5 metabolism myths that stop you from losing weight

Even if the word seems so common to you, it may be that until now its definition is not completely clear to you. Metabolism is the set of all physical and chemical processes in the body that convert or use energy. As well as breathing, circulation, digestion, purification, and our proper functioning. The basal metabolic rate represents the amount of calories we use to be at rest. Let’s talk about metabolism myths. Now, how many times have you heard and even repeated that the (so now famous) ‘slow metabolism’ is the culprit of our failure when trying to lose weight? These types of foreign beliefs that we have learned to repeat over time keep us in ignorance. The reality is that metabolism does play an important role in controlling our weight, but we must learn more about the subject to be able to distinguish realities from myths. For this reason, we leave you the 5 most popular myths about metabolism and their realities, to inform us a little more about the subject. 1- You cannot change your metabolism The reality is that the metabolism is variable, it depends on calorie intake, physical wear, etc. So it’s all a matter of making habit changes to modify or change our metabolism. Think about your daily routine and diet, now think that instead of using the elevator, you will take the stairs, and that instead of skipping meals from now on you will organize your meal times. 2- Eating certain foods speed up your metabolism It is true that some foods or drinks can stimulate the metabolism, but this does not necessarily impact your weight or its loss. Eating green tea, caffeine more than this proven or speed up our metabolism, there is evidence that it only has a moderating effect on our appetite. 3- It gets slower with the passing of the years The passing of the years makes us slower and more tired, for this reason physical activity is reduced, therefore many fewer calories are burned per day. Consequently, muscle mass is gradually lost, which reduces lean body mass and therefore metabolism slows down. Both cardiovascular exercise and weight training will prevent your metabolism from slowing down, even as you age. 4- Lower calorie consumption There are some people who still believe that by lowering calorie consumption, they will be able to lose weight. But on the contrary: when you reduce the number of calories you eat, it makes your body feel deprived of food and enters a state of ‘survival’ and begins to store all the fat that is available in your body and consequently our metabolisms become slow. 5- If you avoid your dinner, you will lose more weight As above, avoiding or skipping meals in our daily lives will only send signals to the body that it should save as much fat as possible so as not to lack energy the rest of the day and our insulin levels will rise, with the risk that this could become a bigger problem. Now, once warned and aware, one cannot be indifferent. If you want to maintain an accelerated metabolism, make changes to your daily routine, try to exercise physical activity, stay active, never skip meals, and try to eat a balanced diet.