Blogs about Metabolism



Kick Start Your Metabolism

Every person, whether apparent to themselves or not, falls into one of these three categories: weight loss, weight maintenance, or weight gain. So metabolism is a very important word when it comes to our body weight. Many people wish to have a speedy metabolism, leading to a more lenient food intake or to speed up a weight loss goal. Our genetics have an impact on how fast or slow our metabolism is, but there are different things we can do to increase our metabolism.

More Than Just Fat Loss: Metabolic Flexibility, Part 1


Cortisol "The Stress Hormone": How Can Stress Effect Weight Loss


Sarcopenia-The age-related loss of muscle mass


Hot Weight Loss

If you enjoy eating spicy foods you're in luck. Besides being delicious, spicy foods have been shown to increase metabolism. That doesn't mean you can cover your junk food in hot sauce and make it healthy. Just eat healthy and add a little spice to it. Better Body, Better life!


My younger sister recently asked me for some help losing weight.  She had joined a local gym and was exercising almost every day.  She had lost a little weight initially but was not getting the results she wanted.  When I asked her about her gym routine she said she was spending 30-45 minutes on the elliptical trainer, followed by some core and arm exercises.  Sound familiar? 

Women and Weights

So many women today are so fearful of “bulking up” and becoming “too muscular” that they oftentimes avoid the weight machines, barbells and dumbbells completely. Women feel more comfortable and less intimidated using the cardiovascular equipment and you can usually find the majority of the females in the gym running on the treadmills, biking on the recumbent bicycle or striding away on the elliptical machine.

What is Metabolic Testing?

What is Metabolic Testing? Physiologic evaluations based on actual oxygen consumed and carbon dioxide produced for:

What is Metabolic Testing?

 Physiologic evaluations based on actual oxygen consumed and carbon dioxide produced for:  • Resting Metabolic Rate – a measurement of calories used to maintain basic life functions such as circulatory, respiratory and brain function.