Myth #2: With age our metabolic rate slows down which is why we put on weight.

A recently published study used data from 6,500 people from 29 different countries.

It found evidence that shows that the base metabolic rate of an infant shoots to almost double that of an adult shortly after birth but then begins to steadily decline until about the age of 20.

Then from age 20 – 60 it remains the same and then it slowly begins to decline again after the age of 60 reaching a 20% reduction by age 95.