Metabolism, Say No To Aging Fast …lets slow it down!

Metabolism is a real thing.  You may remember those teenage years and how much food you ate, never giving it a thought. Only to find yourself obsessed with eating as you have gotten older and weight gain seems unavoidable, despite your best effort.

Our metabolism typically slows down with age, making it easier to add pounds and hard to lose them.

3 Things to Blame for a Slow Metabolism

• Aging and your metabolic processes change
• You are less active due to a busy life or health issues
• Muscle mass may have decreased

A lifetime of yo-yo dieting or starvation diets decreases metabolism.  Since your metabolism determines how many calories you burn, it makes sense to do everything we can to make it go faster!

4 Factors that Effect the Speed of Your Metabolism

• Resting metabolic rate: the calories your body burns at rest.
• Thermogenesis: the calories you burn from digesting and absorbing food.
• Exercise: the calories burned while exercising
• Non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT): the calories you burn doing non exercise related activities like cleaning, walking during normally daily routine, etc

How Can You Keep Your Metabolism Going Strong?

Building muscle is one way to cause your body to burn more calories when you are at rest. Maintaining muscle costs the body more calories so it makes sense that the more we have the more calories burned. Another advantage to muscle as we age is that it keeps you upright, balanced and less likely to stoop.

HIIT is short for high intensity training and has been shown to cause your body to burn more calories long after the exercise is complete.

The Importance of Sleep

Sleep or lack of can slow down your metabolism and may increase muscle loss. If you struggle to sleep try finding a “bedtime routine” that works for you and be consistent with your bed and wake time.

Protein can help fight a slowing metabolism because it causes your body to burn more calories while consuming, digesting and absorbing protein-rich foods. This is the thermic effect which is greater than that needed to metabolize carb or fat-rich foods.

Nutrients  …and more

Another way to make sure your metabolism stays in tact longer and age healthy is to consume supplements that support hormonal production, decrease the rate of aging, optimize cellular nutrition and maintain brain function. Some nutrients include:

• LunaRich
• MitoBurn
• Omega-3 Fatty Acids
• Resveratrol
• CoQ10
• Valerian Root
• Symbiotropin
• Alpha GPC
• SAMe

Aging is natural, but we can offset the effects by using some of these strategies and supplements. The earlier we start to delay the effects of aging, the more active and healthier we are likely to be to enjoy what life brings.