There is a way to accelerate this fundamental mechanism of our organism. Here’s how to reactivate it
Metabolism is a particularly important mechanism for our body. This is the system that allows us to “dispose” of the foods we eat and obtain the substances that help us most and the energy we need to live.
However, it may happen that this mechanism “slows down” enough to make us worry. On many occasions this depends on our diet and our incorrect way of eating, but not only. In this article we want to show you what is the best way to keep an eye on blocked metabolism and start losing weight again.
Here’s what to watch out for
The way we eat and how much physical activity we include in our daily lives strongly affects our metabolism. According to researchers, humans are not very good at understanding how many calories they are consuming and, therefore, a regulate how much and what to eat.
This leads us to slow down our metabolism due to our bad habits, with all the consequences of this. Among the most frequent causes of a slow or even blocked metabolism are the intake of a large number of calories, exaggerating with foods (even if healthy) and having an excessive sedentary lifestyle.
However, it is possible that the metabolism actually slows down “on its own”. This can depend on age, body structure, genetics and hormonal health. However, the root cause of a very slow metabolism can be an overly aggressive diet or practically non-existent physical training.
In this condition the body reduces basal metabolism as a defense mechanism that preserves energy. This is a real metabolic adaptation that hinders our weight loss. But so what to do in these cases?
To try to solve the problem we must provoke a “metabolic reset“, that is, it is necessary to adopt a series of strategies that optimize the metabolism. One of the methods is to progressively increase the calories consumed to lead the body to emerge from the emergency state in which it is locked up.
This is anything but a simple or immediate remedy. In fact, we must approach this mechanism with a long-term objective and, above all, by asking an opinion from an expert doctor who will be able to adapt the right strategy to our needs. The advice is in fact to never force and not take initiatives without really knowing what you are doing.