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The best way to increase your metabolic rate is to decrease the amount of FAT you're carrying and replace it with muscle, which means a combination of heart-pumping aerobic activity and muscle-building weight workouts.

Question: Will any of the numerous herbal metabolism boosters currently on the market actually help with weight loss?

Answer: Some of these herbal metabolism boosters can temporarily cause your weight to drop, but not because they're eliminating excess fat from your body. Most metabolism boosters contain stimulants, which increase your central nervous system and decrease your appetite, and mild diuretics which cause you to eliminate fluids more rapidly then normal. These metabolism boosters can cause unpleasant side effects such as dizziness, nausea, and frequent urination. As soon as you go off the pills, your weight bounces right back up to its previous level, making the expense useless for long-term weight loss.

Possibly of some interest, here's the Harris-Benedict Equation

Height, Weight, Age, Sex
MALES:     66 + 13.7 x (wt. in kg) + 5 x (ht. in cm)    -      6.8 x (age in years)
FEMALES: 655 + 9.6 x (wt. in kg) + 1.7 x (ht. in cm)     -    4.7 x (age in yrs.)

Factors Affecting Basal Energy Needs

1. Body Composition Women vs. Men
2. Body Condition Pianist vs. tennis player
3. Sex Females more fat therefore 5% less
4. Hormone Secretion

  • Adrenal - short term, 2-3 hours
    • epinephrine
  • Thyroid
    • hyperthyroidism 50-75%increase
    • hypothyroidism 30% decrease
  • 5. Sleep - Decreases
    6. Age - Increases from Birth to 2 years declines thereafter except during puberty
    7. Pregnancy - 20% above normal
    8. Undernutrition - 20% below normal
    9. Body Temperature - for each 1°F increase body temperature get 7% increase in BMR
    10.Environmental Temperature - Lowest values at 78°F (26°C)
    11.Smoking - Increases BMR by 10%

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