Speed up Metabolism

• Grapefruit diet - a fad weight loss diet that claims that grapefruit has fat-burning properties and suggests eating half a grapefruit or drinking a glass of grapefruit juice before each meal.
• Unsaturated fats - liquid at room temperature. A good way to distinguish them from the less healthy unsaturated fats.
• Bariatrics - the specialty of medicine dealing with the medical and surgical treatment of obesity.
• Bulimia nervosa (bulimia) - an eating disorder and a psychological condition in which the subject engages in recurrent binge eating followed by intentionally purging the food from the system or extreme exercising, in order to compensate for the intake of the food and prevent weight gain.
• Vertical Banded Gastroplasty (VBG), also known as Stomach stapling, has been the most common restrictive operation for weight control. It limits the amount of food a patient can eat at one time and slows passage of the food.
• Negative calorie diet - a weight loss program in which dieters eat and drink foods that are nutritious but are claimed to have a negative caloric effect. This means that it takes more calories to eat these foods than there are in the foods themselves. Negative calorie foods are claimed to include mainly fruits and vegetables.

Metabolism is essentially the speed at which our body's motor is running. The speed at which our body burns calories is called the metabolic rate. It's how fast your "motor" is running when you're still in a reclined position or sleeping. About 60-75% of energy is expended by the body at rest in such activities.

The metabolism is based on the number of calories we burn throughout the day. Our body constantly burns calories to keep us going whether we are eating, sleeping, cleaning etc. People with a lower percentage of body fat (i.e. muscular) have a higher metabolism than others that are less muscular because muscle uses more calories to maintain itself than fat. Some people have a slower metabolic rate and have a harder time staying slim. Younger persons have higher (faster) metabolism because of the increased activity of cells. A slow metabolism actually causes to store fat. The slower the metabolic rate, the greater the weight gains. How to build muscles to improve metabolism? What type of exercise is ideal that speed up metabolism so that you burn calories even at rest or sleep? There are simple exercises that speed up the metabolism.

Causes for Low Metabolism

• Fasting
• A low calorie diet
• Snacking throughout the day on high sugared foods (candy, colas, cakes, gum).
• Eating or drinking too much sugar containing foods.
• Lack of physical activity.
• Underactive thyroid.

Metabolism Boosters

There are some natural metabolism boosters (natural foods) that improves your metabolism. Do not take over the counter pills containing animal thyroid extract that claim to boost up metabolism. These products may have side effects as diarrhea, increased heart rate, excessive sweating, nervousness, tremors, bulging eyes, etc.

How to Improve (Speed up) Metabolism

• Do not skip any meals

• Exercise daily

• Build your muscles

• Avoid alcohol, sugar, and fastings

• Drink 8-10 glasses of water daily.

• Eat foods with high nutrition values

Speed up Metabolism

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