health-offline.blogspot.com — Boosting ones metabolism is something many people try to achieve everyday. Having a high metabolic rate increases the amount of calories, or energy, the body burns on a daily basis. Without optimal metabolism the body will store excess calories as fat for future use.
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horsmanDec 31, 2006
"Tea contains just as much caffeine as Coffee does (black tea that is)."it certainly does not. Coffee contains more than double the caffeine green/ black tea does8-ounce Beverage
mrsmalkavDec 31, 2006
I so wish that people would cite what they're saying instead of just stating some "fact".There is no consistency regarding this stuff. If there was, we'd know about it. The strongest consistent statement is that a slight calorie reduction does increase your lifespan. Why that is is not yet agreed on. One of the claims is that the calorie reduction lowers/slows down your metablism. This makes diggmanchu not exactly a liar, just unsourced.Calorie Reduction for a longer life: <a class="user" href="http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=530">http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=530</a><a class="user" href="http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/003440.html">http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/003440.html</a>Wikipedia w/ several comments on reduced/lowered metabolism being a possible cause for longer life: <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calorie_restriction">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calorie_restriction</a>Arguments that higher metabolic rates (but *less efficient*) makes longer life: <a class="user" href="http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/report-29757.html">http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/report-29757.html</a>Less body fat (supposedly due to higher metabolism) makes longer life: <a class="user" href="http://www.webmd.com/content/article/59/66848.htm">http://www.webmd.com/content/article/59/66848.htm</a>
p4ntsDec 31, 2006
this is the reason why america continues to be so fat...think...it should be called the 50's diet.eat 3 meals a day, veggies, milk, etc.they werent always fatasses..making new diets just tried to provide some type of explanation for why no one can walk to the health store anymore.
quinadalDec 31, 2006
Great site! Especially since they actually advocate steroid use!So I suppose the millions of people that have lowered their cholesterol, lost tons of fat lbs and have generally improved their health by eating less total carb grams and MORE saturated fat is all in my head? Saturated fats are NOT unhealthy and are necessary to proper health. Plus, most of the artery clogging plaque is made of mono unsaturated fats. Cholesterol is necessary for a properly functioning nervous system and saturated fats are used to rebuild tissues. The bogus studies that 'proved' saturated fats were bad were done by lumping naturally occurring saturated fats with artificially saturated trans fats together and by pseudo researchers that WANTED to prove that their hypothesis of saturated fats being unhealthy was right so they could get more funding from the corrupted AHA. There has NEVER been valid unbiased proof that saturated fats are unhealthy. If they were unhealthy, than why aren't all the Inuit and :Native Americans dead from heart attacks? They didn't have any diabetes, obesity, heart disease or other modern diseases until they started eating a more 'civilized' diet (ie-low fat/high carb).
strazzDec 31, 2006
<a class="user" href="http://www.amazon.com/Abs-Diet-Six-Week-Flatten-Stomach/dp/1594862168/sr=8-1/qid=1167601187/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-0481970-6571065?ie=UTF8&s=books">http://www.amazon.com/Abs-Diet-Six-Week-Flatten-Stomach/dp/1594862168/sr=8-1/qid=1167601187/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-0481970-6571065?ie=UTF8&s=books</a>Just get this book, it will be like 6 bucks if you buy it used. It has got great information, is geared towards guys who don't have a lot of time to spend making food, and is not really a diet in the sense that you eat this way for a lifetime, not a 2 week fad.
bigdaneDec 31, 2006
I suggest walking your fat ass up and down stairs instead of taking the elevator or escalator. Also, when considering that second cheeseburger and fries think about your big fat ass. And when sitting on your ass for 12 hours playing GOW and then talking s**t on people who have lives think about WHY people make fun of fat people.
2speedJan 1, 2007
@florinI know dude, but it just urks my nerves sometimes. We Americans are seriuously overwieght, and It begs my attention. I see posts like "speed up your motabilism" and "Top 10 ways to work in an exercise routine into your busy schedule" and it drives me up the wall. I've lifted weights and kept myself in prestine condition since my knees gave out on my in college from running cross country. I don't go home and sit on my ass all afternnon after programming all day and get more overweight, and then go berserk when i see a digg post about losing weight without lifting a finger.I'll tell you what gets you lean and mean: 6 to 8 small meals a day, with lots of cardio and weight training. The concurrent meals keep your metabolism going. The cardio burns the fat. The weight training replaces the burned fat with muscle so the the fat doesn't come back.Also, don't bother weighing yourself when you're on a workout program. Muscle as we all know is heavier than fat. Weighing yourself when on a goof weight training program can only discourage you. Unless of course, you're not weight training, then by all means, weigh yourself and see the wonderful results. However, after about a month, watch it all come back...
marissa24Jan 12, 2007
With a slow metabolism you will not be able to lose weight. Eating less is not always the answer. I have ate a diet consisting of fish, vegetables and nuts, 800 calories a day and workouts 5-6 times a week. Did I lose weight? Initially about 2 pounds but then I gained it back and some. The body is extremely good at adapting to whatever you do to it. All it wants to do is survive and if you starve yourself or eat too little of calories, less than your basal metabolic rate (BMR) your body will go into survival mode and conserve energy and store fat. Your body's metabolism will slow to accommodate with the low calorie diet. When you have a cheat meal it will store everything as fat in fear that it will not get food again in a long time. People need to exercise more and eat less than their daily caloric requirements (DCR). But not less than their BMR. Does anyone know how cortisol affects body fat? This plays a larger factor is losing weight as well.