Metabolism and weight management go hand in hand, whether you are overweight, underweight or currently enjoy an ideal body weight.

In addition to directly influencing how much you weigh, your metabolism also has a say-so in how healthy your cardiovascular and respiratory processes are. The metabolic process in all living organisms is very complex, and in humans it basically has to do with how the body converts food into energy.

If your metabolism is healthy, the process at which you burn energy is naturally and correctly regulated. This means you don’t suffer the adverse effects of a dangerously fast or slow metabolism.

How Carbohydrates Affect Weight Gain

One of the many factors that affects your metabolism is one that you have a large degree of control over; that is, how many carbohydrates you consume. Continue reading →

When many people hear the word metabolism, they think about calorie burning. How effectively your body uses energy (burns calories) is definitely one of the many functions and outputs of metabolism. Your metabolic process uses more energy and burns more calories when it is increased than when it is slow.

You probably know at least one person that has a metabolism you would kill for. That individual can eat anything he or she wants, never exercises and is not overly physically active, but is always slim and trim.

This is because that person’s metabolic process is cranked up most of the time. By the way, metabolism is not just about burning calories. Your metabolism is a combination of chemical-based processes which helps keep you alive.

The globally recognized health authority Mayo Clinic tells us that metabolism is:

“… the process by which your body converts what you eat and drink into energy.” Continue reading →