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Metabolism . . . Speed It Up!
“By skipping meals, you slow down your metabolism
and prime your body to store fat,” signal that it is in a drought. This will cause your
body weight in ounces), the brain can send the
says Margaret McNurlan Ph.D. professor body to start storing the water it has in order to
of nutrition and medicine at the State University of keep you hydrated; however, when this happens,
New York at Stony Brook.
For us to maintain health, as well as a healthy
body weight, we should always have breakfast.
Harvard research studies found that men who ate
breakfast everyday were 44 percent less likely to be
overweight and 41 percent less likely to develop insulin
resistance—both risk factors for heart disease
and still the number one leading cause of death in
Western society. Besides helping to keep insulin
production regulated, breakfast can also help stoke
your daily
calorie burn.
When the
U.S. Navy
studied the
metabolism
and eating
habits of a
group of its
personnel, it
found that
eating breakfast helped raise the men’s metabolism
by as much as 10 percent. Metabolism is the rate at
which energy burns!
Chrono-nutrition means timed nutrition: when
we eat, what we eat! Researchers at the University
of Massachusetts studied 500 men and women and
came to the following findings concerning how and
when a person eats.
Though not the primary reason for drinking water;
water can play a significant role in weight loss by
speeding up metabolism and hydrating cells so
they can process carbohydrates and fat more efficiently.
When not hydrating the body properly (1/2
24 // January 2015
all your vital organs do not receive the proper
nutrients, enzymes, minerals, which depend on
water to circulate them. As a result, you will start
to feel blotted and tired until you get enough water
in your system. Once you are hydrated, the toxins
and food that make you feel bloated, will be processed
more thoroughly.
Thermogenesis creates heat and energy in the
body. If you rank your meals by order of importance,
breakfast is the most important. Eating
Habit
- Decrease/+ Increase Risk of Obesity
• At least one midday snack -39%
• Dinner as your largest meal +6%
• Waiting more than 3 hrs after waking to eat +43%
• More than 1/3 of meals out +69%
• Going to bed hungry (3+ hours after last meal or snack) +101%
• Eating breakfast away from home +137%
• Not eating breakfast +450%
by Michael McCant
breakfast wakes
up your metabolism
and communicates
that it’s
time to burn fat,
decreasing your
risk of obesity. It
helps kick-start
your metabolism
with meal and
exercise (movement)
throughout the day. It’s OK if you can’t
make it to the gym. Try some calisthenics movements
by going to the web site of my friend and
former colleague, Tim “Coach” Powers. Click on
the booklet at the bottom left corner and follow.
www.coachpowers.com. We have trained athletes
and non-athletes worldwide with sports and
fitness-related programs. Though some may be too
difficult; complete what you can and enjoy.
Michael McCant is a husband, ordained
pastor, speaker/teacher, missionary, and a
human performance and physical fitness
instructor trainer. He and Lesa have
been married for 18 years and reside in
Cleveland with their two black labs, Max
and Maggie.