Boost Metabolism and Burn Fat Faster
Wouldn’t we all like to turn up the thermostat and burn more calories, even while we are sleeping? If you are overweight, chances are that your metabolism needs a boost. Your body’s metabolic rate may not be running on all cylinders. Read carefully because there are ways to rev up your metabolic engine and increase your rate of calorie burning.
Why do some thin folks seem to be able to eat whatever they want and not get fat? Or so it seems for many of us who are not so lucky. There are genetic differences, to be sure.
But there are steps you can take to increase your fat burning power -- by exercising smarter, eating correctly, and adding certain supplements that can help.
The key to increasing your metabolic rate and fat burning
The most important determinant to your metabolic rate is … are you listening? Your metabolism depends on the number and health of your mitochondria. Can you remember back to your middle school science class, when you studied the cell?
Each cell contains many mitochondria, little powerhouses responsible for generating energy. The number of mitochondria in one cell ranges from a couple of hundred to several thousand. All of the energy you make for thinking, moving, breathing, and running each cell comes from the mitochondria. The rate at which your cells produce energy depends on both the number of mitochondria and their health and efficiency at burning oxygen and fuel. All fat burning takes place in the mitochondria.
If your mitochondria are damaged or too few in number, they will not be able to burn fat efficiently. We are going to tell you ways to:
- Increase the numbers of your mitochodria
- Increase the efficiency of fat-burning in your mitochondria
- Protect and improve the health of your mitochondria
Muscle is metabolically active tissue.
Muscle cells, in particular, have a lot of mitochondria – hundreds of them. Your metabolic rate is highly dependent on your muscle mass. Muscle tissue is the powerhouse of your body, and burns up to 70 times more calories than fat tissue. If you have a lot of muscle then you will have a higher metabolic rate than someone who weighs the same but has a higher percentage of body fat. Making more muscle is a very important ingredient in your recipe to increasing your metabolism.
Muscle growth increases the number of mitochondria and the ability to burn fat.
Muscle cells are very adaptable. As we all know, muscles can grow when they are stimulated by stress, such as weight training. Muscle growth leads to a larger number of mitochondria and an increase in fat burning potential. Other types of exercise, including strenuous cardio, also cause the muscles to develop new mitochondria and improve the efficiency of existing mitochondria. Exercise has benefits that far outweigh its ability to burn calories while you are huffing and puffing. The right kind of exercise also increases your ability to burn extra calories while you are resting, even sleeping.
Yo-yo dieting lowers your metabolism.
The yo-yo dieting problem of losing and regaining weight leads to a lower metabolic rate. Why is this so? When weight loss is rapid or not done correctly, muscle tissue is lost along with fat. However, all of the weight regained tends to be fat rather than muscle. Fat tissue doesn’t burn fat – it just sits there. So metabolism slows. Yo-yo dieters find it harder and harder to lose weight, even if they eat the same amount of calories.
There are things you can do to increase your metabolism. These involve exercising smarter, following certain eating and lifestyle strategies, and taking certain supplements to boost metabolism and improve the health of your mitochondria.
Secrets to Boost Metabolism
We have collected a number of secrets that you can easily put into place to increase your metabolism, burn more fat, and lose weight. This is not hype. These techniques are all based on the latest research findings. In fact, if you follow these recommendations faithfully, you can develop the lean muscular body of your dreams. There is a lot of important information here, so you may want to read it more than once.
There are four categories of techniques – exercise, eating strategies, supplements, and lifestyle factors which affect stress and sleep. You will have greater success if you combine techniques.