Add protein, burn calories When you eat, a certain amount of calories are burned simply by the energy required to digest, absorb, transport, and store the food. This is called the thermic effect of food, or thermogenesis. To process protein requires a 30 percent expenditure of energy—the highest of all macronutrients.
Your Liver When we think about enhancing our metabolism, we might look to one of the countless metabolic enhancers or fat burners that line the shelves of many health food stores.
Body Fuel Over the past two decades, many of us have bought into the idea that carbohydrates give us energy, fat makes us fat, and protein-in excess-causes kidney damage. The truth is, it's not this easy.
Men-O-Pause One of the biggest pet peeves among women lies in the belief that men have it so easy when it comes to their metabolisms. For instance, when men and women go on the same diet, men tend to lose more weight without trying as hard, but why?
Stress and Your Metabolism Is everyone stressed these days? According to Kenneth Pelletier, PhD, author of Mind as Healer, Mind as Slayer (Stanford University Press, 2002), between 80 and 90 percent of all illnesses are linked to stress, and 75 to 90 percent of all visits to the doctor are for stress and anxiety-related concerns.
Avoiding the New Year's Dieting Blues You've made it through another year, and if you're like most of us, you have probably already made a pact with that New Year's resolution.
Abolish Your Weight Woes Conventional weight loss wisdom makes trimming the pounds gained during the holidays sound so easy-burn more energy than you take in and you'll shed pounds. But for most people, that's an oversimplification. Diet and exercise are not the only factors that play a role in your weight.
Hormone Helpers Hormones deliver a powerful punch. These tiny chemical messengers, secreted by the endocrine system, have huge impact on our mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
Rock Around the Clock According to The New York Times (May 6, 2004), surgeons will perform over 144,000 weight-loss operations in 2004. This is way up from 20,000 in 1995.
The Terrible Ten: Those Last 10 Pounds Why do those last few pounds of fat seem next to impossible to shed? You've been painstakingly following a weight reduction program for the past few months. You look and feel better than you can ever remember, but one thing is wrong - that last bit of fat is clinging to you for dear life.
The Hormones of Fat Loss By understanding how hormones such as insulin, thyroid, serotonin, leptin, and cortisol work, we can regulate our weight more effectively.
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