How to speed up your metabilism?

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  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    I'm sorry but frequency of meals, "boosting metabolism" by eating breakfast and what not is old school bro science more recently debunked (EEG has posted some really great and accurate links).

    I'm a big, giant fan of high impact cardio . . . hell I'm a step aerobics instructor, but hit doesn't do anything for metabolism. hic burns awesome calories while in the midst of hic and for a couple of hours after. Strength training doesn't necessarily burn as much while you're doing it, but it has long term effects.
  • WifeMomDVM
    WifeMomDVM Posts: 1,025 Member
    I was going to simply say "eat and exercise" but I really like some of these other answers better.

    And don't dicount the poster who recommended The New Rules of Lifting for Women - go buy this book. Like right now. Seriously stop reading and go to BnN or BAM and get your copy.

    Or go here:

    http://www.amazon.com/New-Rules-Lifting-Women-Goddess/dp/1583333398/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326247918&sr=8-1
  • chrisc16
    chrisc16 Posts: 94
    30 minutes or more a day (or thereabouts) of cardiovascular exercise (bike riding, running, etc - anything to get your heart rate elevated above your normal resting rate) will increase your metabolism, and keep it elevated for several hours after you finish exercising.
  • Goal_Seeker_1988
    Goal_Seeker_1988 Posts: 1,619 Member
    bump
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    Ive seen lot of things about speeding up your metabolism on Dr. Oz. Some of the suggestions were to use spices like cinnamon and cayenne pepper when cooking. There's even one guest on the show who would eat a tablespoon of pure cinnamon every morning. Dr Oz also suggested taking vitamin supplments like vitamin B12, drinking green tea and coffee and to use ginger when cooking. Here's the link:

    http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/metabolism-boosters

    Be skeptical of anything that Dr. Oz says.
  • mideon_696
    mideon_696 Posts: 770 Member
    im constantly told to eat breakfast within 30 mins of getting out of bed or my metabolism will be halved idk if its true or not lol

    I like this one! lol. Thats the best piece of bro-science i've heard in a while!!!!
  • Amy911Gray
    Amy911Gray Posts: 685 Member
    I started taking One-a-Day Active Metabolism vitamins. I don't know if they work, but they do seem to give me a little extra energy...
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    im constantly told to eat breakfast within 30 mins of getting out of bed or my metabolism will be halved idk if its true or not lol
    Untrue, sister.
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    Ive seen lot of things about speeding up your metabolism on Dr. Oz. Some of the suggestions were to use spices like cinnamon and cayenne pepper when cooking. There's even one guest on the show who would eat a tablespoon of pure cinnamon every morning. Dr Oz also suggested taking vitamin supplments like vitamin B12, drinking green tea and coffee and to use ginger when cooking. Here's the link:

    http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/metabolism-boosters
    Be skeptical of anything that Dr. Oz says.
    Some examples of poor advice that Dr. Oz has provided in the past...

    http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/when-oz-met-novella/

    http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/dr-oz-youre-not-helping-diabetics/

    http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/dr-oz-and-john-edward-just-when-i-thought-dr-oz-couldnt-go-any-lower-he-proves-me-wrong/

    http://www.randi.org/site/jref-news/1260-pigasus-2011
    The Media Pigasus Award goes to Dr. Mehmet Oz, who has done such a disservice to his TV viewers by promoting quack medical practices that he is now the first person to win a Pigasus two years in a row. Dr. Oz is a Harvard-educated cardiac physician who, through his syndicated TV show, has promoted faith healing, "energy medicine," and other quack theories that have no scientific basis. Oz has appeared on ABC News to give legitimacy to the claims of Brazilian faith healer “John of God,” who uses old carnival tricks to take money from the seriously ill. He's hosted Ayurvedic guru Yogi Cameron on his show to promote nonsense "tongue examination" as a way of diagnosing health problems. This year, he really went off the deep end. In March 2011, Dr. Oz endorsed "psychic" huckster and past Pigasus winner John Edward, who pretends to talk to dead people. Oz even suggested that bereaved families should visit psychic mediums to receive (faked) messages from their dead relatives as a form of grief counseling.
    http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2011/02/dr_ozs_journey_to_the_dark_side_is_now_complete.php

    http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/dr-oz-promotes-homeopathy/

    http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2005/02/11/Top-US-doc-respectful-of-John-of-God/UPI-29081108131069/

    It's best to take any advice he has given with a grain of salt. Do your due diligence and investigate other sources for validation of anything that he has said.
  • FaithHopeBELIEVE
    FaithHopeBELIEVE Posts: 626
    The best way to boost metabolism is to increase lean muscle mass. Best way to do that is to lift heavy weights.

