metabolism
tripper92
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i have lost 29 kg in the last three years whilst being preggo not able to eat much and exercising after my second . Im 66kg now my goal is 55kg i do an 45 mins to an hour a day when im not cleaning or running after my kids . Anyways im wondering if anyone knows some food that really do fasten up your metabolism that have tried it and it works just to help kick it in a bit more for me thanks
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Eating less than you burn and add a little exercise for health. There is no food that increases metabolism.0
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Exercise, up your protein intake, eat 4-6 small meals spaced through out the day. Stay in your calorie out line. This can help with metabolism. 40%-20%-40% (carbs-fat-protein) works well for me. What queenliz99 said.0
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Exercise, up your protein intake, eat 4-6 small meals spaced through out the day. Stay in your calorie out line. This can help with metabolism. 40%-20%-40% (carbs-fat-protein) works well for me. What queenliz99 said.
Meal timing doesn't do anything for metabolism either. The only time I would give this advice were if a person was having difficulty with meal sizes being too large based on their caloric goals.0 -
Exercise, up your protein intake, eat 4-6 small meals spaced through out the day. Stay in your calorie out line. This can help with metabolism. 40%-20%-40% (carbs-fat-protein) works well for me. What queenliz99 said.
Exactly. It works well for you. That might not work well for everyone.0 -
Cocaine.0
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There is no food that will specially increase your metabolic rate.
There are drugs that will do this, but they are either dangerous, have complex and specific use and require care and strict use, or are now illegal. Meal timing is not relevant for metabolic rate, and the only place where it is important is in relation to intermittent fasting or how the timing helps you stay on track.
You can increase a component of your metabolism, the thermic effect of activity, by increasing your body weight via weighted clothing such as a vest or backpack. This is because the amount of energy activities require depends on how much you weight, and increasing this will increase the energy cost of those activities. However this is a minor addition and fairly inconvenient as you need to wear the weight for at least 4 hours a day to gain any noticeable increase in calorie needs.0 -
You can increase a component of your metabolism, the thermic effect of activity, by increasing your body weight via weighted clothing such as a vest or backpack. This is because the amount of energy activities require depends on how much you weight, and increasing this will increase the energy cost of those activities.
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There is no food that will specially increase your metabolic rate.
There are drugs that will do this, but they are either dangerous, have complex and specific use and require care and strict use, or are now illegal. Meal timing is not relevant for metabolic rate, and the only place where it is important is in relation to intermittent fasting or how the timing helps you stay on track.
You can increase a component of your metabolism, the thermic effect of activity, by increasing your body weight via weighted clothing such as a vest or backpack. This is because the amount of energy activities require depends on how much you weight, and increasing this will increase the energy cost of those activities. However this is a minor addition and fairly inconvenient as you need to wear the weight for at least 4 hours a day to gain any noticeable increase in calorie needs.
You'll also need a pedometer. Wearing weights usually results in decreased activity. Your body and mind have a general sense of your every day use.0 -
no particular food is going to boost metabolism by any significant amount. certain foods will increase your TEF (Thermic Effect of Food) meaning they require more energy (calories) to metabolize and digest...but again, this is relatively insignificant.
the only thing that really boosts metabolism is more activity.0 -
That's why I said it works well for ME. Note first thing I said was exercise, protein helps with keeping muscle mass while losing (fat) weight. The more frequent small meals can help keep up the metabolic action in your body and helps with that hungry feeling some get when eating lower calories.0
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That's why I said it works well for ME. Note first thing I said was exercise, protein helps with keeping muscle mass while losing (fat) weight. The more frequent small meals can help keep up the metabolic action in your body and helps with that hungry feeling some get when eating lower calories.
Numerous studies have shown that meal timing has absolutely no effect upon weight gain/loss. Here are a couple for starters:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9155494
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19943985
Whether you eat a little food more frequently or more food less frequently, the body still has to digest and process it. A larger meal will take more time for the body to digest, so there's no difference between that or multiple smaller meals which take lesser time for the body to digest. The metabolism works 24 hours a day, it doesn't kick back in a recliner and put its feet up in between meals.
Nothing wrong with more, smaller meals if it works best for a person's adherence/satiety - but there's nothing wrong with less frequent, larger meals either. In the end, the result is the same.0 -
I think the effect of eating smaller meals is psychological, not physiological. It doesn't mean is any less real. Maintaining the glucose level relatively stable has been shown to have a positive effect on self-control, which is fundamental to control food intake.
http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/willpower.aspx
As for metabolism, the only factor I can think of that would have an impact would be temperature. The human body can spend a lot of energy to keep its own temperature constant.0 -
Meal frequency has no effect on metabolism...The more frequent small meals can help keep up the metabolic action in your body
Can also have the opposite effect. All those small frequent (unsatisfying) feedings can lead a person to a place where all they do is think about food all day long... leading to a potential binge.and helps with that hungry feeling some get when eating lower calories.
That said, glad you found what works for you. At the end of the day that's what it's really all about...
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