Change Your Metabolism |
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Myth number 9: You can't change your metabolism. Your metabolism is the way in which you turn your food into energy or into storage as fat. We are each programmed to respond differently to the food we eat. This programming is partly inherited: some people's metabolism rapidly turns food into fat, for instance. But your metabolism is primarily down to what you eat and how active you are. Because of this, you can change both the efficiency of your metabolism and your metabolic rate — the speed at which you burn calories. Crash diets can lower your metabolic rate to half-speed, for instance, while aerobic exercise can increase it tenfold, and leave it raised for up to 15 hours. By changing the kinds and combinations of food you eat, you can reprogram yourself to burn fat more rapidly. |
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