The Links Between Energy Levels, Diet And Exercise
First Up, A Little About Metabolism…
Your metabolic rate simply means the rate at which energy is used by your body to perform its normal functions. This energy is used by every organ in your body and also millions of tiny bio-electric reactions in the blood which keeps every cell in your body alive so in turn they can keep you alive.
Exercise
Exercise, in all shapes and forms, has the largest effect on your metabolism. Running or sprinting will lift your metabolic rate and burn hundreds of extra calories. Just remember this about burning calories – There are thousands of books out there which will tell you how to easily burn more calories, but save yourself the effort of reading all these books and confusing yourself, if you want to burn more calories – TRAIN HARDER! Resistance training can also help boost your metabolism although it is definitely not as effective as intense aerobics. Better blood pressure, stronger muscles, flexible joints, healthy bones and longer endurance are all benefits of resistance training. As you increase the size of your muscles you will also burn more calories throughout the day every day. Every single pound of muscle in your body burns an extra 50 calories each day, even if you don’t train that day.
To learn more about effective exercises check out this article, Abdominal Exercises Ab
Sleep
Sleep not only recharges our energy which we have depleted throughout the day, but it also helps us to maintain a healthy weight. If you suffer from broken sleep most nights of the week you may notice that you constantly have an increase in appetite, this is because broken sleep causes the release of a hormone called ghrelin which leads to hunger. So make sure your trying to get at least 7 hours quality sleep each night, if you’re like me and sometimes can’t get to sleep for hours try reading a book in bed. Make sure its fiction though or you’ll have your brain thinking even more. I used to have horrible sleeping patterns, this was mainly due to me going to bed with a lot on my mind, I would be lay in bed for hours thinking and thinking before I finally fell asleep, but after I started practising meditation before going to bed I found I could get to sleep a hell of a lot faster. I really encourage you try it out.
Diet
Eat Small And Eat Regularly
This is because if you eat smaller meals with balanced portions of proteins, fats and carbs you use less energy to digest to food and your metabolism remains balanced throughout the day. Our digestive systems are definitely not designed to process the foods which most of us eat, weather you think it has evolved or been created, either way it is built to digest healthy nutrient rich foods. So feeding it processed, modified, chemical rich junk food will only confuse the process, your body will not know what to do with it and will begin to act erratically and use up more energy. I’ve seen people take action on this advice and the results they get are phenomenal, just try it out for two weeks and you’ll physically feel the difference yourself.
Don’t Restrict Your Diet
If you restrict the amount of calories you consume you will shrink your average metabolic rate. If your body lacks the calories it needs it will activate the “somatic response”. In layman’s terms – your whole body will slow down. When this happens, it doesn’t matter how large your muscles are – they will stop burning calories to replenish themselves and will start to shrink very rapidly. This whole reaction can be avoided by just eating lots of the right types of calories.
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