When it comes to loosing weight, it can be a difficult feat to do as we age. Foods that we once consumed, without the worrying of calories or gaining weight now play a role in determining how to manage our weight. But the food we eat may not be the sole culprit. One factor to consider is our metabolism, which either burns the food that we eat into energy or “slows” down which causes us not to loose weight as we once did. With the help of diet and exercise, drinking water or lemon, eating more complex proteins we may be able to alter our metabolisms.
Key Takeaways:
- Your diet and lifestyle has an important role to play in weight management, but the secret to staying fit may be hidden in a certain biological process called metabolism.
- Metabolism is a biochemical process through which your body converts what you eat into energy.
- Several factors determine one’s individual basal metabolic rate like one’s body composition(fat and muscles),sex, and age.
“So, the question here is not how you can sustain your metabolism but how can you prolong it. You can do so by regulating your diet.”
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