Metabolism,
Eating Habits and Your Energy Level
 The body’s metabolism is a unique process for
each individual person. No two people metabolize food
at the same rate therefore no two people have the metabolism.
We all use our calories at different rates, with different
results. Our metabolism, like our fingerprints is unique
to each of us. But the need to understand and accommodate
this metabolism is an issue that we all face.
The dictionary defines metabolism as the sum of all
biochemical processes involved in life, or the sustaining
of life. In application concerning our health, metabolism
is related to the intake and use of food. In reference
to the case in point it is our ability to utilize our
food to the fullest extent.
Some people have really high rates of metabolism. In
other words, when they consume food, their bodies burn
it up almost as fast as then consume it. Then there
are those of use who use our food intake so slowly,
as to not even notice that we’re burning calories.
These people who burn quickly are often slim and trim,
the people who burn more slowly are the people with
a tendency toward obesity.
What determines our metabolic rate, as far as our genetics?
Generally, we tend to inherit the same tendencies for
metabolic rates, body frames, and other related body
functions from our parents.
All of this metabolic process is related to our calorie
intake, our vitamin and nutrition needs, our thyroid
and endocrine production, and how well all of these
processes come together. For years, people have sought
ways to raise the metabolic rate. If you can raise someone’s
metabolic rate, you are then better able to control
the burn of calories, especially for overweight or obese
people. This would make the goal of better or improved
health a much easier reality for those people. Efforts
to date have produced very little results. There are
foods that we can consume that naturally raise our metabolic
rate, but not to a great extent. What we need is a way
to directly alter the rate. We need to be able to raise
our metabolism to a point where we can actually see
a benefit.
 The only recourse we have in trying to control our body
weight, metabolic burn and health is through our thorough
understanding of the role food plays in our calorie
consumption versus our calorie need, and control how
much of the calories we take in.
Right now, the greatest
results in raising our metabolism come from exercise and
building our muscle mass, while reducing our body fat.
Adding more muscle to the body, in turn causes us to
burn more calories, and this helps to elevate our
metabolic rate.
Our metabolism functions also depend on how well we
have taken care of our nutritional needs. The process
of burning calories and creating energy is a delicate
one, and one which must be carefully tended, or it can
become imbalanced. It is often through these natural
imbalances that we tend to “inherit’ our
metabolic rate, our body weight, and the lower energy
levels.
I believe through careful analysis, and attention to
each person’s unique needs, we could bring about
a more natural balance of the metabolic burn vs. the
calorie intake. To a level where optimal health and
weight control are in equilibrium.
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