When talking body fat levels ‘Metabolism’ is one of those words that gets thrown around a lot. If someone’s in better shape it could be said that person has a higher metabolism.
But hang on, that person might exercise a bit harder than most and may have healthier eating habits, so is their buff body really due to gifted genetics? Or is it more about lifestyle? And what the heck is metabolism anyway?
Metabolism is the rate your body uses calories. These calories are used for all processes required to keep you alive, including the beating of your heart, digestion of your food, and repair of your muscles.
Your metabolism also controls the speed you can tap into fat stores for energy and lose weight. So if your metabolism controls fat burning, how can you control your metabolism and maximise fat loss?
There’s 2 areas you need to tackle – diet and exercise.