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If you struggle with a slow metabolism, adding certain ingredients to your diet could make all the difference. In fact, many spices can give your metabolism a boost, helping to speed up weight loss. With that in mind, if you are hoping to lose weight, adding a metabolism-boosting spice to your diet could make a huge difference.
Keep reading for the one spice you should be adding to your diet for weight loss!
Cumin
According to Huff Post, "Cumin is a great adjunct to add to your meals to help promote weight loss by reducing fat cells accumulating thus leading to not only a stabilization of your weight but also weight loss."
How It Works
The article explains, "...A compound called thymol, present in cumin, helps stimulates the glands that secrete acids, bile, and enzymes that are responsible for complete digestion of the food in the stomach and the intestines."
Plus, cumin is easy to incorporate into your diet. Adding cumin to a cup of tea or to your favorite dinner dish are just two simple ways of giving your metabolism a boost without making any drastic changes to your diet.
With that in mind, if you are trying to lose weight, try adding cumin to your diet. Not only can the delicious spice add flavor to your favorite foods, it can also help speed up your metabolism.
