Calorie Requirements: Our Body Type
- Certain medical conditions and general health also contribute as factors in our metabolic rate.
- The thyroid gland produces a chemical called ‘thyroxine’ which regulates a person’s basal metabolic rate.
- Depression, diabetes, fasting, having fever, low blood oxygen too play a huge factor in our caloric requirements and calorie expenditure
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