Slow Metabolism
People who do not know about metabolism think that everyone who is overweight is so only because they eat too much food. Nothing could be farther from the truth! Really, even having problem with your spouse or significant other can make you overweight.Obesity and the statistics for overweight are increasing. According to national studies, more than 65% of our population is overweight. It’s a problem that affects even our youth- childhood obesity is increasing at a fast rate.
While this situation gets worse, more people are complaining each day of having a “slow metabolism”. But, what is a “slow metabolism”?
The word “metabolism” is composed of the prefix “meta” that comes from the Greek and means “movement of change”. It’s like when we say “metamorphosis”, it means change of form; or when we say “metastasis” indicating a cancer that is in “movement”. In conclusion, “meta” indicates movement or change. Metabolism has to do with the movements or changes that occur within the body in order to generate energy to survive. A “slow metabolism” is a real condition in which the body becomes inefficient in its internal changes and movements to produce energy.
Our human body can be compared to a motor that creates energy for life. The nutrients and the oxygen we breathe are the gasoline for our bodies. People who complain of having a “slow metabolism” have noticed that for whatever reason their bodies are not generating enough energy. Not only do they have a strong tendency to gain weight, they generally feel tired and without energy. When your metabolism is slow, you get the feeling that you are gaining weight just by “looking at the food”. Meanwhile, there’s always one of those very thin people around, the kind that can eat as much of anything they want, and they never gain weight!
The human body seems to have two possible uses for the food we eat: either it converts the food into energy to survive or it converts it into energy for storage. We call the energy for storage “fat”. When you have a slow metabolism, a portion of the food you eat is converted into fat, energy for storage. People who have a slow metabolism are accumulating, little by little, body fat while at the same time they feel without energy to exercise or move their bodies. They may look “lazy” but they are really weak because they lack energy.
If you have a slow metabolism, you won’t have any desire to exercise your body. There is a reason for this which is generally unknown: lack of energy. One of the worst mistakes that could be made is to think: “so and so just needs to eat less and start exercising”. To illustrate this lets imagine for a moment that you are going shopping to the store. Now, it would be advisable that before you begin to write checks, you make sure to have enough money in the bank. Asking a person with a “slow metabolism” to exercise is like writing a check knowing you don’t have enough money in the bank to cover that check. In order to exercise, you must have energy! People with a slow metabolism have very little energy and thus they tend to fail in all their attempts to keep an exercise regime n. Before exercising, you must have enough energy to spend. It does not work any other way.
On the other hand, the general perception is that everyone who is overweight or “chubby” is in this condition because they eat too much. There is nothing further from reality! In fact, many of these people who suffer from a “slow metabolism” are unjustly accused of gluttony. The truth is that there are overweight people who eat very little while there are also other thin people that can abuse the consumption of candy and sweets without gaining an ounce! It’s a ’slow metabolism” problem! It’s a problem that can’t be resolved by eating less or counting calories. It is strictly a metabolism problem.
There are various factors that reduce the metabolism and which have already been identified. These factors have nothing to do with food. Factors like: stress, hypothyroidism, diabetes, hypoglycemia (low sugar), dehydration, antidepressant medication, infections of candida albicans yeast , hormonal deficiencies, and several more. I recommend my book The Power of Your metabolism for a more complete discussion on the reasons behind a “slow metabolism”. The truth is that you will only be able to help a person if you focus on the reasons behind their slow metabolism.
There exists a new science about metabolism. But, more importantly, there exists positive help for people who suffer from a “slow metabolism”. The only way to help these people is to understand the true causes of their slow metabolism. Only when you work with the real root reasons behind the problem can you resolve it.
Frank Suarez
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