Increase Metabolism
Why Increase Metabolism?
If you want to get rid of excess body fat to lose weight and keep it off, increasing your metabolism naturally is a great way to do it.
Metabolism is the name given to countless chemical reactions happening continuously in the cells of your body to keep you alive and breathing.
These chemical reactions need energy from food you eat to occur, increasing the amount of energy they use can create a calorie deficit. The result - stored fat will be metabolised and you will lose weight!
The benefit of this weight loss method is that it focuses on burning more energy rather than restricting calories.
We encourage you to eat well - A balanced diet, that gives your body the calories and nutrion it needs for good health and vitality
How about trying to lose weight by eating as little as possible to create a calorie deficit? These often give quick weight loss results on the scale.
This can be deceptive as the weight lost will initially be more water and lean muscle tissue than fat and being dehydrated is not healthy. Plus by not eating enough food, your body will not get the nutrition it needs for good health.
Too few calories can also cause your metabolism to react to what it sees as starvation by slowing, saving energy as stored fat - the opposite of what you are trying to achieve.
These diets are not good for you and the early weight losses cannot be sustained long term, in fact the slowing metabolism often results in more fat being put back on, than when 'The Diet' was started.
That is why increasing metabolism should be your focus if you want to get rid of excess body fat.
So how can you increase metabolism?
Welcome to increasemetabolism.net, your free online resource for all the information you need to increase your metabolism.
There are 3 parts to metabolism we will look at, that you can influence to increase the number of calories you burn every day:
- Your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) is the amount of energy that your vital organs use while at rest, these include your muscles. We will show you how and why increasing your lean muscle mass will have you burning more calories 24/7 - even while you are sleeping.
- Physical Exercise - accounts for around 20% of the total energy used in metabolism, we will look at the most effective ways to exercise - these will have you burning calories long after you have finished working out!
- Thermic Effect of Food - Sounds complicated but put simply, eating the right food can boost your metabolism - discover what they are in The Metabolism Diet!
We wish you luck on your journey to achieving the healthy body you are after.