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A personal trainer shared the 13 signs that a person has a slow metabolism and how you can increase it to reach your ideal weight.
This is Rachael Attard, from Sydney, who explains that metabolism has a “big impact on our health”, particularly when it comes to losing and gaining weight.
“Simply put, metabolism is the internal process by which your body expends energy and burns calories,” Rachael wrote on Instagram.
According to her this aspect works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, turning the food and nutrients you eat into energy.
One of the factors that influences your metabolism is the number of times you eat a day. Also the musculature, gender and age affect.
Men generally benefit metabolically speaking since their physical build allows them to consume more calories than women.
As you reach adulthood or old age, there is a decrease in muscle mass and therefore burning calories becomes more and more complicated.
These are the signs of a slow metabolism
1. Chronic fatigue
2. Low energy
3. Not feeling hungry in the morning
4. Weight gain for no apparent reason
5. Constipation
6. Depression
7. Thinning hair, dry skin and brittle nails
8. Brain Fog
9. Hair loss
10. Feeling cold all the time
11. Frequent headaches
12. Low pulse
13. Constant cravings for sugar and carbs
Recommendations to speed up metabolism
Medline Plus defines metabolism as all the physical and chemical processes in the body that convert or use energy, such as respiration, blood circulation, regulation of body temperature, and muscle contraction.
It also includes the digestion of food and nutrients, elimination of waste through urine and feces, and the functioning of the brain and nerves.
Rachael pointed out that there are some foods that naturally increase your metabolism, and protein is one of them. Our body burns much more calories digesting protein than compared to fat and protein.
Her recommendation is to eat a high-protein breakfast like healthy protein shakes, yogurt, or eggs, being careful to limit sweeteners.
He explained that increasing muscle mass will do wonders for boosting metabolism.
But it’s your resting or basal metabolic rate (RMR or BMR) that accounts for 60 to 85 percent of calories burned daily, and the only way to increase that is to increase muscle mass.
The trainer recommends that you do this by lifting some weights at the gym or adding some resistance training to your workouts.
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