Yesterday I created the first Dcomedieta video for our new youtube channel : I will discuss in the videos the hottest topics for people who want to lose weight, topics that required two or more articles on the site. Today I will “summarize” also thanks to a new article two fundamental things to know if you want to speed up your metabolism. Anyone who does not want to read can always see the video.
Yes I know, the audio is awful but I’m trying to gear up! 😀

What is metabolism first and foremost? By metabolism we mean the complex of reactions that the body starts to stay alive and carry out its normal activities at the same time.
By basal metabolic rate , we mean that complex of reactions that simply allow us to stay alive, without considering all the activities that we carry out during the day and that make us burn calories. By total metabolism , we mean both the basal metabolism and all the processes of energy expenditure that the body implements to cope with the activities it carries out during the day, both voluntary and involuntary, linked for example to food thermogenesis, Neat, and so on. Street.

Those who want to speed up their metabolism can generally find a number of tricks that are recommended both on the internet and in newspapers. For example, to move more, to eat small and frequent meals, to eat more proteins to activate postprandial thermogenesis, and so on.

In fact, none of these tricks are really effective. First of all, metabolism is an adaptive process , that is, it adapts to the energy resources that we provide to it in order to keep us in a healthy and balanced condition.

The metabolism accelerates only when we eat more and obviously the body must be enabled not to convert that food into fat but to use it for energy purposes . How?
By eating a diet that provides us with all the macro and micronutrients necessary for our well-being: provide an adequate intake of carbohydrates, proteins and fats from quality sources,  eat two to three portions of vegetables and at least two portions of fruit. By choosing natural, local, non-intensively bred products. At the same time, first of all take care of health: hydrate yourself adequately, rest, reduce stress.

At the same time, the second important thing to understand is that our basal metabolic rate is linked to our percentage of lean mass , so if we want to have a high metabolism, we must train to increase our lean mass, to put on some muscle.
This is to answer those who ask: but what physical activity to do to lose weight?

Once we have changed our lifestyle and improved our diet, it may be that we will already lose weight naturally or that we will still be overweight: giving time to time, slowly a person can absolutely lose weight just by doing these things, but with very slow. However, those who want quick results without slowing down the metabolism must avoid diets that are too drastic , but choose diets in which we reduce our daily calorie requirement by a percentage ranging from 10 to 20 percent less calories than our total requirement. .
Can we avoid the first two FUNDAMENTAL things and go straight to the diet?