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Articles Weight Loss & Diet Crank Up Your Metabolism And Burn Body Fat
| Crank Up Your Metabolism And Burn Body Fat |
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| Written by Jill Edmonds |
| Saturday, 06 February 2010 10:23 |
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We know that the body can survive for months without food. What makes surviving possible is your body's ability to slow down its rate of calorie burning. When your body senses calorie deprivation it says to itself "it looks like this is all the food we're going to be getting for a while, so we'd better stop burning so many calories and start saving our energy".
We know that the body can survive for months without food. What makes surviving possible is your body's ability to slow down its rate of calorie burning. When your body senses calorie deprivation it says to itself "it looks like this is all the food we're going to be getting for a while, so we'd better stop burning so many calories and start saving our energy". In the event of starvation, our body will start to supply for itself by burning muscles, stored fats and utilizing other sources of energy inside the body. However, you also experience this situation everytime you try to burn fats since your body will not know the difference between hunger and mere dieting. As a result, your body's metabolism will slow down. The Importance of 5 Small Meals A Day Why Eat 5 Small Meals A Day? Skipping meals is considered a "mortal sin" in your quest to reduce fat. When you try to skip meals you sending a wrong signal to your body. It will signal starvation. Missing out breakfast is a very big mistake. Doing this will tell your body to conserve and store fats. You will loss your muscle control and metabolism would lower down. This can also make you more hungry when dinner comes and could get you to eat more thereby sleeping with a full stomach. Small frequent meals will help our body increase energy level, promote lean muscle growth and accelerate metabolism process. Eating small servings of food regularly will accelerate metabolism resulting to lean muscle and an increased energy level. Frequent eating speeds up your metabolism due to the thermic effect of food; Small regular meals control one's food cravings and also avoid binges. Small frequent meals boosts high energy levels by way of blood sugar regulation and insulin level control. Small frequent meals can help in lean muscle development since insulin is controlled thereby giving a constant flow of amino acids provided to muscles. Small frequent meals are anti-catabolic - they also help lean muscle development by means of muscle breakdown Frequent eating promotes better utilization of nutrients; Eating smaller meals more frequently reduces fat storage through portion control. Now, this is really hard to practice all these tips since there are many available "quick fix starvation diets" however if you don't start to practice this lifestyle, you will always be cheating with yourself. It may take a while to master all these lifestyle but it still needs more polishing. About the Author: Jill Edmonds is recognised as one of Australia's leading fitness professionals. Before you start yet another fitness program check out her Online Personal Training and free report |