Does your metabolism work as hard as you do?

Between running errands, working all day and shaking your hips in zumba, is your metabolism working up to speed? Or showing off your hard work? According to the Mayo clinic, our metabolism is the process of our body converting what we eat and drink into energy. Even when we are at rest, our bodies still need to function through breathing, circulating blood and repairing cells, therefore energy is needed. Since everyone’s bodies are different, the number of calories that a specific person uses for these basic functions is known as our basal metabolic rate or BMR.

What exactly causes a slow metabolism?

1. Body Size has a large impact on how fast we burn calories. If you have a large amount of muscle mass, calories will burn faster since muscle burns fat. With a body that is overweight people are more likely to have a faster metabolic rate, although many would think it would be slower.

2. Men and females burn energy differently since body composition is different. Men typically burn more calories because they have a lesser percent of body fat and a higher muscle mass than woman.

3. Age does matter when it comes to the rate at which you burn calories. As our bodies age so does our muscles which results in muscle mass decreasing.

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