supplementation, too!

~The first step to increasing your metabolism is to eat more often! Break up your meals into more frequent, smaller meals because our bodies metabolize food each time it has to digest it. When you’re eating more frequently, your metabolism is working more frequently which will help your body shed weight and burn more calories after meals. Eating smaller meals is also beneficial for aiding in the digestion of your meals opposed to heavy meals leaving you tired and sluggish after. Increased energy is always a plus!

~Next, you’re going to want to make sure you have a more balanced plate when you eat. The best formula to go by is to choose a protein (tempeh, tofu, falafel, beans, protein powder, etc!), lots of veggies, omega 3 foods, healthy carbs, and healthy fats (nuts, avocados, seeds, etc.) By including these in all or most of your meals, you’ll be able to easily stay full and satisfied in between each meal and also increase your metabolism! Always think nutrient dense options when choosing your meals. If you struggle to get in plenty of nutrients in your everyday life, don’t worry! We will provide guidance below for that too.

All The Zens MultiVitamin: Vitamins and Minerals are considered essential nutrients – because acting together they perform hundreds of roles in the body. They help bones, heal wounds, convert food into energy, repair cellular damage, and boost your immune system. Many multivitamins on the market today have a random blend of vitamins that truly can’t work within our bodies without the proper minerals to go with it and or amounts making them useless and invaded with unwanted fillers. It’s important to note that our multivitamin also includes powerful antioxidants which reduce the risk of many diseases and cancers. Antioxidants scavenge free radicals from the body cells and prevent or reduce the damage by oxidation. This is important to take daily with your other essential nutrients to ensure all bases of health are covered! Our antioxidant blend includes an energy blend made from all natural Ayurvedic herbs such as Green Tea, Pomegranate Fruit Extract, and more! All The Zens also provides 170mg of additional immune support with a blend of Echinacea, Beta Glucan, Spirulina, and Garlic. (Don’t worry, you can’t taste it!)

Zen Greens: With the world being as stressful as it is sometimes, it’s more common than ever now to struggle with hormonal imbalances, weakened immunity, chronic fatigue, and depression and anxiety. This powder is filled with micronutrient-rich superfoods that will help your quality of life one scoop at a time! This blend of super greens is formulated to increase vitality, immunity, lower stress, aid in inflammation relief, provide anti-aging benefits, support an alkaline environment in the body, and provide you with vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and powerful antioxidants! All with the wonderful and refreshing taste of watermelon!

Power To The Plant Protein Powder: 

~The third step to increasing your metabolism is good, quality sleep. We’ve talked about this previously for weight-loss and hormonal balance too, but the truth is this is probably one of the most important habits for ALL health enhancing regimens, Our metabolism slows down if we don’t get enough good sleep because it throws off our rhythm, increases appetite throughout the day, creates unhealthy cravings due to hormones being thrown off, decreases immunity, and more. Struggling to get to sleep at night? We got you!

Snoozeville Sleep Gummies: Fall Asleep, Stay Asleep, Regulate your sleep cycle. Say goodbye to restless nights of “sleep”. We’ve formulated Snoozville Gummies to do exactly what they say and to help you naturally relax and improve your quality of sleep. These gummies contain three super important nutrients that allow the magic to happen:

1. Vitamin B6: benefits the body by converting the amino acid tryptophan into serotonin, a neurotransmitter that helps regulate levels of the sleep hormone melatonin. B6 is known for helping ease anxiety and have a calming effect on the body helping you wind down and clear your mind for rest.

2. Passiflora Extract: another calming herb that increases the levels of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) which regulates mood. This extract has a sedative effect beneficial for both sleep and anxiety.

3. Melatonin: a natural hormone beneficial in regulating the circadian rhythm that promotes consistent, quality sleep.

~The fourth step is one of the most basic. Can you guess it? It’s WATER intake! The majority of us don’t drink enough of it and also don’t absorb enough of it through our diet. Dehydrated cells and organs don’t function as well as they should, leaving your metabolism lower than it could be if you’re not fully hydrated. Increasing fruits, vegetables, and good, filtered water will help you tremendously in increasing your bodies fat burning abilities.

~Another super important necessity for metabolic health is the almighty Vitamin D! Vitamin D is essential for many, MANY bodily functions and optimal health, some of them being weight-loss, regulating hormones and metabolism, and regulating sleep and appetite- all of which we’ve talked about above! By getting at least 15-30 minutes a day of powerful sunlight, you should feel the benefits. However if you live somewhere where that’s not possible most days or struggle with Vitamin D absorption, supplementation is simple and necessary.

Sun In A Bottle: Sun In A Bottle is just that, the vital benefits of the sun in a bottle that’s easy to take every day and free of any negative effects. Vitamin D3 plus K2 provides a daily dose of vitamin D3 and K2 in an easy-to-use capsule form. Unlike most supplements that only deliver D3 on its own, we combine these two powerful vitamins for optimal effect. It is important to supplement with vitamin K2 when supplementing with vitamin D because Vitamin D3, vitamin K2, and calcium must all work together to maintain strong, healthy bones. Vitamin D3 maintains healthy levels of calcium in the blood and increases calcium absorption from the digestive tract and research now shows that vitamin K2 works in sync with vitamin D3 to keep calcium IN the bones and out of soft tissues like the heart, joints, and kidneys. This is why previously there were negative risks associated with vitamin D toxicity via large doses. Vitamin K is the solution and allows you to dose to reach optimal levels of health.

~And last but not least, get moving! While what you put in your body via food and drink can definitely impact your metabolism, so too can your level of movement. Remember that the more active you are every day, the higher your metabolism goes. So, aim to move around more and you’ll burn more calories at a faster rate. If you need a little boost in energy to get you going, tap below!

Energy Zen: Energy Zen is a concentrate B-12 in bioavailable liquid form. Vitamin B-12 is an essential vitamin that studies show over 50% are deficient below the “normal” ranges. Beyond that, almost everyone is below the OPTIMAL range which is where true health really thrives. Since B-12 is essential, it means it is required by the human body to function. Vitamin B-12 Plays an important role in our brain function, immune system, skin and hair health, and the aging process. It is used in regimens created to aid with high cholesterol, IBS, sleep disorders, inflammation and more. Our B-vitamin drops are a convenient way to supplement daily Vitamin B-12 levels and absorb quickly into the system being that they are in liquid form. Vitamin B-12 is an essential addition so general health and wellness lines, and is especially important for those following a vegan or vegetarian diet.

Now that you have everything you need to start increasing your metabolism and thriving in your everyday life, wishing you all of the abundance of health, self love, courage, and zen this summer! You can do anything you set your mind to. Never be afraid to ask for help. You are amazing, and happy Monday!

Love, Zen In A Bottle