How to Boost Your Metabolism?

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Here is how to make your metabolism healthy and strong for great weight management.)

Wikipedia defines metabolism as “the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms. The three main purposes of metabolism are the conversion of food to energy to run cellular processes; the conversion of food/fuel to building blocks for proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and some carbohydrates; and the elimination of nitrogenous wastes.”

Simply put, metabolism is a biochemical process that converts your food into energy. This way, you get energy for all bodily functions.

During this process, calories in nutrients are integrated with oxygen to provide the energy to your body. Your body requires calories to perform bodily functions. This action is known as the basal metabolic rate (BMR) or metabolism.

If your metabolism is fast and effective, your body will burn calories quickly. This is why healthy metabolism ensures you a healthier and leaner body.

However, the benefits of metabolism go beyond that. It aids your digestion, blood circulation, detoxification, sweating and regulation of body heat. 

There are many things that negatively affect your metabolism, from aging, poor nutrition, lack of sleep and lifestyle mistake. Weak and slow metabolism can make you prone to obesity and other health diseases.

Therefore, make sure to take care of your metabolism. And these things will help you.

Take Cold Water:

Drinking cold water can speed up your metabolism rate. How?

The human body heats up the liquid to body temperature. Right?

This process will consume calories to heat up the liquid. The body will require more calories to heat up cold water.

It simply means that drinking cold water can improve your metabolism rate. According to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, drinking water boosts metabolic rate by 30 percent. Water also keeps you fuller—a clever way to prevent hunger pangs.

Start by drinking 8-10 glasses of water a day.

What About Green Tea?

Green tea is touted for a wide range of health benefits like cancer prevention, healthy heart, and weight loss. And the tea also boosts up metabolism in the body. The tea contains catechins that are powerful antioxidants helping in weight loss by slowing down the breakdown of fats and the generation of certain chemicals that lead to hunger.

All you need to take 3-5 cups of green tea a day.

Do Not Skip Your Breakfast:

Breakfast is the most vital meal of the day as it fuels up for a day. It also benefits your metabolism. This is because the body enters starvation mode if you skip your breakfast. It leads to a slow metabolism rate in order to save energy. As a result, the body won’t burn as many calories until lunchtime it could.

However, your breakfast should be healthy and wholesome as well. Add banana, egg white, grains, high fibers and berries to your breakfast.

Sleep is Important:

If you don’t sleep well, it raises blood sugar levels and insulin resistance. And both changes are related to the risk of type-2 diabetes. Inadequate sleep also increases hunger hormone ghrelin and reduces the fullness hormone leptin. It is the reason why many sleep-deprived people feel hungry and find it difficult to shed weight.

Make sure to sleep soundly for at least eight hours.

Do Workout:

Workout helps burn more calories. The muscles need more energy to perform, thereby raising the metabolism rate. Besides, your body burns calories to aid muscle recovery after the workout.

So you must have understood how to rev up your metabolism. Want to ask something else? Let us know your thoughts by commenting below.