Metabolism Tips to Turbo Charge Your Inner Engine

by Judy Roberts
(Melbourne, Australia)

Do you have problems with your waning metabolism? The answer hinges on what you take and what you do. It all boils down to a lifestyle change so that you live your life the best way you know how.

This is how your metabolism works: all the food you eat is converted into energy. The term metabolism refers to the way your body processes carbohydrates, proteins, and fats to release the energy it needs for a variety of processes. Whatever your weight may be, you’re leaner when you know what to eat.

Your metabolic rate also dictates how many calories you burn and is determined by your age, weight, height, gender, state of health, and activity level. While you can’t control genetics and age, you can change your diet and activity levels.

So, is there anything you can do to hurry things along by boosting your metabolic rate? There is.

These metabolism boosters can help you along, but ultimately, when it comes to weight management, there is no substitute for eating less and moving more in a sustained ongoing fashion.

First of all, you need to maintain your balance. Make sure that your diet has the correct balance of protein and carbs. As a rule, keep fat intake low because any excess will increase your body fat.

Studies reveal that the body uses a lot less energy to store fat than it does to store excess proteins and carbs, which require more energy to be converted into fat. Take saturated fat instead.

Also, eat less but more often. Aim to eat three to five small meals containing low-GI carbs throughout the day to keep your blood sugar stable and provide a steady source of energy to fuel your metabolism.

Any excess calories you take during large, bulky meals will only get stored as fat. And never skip breakfast. If you do, your body will think it’s starving because it’s had nothing for eight to ten hours.

This means that your blood sugar will plummet, making it more likely that you’ll overeat during lunch or supper. Also never shovel it all during dinner. Actually, this should be your lightest meal because you won’t have enough time to use up the calories when you sleep.

You need to make sure that you never starve. Dropping your calorie intake to less than 6,000 to 6,500 calories per day will signal to your body that you’re in starvation mode, which temporarily shuts down your metabolism. If you fast for 24 hours, your daily energy expenditure will decrease fairly quickly. The good news is that this is temporary.

When you start to eat again, it will come back up. There’s no permanent damage done here, but neither are there benefits to sacrificing yourself at the altar of nutritional deprivation.

Lastly, drink plenty of water. Dehydration contributes to an inefficient metabolism. When you’re dehydrated, your body’s ability to convert carbs into energy lowers.

If you exercise regularly, you even need to take more than the required amount. Plus, you flush out all the toxins in your system when you take in a lot of H2O.

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