You may say “Wait Mitch, I want to build muscle and gain weight. Why do I need to boost my metabolism?”

Here’s why.

Slow metabolisms store fat and destroy muscle. When you starve yourself or aren’t active, your body doesn’t want to build muscle because muscle takes too much energy to maintain.

When you’re trying to build muscle, energy is in high demand because you’re lifting weights and doing intense cardio.

Muscles need a lot of energy to grow. The best way to increase your energy intake is to eat more. But if you eat more and aren’t aren’t active, you’ll get fat.

The best way to minimize the fat you build is to increase you metabolism. This creates an environment in your body to feed the muscle and starve the fat. Your activity alone such as lifting heavy weights and interval training will shoot your metabolism through the roof.

You’ll also needed dietary boosts in your metabolism. The following foods also help in your muscle building efforts.

1. Fish High in Omega-3

* Mackerel – 2.5g O3 per 3.5 oz of fish
* Bluefin Tuna – 1.6g O3 per 3.5 oz of fish
* Salmon – 1.5g O3 per 3.5 oz of fish

The protein Omega-3 can potentially increase your daily calorie burn by 400.

Eating fish is better than taking vitamins because of the added nutritional benefits.

2. High Fiber Veggies

* Avocado
* Beans
* Broccoli

Your body can’t digest fiber, but it’ll try anyway and burn a lot of energy in the process.

3. High Protein Meats

* Venison – 34g per 100 grams of meat
* Chicken – 25g per 100 grams of meat
* Lean beef – 25g per 100 grams of meat

Protein takes twice as much energy to burn as carbs. This will increase your metabolism right away.

Eat these foods along with lifting weights and intense cardio, and you’ll benefit from a higher metabolism around the clock.

Thanks to webmd for some of the information.

Want to find out more about how to increase your metabolism for muscle gain, then visit Mitch’s site on how to build muscle.