Age And Metabolism - Deepstash

Age And Metabolism

Age affects metabolism, making it slow over the years, even if you start out with a fast metabolism. Differences in metabolism speed are evident in how easy or hard it is for people to gain or lose weight.

A slow metabolism burns fewer calories, thus storing more fat; that's why some people have difficulty losing weight by just cutting calories. A fast metabolism burns calories at a quicker rate, which explains why some people can eat a lot and not gain extra pounds.

163

820 reads

CURATED FROM

IDEAS CURATED BY

juliana_ell

He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything.

The idea is part of this collection:

Boost Your Emotional Intelligence

Learn more about health with this collection

How to handle conflicts

How to identify and regulate emotions

How to develop self-awareness

Related collections

Similar ideas to Age And Metabolism

Metabolism variations

Metabolism variations

Metabolism can vary a lot between people, and researchers don't understand why.

2 people with the same size and body composition can have different metabolic rates. One can consume a huge meal and gain no weight, while the other has to carefully count calories to not gain weight.

Research On Metabolism

  • A caloric deficit leads us to unknowingly compensate by eating more.
  • For some, crash dieting can permanently slow their metabolic rate, leading to longer calorie retention.
  • Bodies don’t burn more body fat while on a high-fat and low-carb ketogenic diet, compared to a higher-c...

The effects of physical activity

  • Scientific studies reveal that a few people will lose a great deal of body fat when they start exercising. Others will gain, and most will drop a few pounds.
  • Studies show that most types of exercise increase appetite in most people, tempting us to replace calories and preventing po...

Read & Learn

20x Faster

without
deepstash

with
deepstash

with

deepstash

Personalized microlearning

100+ Learning Journeys

Access to 200,000+ ideas

Access to the mobile app

Unlimited idea saving

Unlimited history

Unlimited listening to ideas

Downloading & offline access

Supercharge your mind with one idea per day

Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.

Email

I agree to receive email updates