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Metabolism

metabolismYou are constantly sitting on low calorie diets, and those extra pounds do not go away? You may have a lower metabolism. Metabolism – is the speed or the rate at which the body converts food into energy. Being overweight is often associated with decreased metabolism (slow metabolism), and conversely, underweight – with increased metabolism. The lower the metabolism – the more calories the body lay in the fat stores.

 

What affects the level of metabolism?

the number of muscle mass in the body and its condition (how often do we stimulate the muscles),

metabolism typically slows down with age,

You can reduce the metabolism of prolonged low-calorie diets, in fact, do not eat up as bad as overeating. After all, if the metabolic rate will decrease, lose weight without harm to health are unlikely to succeed. It is important that as a result of diets metabolism is not lowered, otherwise we will return again to what went on – to be overweight.

Factors to expedite metabolism:

Eat breakfast. During sleep, metabolism slows down, and “wake up” only after breakfast. If you have not had breakfast, he had remained low until dinner.

Eat little and often. In the intervals between meals snack fruit or yogurt, a break between meals should be no more than 3 hours, then the metabolism slows down.

Do not starve.

Our body is designed so that it tries to deal with situations when we are hungry or drastically reduce the caloric content of their diet. The body takes care of our survival – the metabolism slows down. And then when you get back on the usual diet, the body will try to return all excess stocks and still do, just in case.

Eat more protein. Proteins accelerate metabolism. Protein should constitute 20-35% of the total diet.

Green tea without sugar and a little faster metabolism, drink it 2-3 times a day.

Reduce consumption of sugar.

Drink water

If you drink enough water, the load on the liver to rid the body increases and liver processes fats. Drink a glass of water 10-30 minutes before meals, and perhaps you’ll want to eat less or do not want to, if you were going to eat.

Eat foods rich in iron. With a lack of it in the body decreases the level of hemoglobin in the blood cells lack oxygen, but it slows down the metabolism. Much of this mineral in the dark meat and liver, and from animal food, it absorbed much better than that of the plant.

Eat dairy products. Law-fat dairy products, especially cheese, can greatly speed up metabolism. Calcium induces the body to burn excess fat faster.

Take vigorous intensity activity (bodybuilding or fitness) As noted above, the number and condition of muscle mass affects your metabolism. Simple exercises you can do at home (jumps, squats) and on the way home (running up the stairs) is also expected to boost metabolism.

Visit endocrinologist If you eat very moderately, but the extra weight does not go away, check the thyroid gland. It is possible that you have reduced thyroid function, which controls metabolism.

Possible signs of a low level of metabolism, which you can see by yourself:

You constantly freezes,

you do not get pleasure from physical activity, do not want to move,

the amount of your waist from 85 cm in women, from 100 cm in men.

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