Metabolism - boost it for better life!
Metabolism is one of the many critical systems running in our bodies. It is surely working all the time, but boosting it will make perfect effect on your health and may your health goals closer much faster.
About the Report
This report will not dive into chemistry of metabolism or more specific sub-categories of metabolism. The key of the report is to give short basic presentation of metabolism and introduce some Quick Tricks for boosting your personal metabolism process to give better and faster results for Weight Lose and Better Health. Some of the tricks are even fun to use!
Metabolism - the Key
"Metabolism is the set of life-sustaining chemical transformations within the cells of living organisms. These enzyme-catalyzed reactions allow organisms to grow and reproduce, maintain their structures, and respond to their environments." (Wikipedia definition)
What does that mean for my health and weight lose? Everything! Metabolism is the process that drives the fat out of your body and also drives all necessary supplements for better health into your body. Metabolism and other organic chemistry of human body are very interesting subjects of their own, but in this report let's just focus on improving our metabolism process.
Having a high level of metabolism enables one to maintain burn fat and lose weight fast with the least amount of activity. Metabolism is the rate by which the body produces and consumes energy and calories to support life.
There are several factors that affect the metabolism of a person, such as the amount of muscle tissue, the frequency of the meals one consumes, genetics, stress levels, personal diet and activity levels.
Metabolism slows down due to loss of muscle because of not enough physical activity, the tendency of the body to cannibalize its own tissue because nutritional value of the food is not enough to sustain it, and the decrease of physical activity that comes naturally with old age.
Luckily, there are several ways to boost the metabolism of your body:
• Sleep more
• Increase water intake
• Increase muscle mass
• Eat smart
• Relax
• Stay focused and motivated!
Sleep more
Start with sleeping more. Enough amount of good sleep changes between people, but last researches have pointed out that one should sleep even some 8 hours per night. Sleeping under 6 hours increases the risk of several disorders for your body and slows down metabolism.
When you are tired, everything is difficult, you make bad decisions. You envy for fast carbohydrates and fat in your food. You eat for your tiredness.
Muscles are regenerated during the rest and especially while sleeping. Also brain needs to rest and sleeping improves also your memory. There are so many benefits of good sleep, so make your sleeping better first.
Increase water income
The average adult human body is 50-65% of water. Water is basic element of the cells what we are built of.
Our body is losing water all time by skin evaporation, breathing, urine and feces. These losses must be replaced or we will be suffering about dehydration.
Water also flushes out toxins that are produced whenever the body burns fat. Majority of bodily functions involves water, and lack of water causes the body system's operations to decrease its speed, and produces unneeded stress as a result.
Increase muscle mass
Let's go exercising!
Build up on lean, mean body mass. It is only natural that metabolism decreases along with age, but it is possible to counter the effects. The amount of muscle a person has is a very strong determinant in the ability to burn calories and shed fat.
So it goes without saying that exercise is essential. Build strength and resistance by working out at least twice a week, preferably with weights. Do easy exercises in between workouts. Simple tasks such as walking the dog and using the stairs in place of the elevator can already take off calories. The key is to match the amount of eating to the amount of activity one has. Here are some guidelines in getting the right exercise:
For strength training
• Increase the amount of repetitions of a particular exercise.
• Add the level of resistance
• Utilize advance exercise techniques if possible
For cardiovascular training
• Insert intervals between exercises
• Perform cross-training and combine the exercises
• Add up on resistance and speed
Eat smart
Eat breakfast. A lot of people are ignoring the fact that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Surprisingly, the ones who eat breakfast are thinner than the ones who do not. Metabolism can slow down considerably if breakfast is taken during mid-morning or if one waits until the afternoon to eat.
Avoid sugar. Sugar enables the body to store fat. It is recommended that a person consumes food that helps sustain an even level of blood-sugar. Additionally, progressive exercise 2-3 times a week should be in order to stabilize blood sugar.
Eat spicy foods. Hot cuisine with peppers can increase metabolism.
Eat smaller meals. It is advisable to consume 4 to 6 small meals that are timed 2 to 3 hours apart.
Never skip meals. People tend to skip meals in order to lose weight, which is a big mistake since it slows down metabolism.
Plan meals in detail. Always prepare the right amount of food to be consumed at the designated intervals. Do not commit the mistake of eating meals in sporadic patterns.
Do not get stuck with meat and potatoes any more. It is nowadays common knowledge that vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, and fish are the best for you. Remember to have enough protein in your diet.
Relax
Ditch the stress! Be it physical or emotional, stress triggers the release of a steroid called cortisol, which decreases metabolism. Also, people tend to eat excessively when stressed.
Don't worry about changing your eating, training, water drinking or any other new habits immediately. Decide to make a change, do little steps after another, be focused on your goals and relax. You will achieve your goals.
Stay focused and motivated
Achieving the desired body weight or other goal is never impossible if one has the determination and patience needed to stabilize the metabolism level. A person needs to realize that eating right and working out is not just a passing fancy, but a way of life.
Start now and keep going
This report gave you some fast ideas how to improve metabolism of your body. Take some of the advice, decide to take first step and take it! Do not try to fix everything in one step, take it piece by piece. And enjoy your path for better health.
Life is for living!
Hopefully you got new ideas from the article!
This article is about tips for boosting metabolism, the ultimate key for weight lose and overall health improvement. The article was written by Mark Twig, who is also known as Besthealthmate, your health coach and mentor.
With all best for your health,
Mark Twig - Your BestHealthMate
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