1) At rest, muscle burns 6 calories a day, while fat uses 2.

2) Being even slightly dehydrated will slow down your metabolism. Stdies have shown that people who drink 64 oz of Water a day burn more calories that people that burn 48.

3)Energy drinks DO work, but you have to carefully monitor your heart rate and it is of no benefit if you lose sleep, since sleep is much more important.

4) small, healthy Snacks in 3-4 hour intervals will keep your metabolism going better than big meals with nothing in between, and skipping meals decreases metabolism more.

5)Spicy food, specifically those flavored with chilis, speed up metabolim, but it is unsure how much.

6) It takes more calories to burn off lean animal based protien than it does to burn off grain (and most other sources of) carbohydrates.

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