Out and About STYLE Mag Issue 2 Vol. 2

PROS OF HAVING A HIGH METABOLISM
There are a lot of advantages that people with high
metabolism have compared to others. That is why most
people are trying to increase their metabolism. However,
some of them succeed; some of them don’t.
Later, we will cover the best ways to increase your
metabolism naturally, but let me tell you first WHY you
should do it. One of the things most people lack nowadays
is energy. You come home from work, and you are not able
to do anything else. While waiting for the weekend to do
something useful or something nice for yourself, you often
don’t have the time to think about your productivity.
One of the best things with people with higher metabolism
is that they have tons of energy. They can come home from
work and still have the time for themselves and do some
chores. Not only do they have much more energy, but they
also feel a lot better. The other advantage of having a high
metabolism is that you can reduce weight more easily and
keep it off with no effort at all. What’s the catch, you may
ask yourself? In the next chapter, we will introduce to you
ways to increase your metabolism in the most natural way
possible.
HOW TO INCREASE YOUR METABOLISM
There are multiple ways to do so, but it’s important to keep
in mind that all you do should be natural for your body.
First of all, let’s explain which are the factors that have the
most impact on our metabolism. The factor that we have
no control over surely are genetics, age, and sex, but there
are some factors that we can control. Those are body fat,
muscle mass and the most important one – activity level.
Metabolism is all about processing calories and we can
teach our body how to do that faster.
• HAVE ENOUGH CALORIE INTAKE
Some may think that in order to lose
weight you have to decrease the
number of calories you take every day.
However, that is far from the truth. For
your metabolism to work well and to
produce enough energy, you have to
intake enough calories.
• REGULAR MEALS
Like everything in life, our metabolism
also requires balance. When you do
not eat regularly, your body takes
starvation as a signal to preserve
energy by burning calories slowly, and
that is why your metabolism is slowing
down as well.
• COLD WATER
Cold water actually increases your
metabolic rate when you drink it.
Why? Because your body spends more
calories on heating up the water in
order to have the same temperature
and your metabolism also tends to
speed up.
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