Why Is Metabolism Important

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Why Metabolism Matters Our metabolic rate is the rate our body processes the food we eat and burns it for energy. If an imbalance occurs and we eat more than we burn off we become over-fat and overweight. This is what you see happening in the world today with loads of calorie dense processed foods and inactive and sedentary lifestyles which is the reason that two thirds of us are overweight.

When your metabolism slows because of too little muscular exertion, eating the wrong types of foods and too much of them it means that there has been damage to the body's engine. Think of it like a car that is in need of a tune up.

Many people when they reach this state of health decide to go on some sort of diet. They cut back of calories thinking that it …show more content…

This means ditching the processed foods and getting yourself back into the kitchen and cooking your meals from scratch. Using natural whole foods that are 'clean' you will be getting rid of the nasty chemicals that most likely have played a big part in getting and keeping you overweight.

Consistency is the key
Small meals every 3-4 hours each with a portion of protein is going to boost your metabolism. The combination of metabolism boosting exercise (strength training) and metabolism stimulating foods (quality unprocessed) is what is going to return you to that slim trim state you desire.

In just a few weeks you will notice a difference, in a few months you will be noticing big changes and in 12 months or so you will be back to where you want to be. Then you just keep going to maintain it for the rest of your life.

You will never want a sluggish overweight feel-bad body again. You will have to work for the replacement model consistently over a period of time. But so what? That time is going to pass anyway so why not be working towards something near and dear to your own heart - your very own health and how your look and feel physically, mentally and

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