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Basal Metabolic Rate: How To Increase Metabolism Fast. Don’t you miss the days when you were young and could pig out on whatever you want, without gaining a pound?

Basal Metabolic Rate: How To Increase Metabolism Fast

Pizza, milkshakes, In-N-Out animal style fries… it was all fair game back then. Now when we eat those foods, we’re left with a bulging belly as a side effect! For women – especially if you are over 40 years old – losing weight can be extra challenging. This is because of metabolic changes in your body that happen leading up to and after menopause. And that’s even without the added baby fat after giving birth, if you’ve had children. That’s why supplements with ingredients that stimulate metabolism are so popular, like Genius Burn. For men, the most dramatic decade of change is from age 20 to 30.

How much does your metabolism slow down as you age? Data Source: Montana State University, College of Education, Health & Human Development, report dated 1998 Your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) is the amount of calories you burn just by being alive. When does your metabolism start to slow down?

General Weight Loss Theories and Why We Gain Weight

Weight Loss Diets. Specific Foods, Nutrients and Weight Loss. Weight Loss and Your Gut. Weight Loss and Hormones. Lifestyle and Weight Loss. How To Lose Weight In A Natural, Healthy Way. It is the most common question I get asked - 'How can I lose weight?

How To Lose Weight In A Natural, Healthy Way

' After 4 years of blogging on all aspects of health and wellness, I realised I haven't written an article on this topic. Sure I have programs to help people achieve this goal, but no concise, simple to follow fat loss article... So here goes, the ultimate fat loss how to guide. Oh and this isn't your typical fat loss guide. If you're still a believer of simply 'eating less and moving more' then I recommend you go and read my article 'The Problem With Counting Calories For Fat Loss' before reading the below. All the fat loss recommendations below are proven by peer reviewed published literature and or have proven to be effective with my clients over 10 years working in the industry. 1.

This means avoiding vegetable oils such as canola oil, cottonseed oil, peanut oil, safflower oil, corn oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, flaxseed oil and even large doses of fish oil. Why such strong claims? 2. That's not all. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 7. Snacks, Weight Loss, and Insulin. Why You Can't Lose Weight and the Link To Autoimmunity and Inflammation. Is your weight like a roller coaster – up and down, up and down?

Why You Can't Lose Weight and the Link To Autoimmunity and Inflammation

Or have you plateaued and cannot lose another pound no matter what you do? New research shows why you can’t lose weight and the link to autoimmunity and inflammation. You may have tried many diets over the years and have even been successful on them. But, stray just a little and the weight goes right back on and then some. If this sounds like you, then you need to read this article because it has cutting edge information that can get you off that vicious cycle. Dr. According to Dr. It Starts With the Chemicals in Our Environment Dr. How Sitting Too Much Is Making Us Sick and Fat - And What to Do About It. How Hidden Food Sensitivities Make You Fat. Think food allergy and you might conjure the worst-case scenario, like a child going into anaphylactic shock after exposure to peanuts.

How Hidden Food Sensitivities Make You Fat

No doubt, a severe food allergy is scary. But it’s also relatively rare. A much more common scenario is an adult with a low-grade food allergy to, say, gluten who never pinpoints the cause of his misery. His symptoms are vague (bloating, constipation, weight gain) and his exposure is frequent (breakfast, lunch, and dinner), so the connection is murky. And, over years, the hidden allergy takes a toll on the immune system. That’s what happened to a patient of mine. What he didn’t know was that he had celiac disease, a serious autoimmune disease fed by his daily indulgence in bagels and donuts.

Unchecked autoimmune diseases mean the gut is in a constant state of inflammation, a breeding ground for chronic illness. 20 Little Things That Make You Gain Fat. How to eat your way to diabesity. The hidden causes for weight-loss plateaus. I have reduced my calorie intake and started strength training twice a week to help me lose weight.

The hidden causes for weight-loss plateaus

Fighting to Stay Lean? These 20+ Anti-Obesity Agents Have the Potential to Inhibit Fat Gain Right at the Cellular Level - SuppVersity: Nutrition and Exercise Science for Everyone. It's actually normal that the introduction is the last part of an article I write.

Fighting to Stay Lean? These 20+ Anti-Obesity Agents Have the Potential to Inhibit Fat Gain Right at the Cellular Level - SuppVersity: Nutrition and Exercise Science for Everyone

What's special about today's SuppVersity article is thus not that I write the introduction at the end, but that I did not really know what I would be writing here, when I set out to compile the unsorted (but not chaotic) list of potential anti-obesity agents below. All of them act by pathway(s) you as a SuppVersity reader will have read about before, most prominently AMPK, and the peroxisome proliferator receptors (PPARs), of which the blockade of the obesogenic PPAR-gamma pathway, which is the main working principle of CLA turned out to be the go-to explanation for the ability of these agents to block both the differentiation of adipocytes and the storage of triglycerides in existing fat cells. 20 more or less proven anti-obesity agents for the weekend Keep in mind: Most of the data is derived from in-vitro studies.

References: Berry DC, Noy N. 5 Obesogens: Artificial Chemicals That Make You Fat.