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Weight Loss - Understand Your Metabolism
from:Many people simply don't understand the concept of metabolism
and metabolic change and this is hardly their fault. There is so
much information floating around, that there's bound to be some
confusion and conflicting messages. But understanding the
metabolism is vital if you want to lose weight. So let's see if
we can shed some light on this rather daunting word.
What is the metabolism? Well, it certainly isn't any particular
body part. Simply put, it's the process by which your body
converts food into energy. You've probably heard of the phrase
metabolic process used synonymously with the term metabolism,
because they both mean the same thing. Metabolism then, is the
process of transforming food (e.g. nutrients) into fuel (e.g.
energy) and your body uses this energy to conduct a vast array
of essential functions.
What role does the metabolism play? Your ability to read this
page is driven by your metabolism. If you had no metabolism -
that is, if you had no metabolic process that was converting
food into energy - then you wouldn't be able to move. In fact,
long before you realized that you couldn't move a finger or lift
your foot, your internal processes would have stopped; because
the basic building blocks of life - circulating blood,
transforming oxygen into carbon dioxide, expelling potentially
lethal wastes through the kidneys and so on - all of these
depend on your metabolism.
How does the metabolism work? While we conveniently refer to the
metabolic process as if it were a single function, it's really a
term for countless functions that are taking place inside your
body. Your metabolism manages to achieve two critical bodily
functions that, in a sense, seem to be at odds with each other
and these two functions are called Anabolism and Catabolism.
What is Anabolism? It stands for creating tissue and cells. Each
moment, our bodies are creating more cells to replace dead or
dysfunctional cells. For example, if you cut your finger, your
body will immediately begin the process of creating skin cells
to clot the blood and start the healing process. This creation
process is indeed a metabolic response, and is called anabolism.
What is Catabolism? Then there is the exact opposite activity
taking place in other parts of your body. Instead of building
cells and tissue, your body is breaking down energy so that it
can do what it's supposed to do. For example, when you exercise
your heart beat increases and therefore your body temperature
rises. As this happens, your breathing increases and your body
now requires more oxygen. All of this, as you can imagine,
requires additional energy. So, now your body will instead begin
converting food (e.g. calories) into energy. And this process is
called catabolism.
Now you understand that the metabolism is a constant process
that takes care of two seemingly opposite functions: anabolism
that uses energy to create cells, and catabolism that breaks
down cells to create energy.
What about weight loss? Well, now that you know about Anabolism
and Catabolism, let's meet another member of the weight loss
game; the Calorie. And what, exactly, is a calorie? Very simple,
it's a unit of measure, just as a cm or an inch is a measure of
the distance between two points. However, the Calorie measures
energy. When your body receives a calorie, it must do something
with that energy. In other words, when you eat or drink
something, your body has to accept those calories and deal with
them. Now your body will either convert the energy (calories)
into cells/tissue (anabolism) or it uses that energy (calories)
to break down cells (catabolism).
When there is an excess of energy, and your body can't use this
energy to deal with any needs at the time, (such as help you
exercise or digest some food = catabolism), it will be forced to
create cells with that extra energy. It has to. So, after
figuring out that the energy can't be used to do anything it has
to turn it into cells = anabolism. And those extra cells? Yes
indeed, you guessed it: added weight!
In a nutshell, the whole calorie/metabolism/weight gain thing is
really just about excess energy. When there's too much energy
from food - then your body transforms those calories into stuff.
And that stuff, most of the time, is fat. Sometimes, of course,
those extra calories are transformed into muscle and this is
usually a good thing for those watching their weight. People
with strong muscle tone burn calories without actually doing
anything; their metabolism burns it for them. So, the more lean
muscle you have, the more places excess calories can go before
they're turned into fat.
A what about that fat? There's a nasty rumor floating around out
there that fat cells are permanent. And the nastiest thing about
this rumor is that it's true. Yes, most experts concede that fat
cells - once created - are there for life. Yet this doesn't
spell doom and gloom to those of us who could stand to drop a
few pounds. Because even though experts believe that fat cells
are permanent, they also agree that fat cells can be shrunk. So,
even if the absolute number of fat cells in your body remains
the same, their size - and hence their appearance and percentage
of your overall weight - can be reduced. All you need is a new,
better, leaner and healthier lifestyle with a perfect diet and
fun exercise. So, Take Action, Get Help and Good Luck!
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About the author: Amy Burton
Losing weight is a battle, we all know that. But when I finally learned how my metabolism works and how I could actually cheat it, the extra pounds came off and FAST. What a feeling! Now you know how the "Meta" works too! Want to learn how to cheat it and lose that extra weight nice and easy? Check out: http://jaxbooks.4idiots.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=AMY01 They even have a 50% discount if you decide to take some Action!
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