Improving Your Metabolism One Step At A Time

Your body’s metabolism has a direct affect on how many calories you burn each day, and therefore on how much weight you lose. In scientific terms, metabolism is the combination of two processes: catabolism, in which the body breaks down substances into energy, and anabolism, in which the body synthesizes substances needed for survival. In simple terms, your metabolism is how your body burns up the calories you consume, which means that by increasing the rate of your metabolism, you can actually burn calories more quickly and easily.

The most direct way to affect the rate of your metabolism is to do a little exercise. In the short term, you are using up lots of calories, which obviously helps you to lose weight. But then, something interesting happens. Your increased metabolism doesn’t immediately go away when you’re finished working out. Instead, you will continue to burn calories at a higher rate than normal for up to eight hours before the effect has fully subsided!
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