Looking for reliable information on how to achieve a ‘metabolic reset’? Want to rebalance your metabolism in order to lose or gain weight? Here’s what you need to know.
A metabolic reset is designed to achieve a long-lasting rebalancing of an individual’s metabolism in order to improve their general health and weight control, and prevent the onset or worsening of health problems such as diabetes, obesity and hypertension.
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Metabolism refers to the set of chemical reactions which keep us alive, through the production and use of energy obtained from the food we eat.
We need energy to ensure basic functions such as breathing, blood flow and cell repair (2), though the amount required varies between individuals.
Some people have a naturally fast metabolism: they expend a lot of energy in maintaining their body’s normal functions and therefore tend not to gain weight as all the energy they absorb is used up.
Conversely, individuals with a slow metabolism do not require much energy to live: they have to be more careful about what they eat as any surplus energy is converted into body fat.
To this basal metabolic rate, we need to add the energy expenditure necessary for digesting food and engaging in physical activity, though these two energy expenditure items are generally secondary.
These days, a large percentage of people in the Western world spend 9-10 hours a day sitting (3), that’s almost 70 hours a week.
By comparison, the three hours’ physical activity a week recommended as the minimum seems negligible.
This widespread lack of muscle activity, together with the problem of junk food and abundance in developed countries, all tend to lead to a slower metabolism, weight gain and numerous health problems.
A metabolic reset therefore aims to restore an individual’s metabolism to one appropriate for their energy output and food intake.
A metabolic reset should not be confused with metabolic diets (or ‘metabolic cures’) which usually promise significant and rapid weight loss but which are bad for your health and optimal weight control in the long term. Indeed, these low-calorie diets based on an energy deficit actually serve to unbalance the metabolism.
A metabolic reset is more akin to the reverse dieting popular among competitive athletes, which supports a gradual return to a higher calorie intake whilst minimising the negative effects on metabolism.
A metabolic reset involves making lasting changes to your eating habits, physical activity and lifestyle.
This is the most important step in a metabolic reset. Exercise burns calories, restructures the fat stored in the body and boosts muscle mass. The more you increase your muscle mass, the more you speed up your metabolism.
Physical activity is a reliable, long-term metabolism-booster: most of the rare individuals who do not go on to regain the weight lost on a slimming diet, say they walk a lot and exercise regularly, even at a moderate level.
Here are three additional tips for stimulating your basal metabolic rate (4-5):
It is not always necessary to eat less to stimulate your metabolism, simply to eat better. Here’s an overview of the most relevant advice given by nutritionists:
However, it’s important to stress that while diet is important, you’ll only see a real difference if it’s accompanied by the right level of physical activity.
Chronic stress and lack of sleep can upset the hormones that regulate metabolism, leading to a fall in metabolic rate and weight gain. It’s therefore important to:
Taking dietary supplements can help rebalance your basal metabolic rate, but only when accompanied by the key measures of increased physical activity and a balanced diet.
Certain substances can help increase metabolism and calorie expenditure.
When combined with tangible lifestyle changes, they can, over the long term, tip the balance in your favour.
These substances include tea and coffee, the caffeine and catechins in which help to support metabolism, ginger, guarana seeds and above all, capsaicin in chili peppers.
Capsaicin is also found in some fat-burning supplements (such as Metadrine™, a formulation rich in red chili pepper, caffeine, green tea extract, fucoxanthin, etc.)
Building muscle through the right exercise regime is a great way of improving metabolism.
So any substance that helps to directly or indirectly increase muscle mass can potentially support a metabolic reset: Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), creatine…
Finally, as we’ve seen, stress and lack of sleep have an adverse effect on metabolism.
Fortunately, there are many effective supplements for helping to improve stress management, including combinations of adaptogen plants, magnesium or vitamin C (such as Adrenal Support), blends of soothing essential oils (Organic Relaxing Oil Blend) or ‘stress-busting’ plant extracts (such as Stress Relief Formula).
In terms of sleep, melatonin and relaxing plant extracts (combined in Advanced Sleep Formula, rich in melatonin, valerian, hop…) have also been shown to be effective.
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