Can altitude effect metabolism?

kristikinmay · January 2011

I've just returned from a month in Nairobi which is 6,000 ft above sea level. I've been fighting to loose weight for about 10 years now. I have hypothyroidism and find its almost impossible to move the scale anywhere but up . While I was in Kenya I noticed for the first time ever I was losing weight effortlessly. Unfortunately upon my return home, fight as I may i returned to my usual weight.

themommie · January 2011

I know that stress can effect your weight. But you were probably eating different while there and also were you walking more? getting more exercise? There are so many things that effect our weight. Hang in there and dont give up This is really helpful. . Continue to track your food and exercise daily. You can do it

enmaku · January 2011

Not necessarily altitude, but certainly oxygen saturation. At 6,000 feet above sea level about 15% of the air you breathe is oxygen compared to about 21% at sea level. Since very few of your body's important metabolic processes are anaerobic, oxygen is a vital part of your metabolism. Your body is probably accustomed to the 15% levels experienced at your home and the brief hyper-oxygenation you experienced bumped your metabolism up a notch. Unfortunately if you were to spend a more meaningful amount of time at sea level, your body would then become accustomed to the 21% levels and your metabolism would slow correspondingly. Worse yet, if you then returned to 6,000 feet and 15% oxygenation levels your metabolism would temporarily slow as your body got used to the oxygen levels again.

786bloglog · January 2011

Read more about Dieting and slow metabolism at

http://786hb.blogspot.com/2011/01/dieting-slow-metabolism.html

here you can find the factors that effect the metabolism

Can altitude effect metabolism?

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