Collection: Weight & Metabolism Management

Discover Natural Ways to Manage Healthy Weight & Metabolism

  Maintaining a healthy weight and metabolism is important for overall health. Here are some facts about weight management and maintaining a healthy metabolism: 

Weight Management:

- The most important component of an effective weight-management program must be the prevention of unwanted weight gain from excess body fat[1].

- The use of behavior and lifestyle modification in weight management is based on a body of evidence that people become or remain overweight as the result of modifiable habits or behaviors, and that by changing those behaviors, weight can be lost and the loss can be maintained[1].

- Crash dieting makes you gain more weight in the long run because it lowers your metabolism[3].

- The best way to lose weight is slowly, by making achievable changes to your eating and physical activity habits. Managing your weight is a life-long commitment – not just following a diet for a few weeks to drop kilograms[3].

- Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight includes healthy eating, physical activity, optimal sleep, and stress reduction[5].

Maintaining a Healthy Metabolism:

- Metabolism plays a major role in the maintenance of a healthy weight after weight loss. Besides calorie restriction, exercise is a significant factor in regulating optimal metabolism[2].

- Maintaining a healthy body weight, especially after weight reduction, requires equalized input and energy output to regulate optimal metabolism[2].

- Metabolism is the process by which the body changes food and drink into energy. During this process, calories in food and drinks mix with oxygen to make the energy the body needs. Even at rest, a body needs energy for all it does. This includes breathing, sending signals from the brain, and circulating blood[4].

- Weight depends on how much a person eats and drinks combined with physical activity. Metabolism does help decide how much energy a body needs[4].

Overview:

Overall, maintaining a healthy weight and metabolism requires a combination of healthy eating, physical activity, and lifestyle modifications. Slow and steady weight loss is more effective than crash dieting, and maintaining a healthy weight is a lifelong commitment. Exercise is important for regulating optimal metabolism, and metabolism is the process by which the body changes food and drink into energy.

Citations:

• [1] National Library of Medicine: Weight Management: State of the Science and Opportunities for Military Programs.

• [2] National Library of Medicine: Metabolic Consequences of Weight Reduction.

• [3] Better Health Channel: Weight loss - a healthy approach. 

• [4] Mayo Clinic: Metabolism and weight loss: How you burn calories.

• [5] CDC: Healthy Weight, Nutrition, and Physical Activity.