To lose weight it has already been more than proven that restrictive diets are not the right way to go. On the other hand, the latest medical research supports the importance of accelerating the metabolism and therefore losing weight without starving.
What is metabolism and how does it work? A note from the site InStyle explains that it is the set of physical and chemical processes that occur in our organism to fulfill vital functions and that lead to converting food into energy.
The digestive system absorbs and breaks down what is needed into amino acids, fats and simple sugars, thus transforming food into energy.
Once decomposition is complete, the blood assimilates the compounds to transport them to the cells.
As biomedicine specialist doctor Laura Llacuna explained InStyle: “A flexible metabolism is capable of using both carbohydrates and fats as fuel.”
This will lead, according to information from InStyle, to being less hungry without losing muscle massbecause the body will be able to burn excess processes, preventing them from accumulating and turning into fat.
Spending at least twelve hours between dinner and breakfast helps you have a more efficient metabolism Photo Shutterstock.Furthermore, it will increase performance during sports practices.
To achieve this condition it is important to implement some habits.
How to achieve a flexible metabolism
Dr. Llacuna recommends starting with these three habits.
intermittent fasting
It’s about allowing at least 12 hours to pass between dinner and breakfast. In this way “the body will have to resort to fat reserves to produce energy”.
Exercise
Practicing an intense routine with strength exercises two or three days a week has multiple benefits. “He work with weightswith resistance bands, machines or with your own body weight helps to have a good muscle mass and helps metabolic flexibility,” adds Llacuna.
Continuous excess calories lead to poor metabolism Photo Shutterstock.Avoid continuous caloric excess
“When this occurs the mitochondria are overwhelmed by an excess of substrates derived from fatty acids, glucose and amino acids. This excess leads to metabolic indecision and ineffective use of substrates,” explains pharmacy doctor and nutritionist Ana Laja García.
Furthermore, this situation can lead to an increase in the production of reactive oxygen species, which causes the dreaded oxidative stress that accelerates aging.
Source: Clarin
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