Metabolism

How does dieting play a role in healthy hair, strong nails, and clear skin? What ways can you boost your metabolism and lose weight the right way without doing any dietary supplements? Yes, food plays a role in the health of your hair, nails, and skin. Hair and nails are similar in that they are rigid...

Why does metabolism slow down as we age? After growth has stopped at the end of adolescence, we produce less growth hormone which supported a higher metabolic rate as we grew in height and weight. As we age, we lose muscle mass which maintains a higher metabolism. Weight lifting helps to maintain our muscle size and...

Does lowering heart rate speed metabolism? Not exactly. Your heart is a muscle that when it works less (lower heart rate or beats per minute), it needs less fuel (blood sugar as glucose). Since the heart is not a big muscle, you are not talking about much glucose. However, your heart rate contributes only a...

Where can I find a dietitian who can measure my metabolism or how many calories I need per day? Dietitians can use an indirect calorimeter to measure your metabolic rate or the number of calories you need per day. It is a quick and inexpensive test. The Medical Nutrition and Nutrition Entrepreneurs practice groups of the...

What does BEE stand for in nutrition? BEE = basal energy expenditure. It is the number of calories your body burns lying awake in bed without moving a muscle. Most people's bodies burn more calories just keeping the body running than they burn up in exercise with their muscles during a typical day.

Recently I've come across a metabolic diet which supposedly is nothing but eating certain foods that burn off our fat naturally by increasing our metabolism. Do you have a list of the foods that do that? Thank you. There are no foods that burn off fat by increasing our metabolism. This concept has unfortunately been...

I'm trying to find research articles that might talk about metabolism and dieting. Specifically does eating a very low-calorie diet slow down metabolism because it thinks it is starving? Yes eating a very low-calorie diet (VLCD) of<600 calories per day will slow your metabolism due to your body thinking it is starving. You can search PubMed,...

How is metabolism increased? Your metabolism is influenced by gender, age, amount of muscle you have compared to body fat and the amount of exercise you do on a regular basis. Male's rates are higher than females because of testosterone. Infants and growing children or teenagers have higher metabolic rates than adults because of growth hormone....

I was wondering, how can a person increase their metabolism? Is it better to workout in the morning, afternoon or night? Current research hasn't proven that exercise time of day affects metabolism, so exercise when it fits into your schedule 30 minutes, 5 times per week. Just exercise! Exercising within a few hours of sleep may...

I recently started taking a diet product called Omni Trim. Have you heard of it? Is it supposed to curb your appetite and speed up your metabolism? Thank you. Since I don't know which one of the many Omnitrim products you are using, I'll tell you about a few of them. According to the Omnitrim...