Trying to Boost Your Metabolism? An Expert Says These Are the 4 Things That Actually Work

Another simple way to boost your metabolism, according to Dr. Arad, is to focus on eating more healthy fats. He explained that eating more fat makes it "a bit more difficult for the body to process, and therefore, it expends more calories doing so compared with sugar." The example Dr. Arad provided was eating 100 calories' worth of avocado. "Once it gets to your blood and presented to your cells, it's not 100 calories anymore. It's more like 60 or 70 because your body worked very hard to break down the fat," he said.

Here's a list of healthy fats you can start incorporating into your diet.