    THIS AND eat more to get this LBM.
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    im constantly told to eat breakfast within 30 mins of getting out of bed or my metabolism will be halved idk if its true or not lol
    Untrue, sister.

    I :heart: you so hard.
  • FaithHopeBELIEVE
    FaithHopeBELIEVE Posts: 626
    Oh and coffee, green and oolong teas.
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    Oh and coffee, green and oolong teas.
    Caffeine has a minimal effect. They may give you an energy boost, but they will not boost your metabolism.

    http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2009/08/25/5-metabolism-myths-debunked.html
  • FaithHopeBELIEVE
    FaithHopeBELIEVE Posts: 626
    Oh and coffee, green and oolong teas.
    Caffeine has a minimal effect. They may give you an energy boost, but they will not boost your metabolism.

    http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2009/08/25/5-metabolism-myths-debunked.html

    Okay I guess it revs me up and I excercise harder. I am also a leangains fan so i have heard all this stuff you are linking us... :wink:
  • mammafrog
    mammafrog Posts: 176
    I've heard cinnamon!

    I heard that too. Last time I lost weight before I got pregnant I ate 1/2 cup sugar free apple sauce and put cinnamon in it and something was working. So I still add cinnamon to everything I can.
  • duckie102384
    duckie102384 Posts: 1
    I have heard that vitamin B12 can help with metabolism, as well as give you more energy throughout the day. Vitamin D and B6 in combination have been shown to speed up metabolism.

    I did all three and have seen success, but it could just be coincidence. It doesn't hurt to try!
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
    I eat cinnamon because it tastes awesome not because of some mythical metabolism boosting properties :smile:
  • Ashlea82
    Ashlea82 Posts: 191
    im constantly told to eat breakfast within 30 mins of getting out of bed or my metabolism will be halved idk if its true or not lol
    Untrue, sister.
    well that's good because I don't eat breakfast very often, I rarely feel hungry in the morning, i have often asked those who told me that if its scientifically proven and they would say "yeah my trainer told me" or something lol
  • KirstenClerkin
    KirstenClerkin Posts: 5
    High Intensity Interval Training is a great way to speed up your metabolism. I love TurboFire for that reason, and I am getting great results doing this fitness program. Please follow me for nutrition and fitness information by liking my page at www.facebook.com/kirstenclerkin
  • jazzybean1
    jazzybean1 Posts: 113
    Everyone has certain things that just work for them, myth or not keep an open mind and try different things.
    There are a lot of great tips here:)

    P.S
    I don't watch Dr. Oz but he is not a quack for recommending energy work or ayurvedic treatments...I used those therapies plus a naturopath to cure a rare, crippling form of arthritis when conventional therapies/drugs were too damaging to my kidneys. It's great to see a Dr that's open minded to natural therapies that have been around for ages.
    Ive seen lot of things about speeding up your metabolism on Dr. Oz. Some of the suggestions were to use spices like cinnamon and cayenne pepper when cooking. There's even one guest on the show who would eat a tablespoon of pure cinnamon every morning. Dr Oz also suggested taking vitamin supplments like vitamin B12, drinking green tea and coffee and to use ginger when cooking. Here's the link:

    http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/metabolism-boosters
    Be skeptical of anything that Dr. Oz says.
    Some examples of poor advice that Dr. Oz has provided in the past...

    http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/when-oz-met-novella/

    http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/dr-oz-youre-not-helping-diabetics/

    http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/dr-oz-and-john-edward-just-when-i-thought-dr-oz-couldnt-go-any-lower-he-proves-me-wrong/

    http://www.randi.org/site/jref-news/1260-pigasus-2011
    The Media Pigasus Award goes to Dr. Mehmet Oz, who has done such a disservice to his TV viewers by promoting quack medical practices that he is now the first person to win a Pigasus two years in a row. Dr. Oz is a Harvard-educated cardiac physician who, through his syndicated TV show, has promoted faith healing, "energy medicine," and other quack theories that have no scientific basis. Oz has appeared on ABC News to give legitimacy to the claims of Brazilian faith healer “John of God,” who uses old carnival tricks to take money from the seriously ill. He's hosted Ayurvedic guru Yogi Cameron on his show to promote nonsense "tongue examination" as a way of diagnosing health problems. This year, he really went off the deep end. In March 2011, Dr. Oz endorsed "psychic" huckster and past Pigasus winner John Edward, who pretends to talk to dead people. Oz even suggested that bereaved families should visit psychic mediums to receive (faked) messages from their dead relatives as a form of grief counseling.
    http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2011/02/dr_ozs_journey_to_the_dark_side_is_now_complete.php

    http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/dr-oz-promotes-homeopathy/

    http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2005/02/11/Top-US-doc-respectful-of-John-of-God/UPI-29081108131069/

    It's best to take any advice he has given with a grain of salt. Do your due diligence and investigate other sources for validation of anything that he has said.
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  • incuboy
    incuboy Posts: 8
    More meals a day thing is a myth. I've been eating 2 meals a day and fasting for 16 hrs every day for a year now. I'm a natural bodybuilder and I am the biggest and leanest I have ever been (98kg with abs). So many years I wasted my life eating 6-8 meals.

    That said. You can still get results eating 6-8 meals, obviously. But you are getting results in spite of doing this, not because of it.

    I'm guessing you want to speed up your metabolism so you can eat more and be more satisfied? In my experience eating more regularly just made me more hungry and bigger meals were more satiating.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    Eat clean, drink loads of water and exercise regularly (including resistance and weight training). Once you start to build lean muscle your metabolism will work more efficiently and thus burn calories quicker

    You just made an oxymoron there that is actually partially true.

    "metabolism will work more efficiently and thus burn calories quicker"

    If it is more efficient, it will not burn calories more quickly, it will burn them slower, because it is more efficient.

    And that is exactly the effect that can happen when you do mostly/all cardio workouts, and don't increase your intensity.

    Your muscles and heart get better at doing pace x, they get more efficient, and pace x no longer is the strain on the body it once was. Now you do not burn as many calories doing pace x. And you wonder why you slowly start to gain weight when you are doing the exact same workout you've always done.

    Same could happen with weight lifting, never increasing intensity.
  • EricMurano
    EricMurano Posts: 825 Member
    Exercise every day.

    No secret.
  • yogibella
    yogibella Posts: 321 Member
    I'm glad I'm not that only one that thinks Dr. Oz is a quack. Ok, he may be a real doctor but he's also a TV personality that delivers sound bites for ratings and regurgitates some common findings in publications without the depth, analysis or application needed to make them actually true or effective. I'm sure he's a fine surgeon but he should stick to that. :D I caught several episodes of "The Doctors" on TV....what a horrific show!

    I think it's all about balance, good eating, exercise and keeping active. Active, meaning spending at least 60% of your day NOT sitting (which most of us do), but being on your feet and/or moving as much as possible.
  • triciaj66
    triciaj66 Posts: 253 Member
    I Just read in fit magz last night that it is all about weight training ... It is also age and the make up of your body .. The only way to speed it up is to get stronger so your body works harder all day long ... :)
  • jimmacdonald
    jimmacdonald Posts: 93 Member
    Good eating, exercise and you know every man says cuddling the one you love keeps metabilism active!!!!

    Grin
    Cheers
    Jim
  • Mompanda4
    Mompanda4 Posts: 869 Member
    Bump
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Exercise. That is the best way to speed it up. Caffeinated beverages will speed it up for short while.
  • MandieBellie
    MandieBellie Posts: 39 Member

    So . . . I come back to muscle. Find something heavy and pick things up and put them down.

    OT: I have that fitness world commercial in my head now. " I pick things up and put them down" LOL
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