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cipotli asked in HealthDiet & Fitness · 1 decade ago

who knows metabolisam please answer?

what causes a 80 years person to eat more really

double the amount of any food items. suppose if that person eats 2 bread slices now eating 4 slices

for about a month.

is cells multiplying more vigourously or is this symptom of any disease.

Update:

i too want to know what causes a 80 year old person to eat more really more suddenly

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    What is metabolism? Your body needs energy to function. Simple concept, right? Actually, metabolism is the sum of thousands of not-so-simple chemical reactions our bodies undergo to convert the foods we eat into energy. It’s a necessary (and constant) process our bodies undergo for survival.

    How metabolism effects weight loss. The most basic way we can look at this process is as something that influences how we gain or lose weight. That’s where calories fit in. A calorie is a unit of energy that a particular food provides to the body. Our basic metabolic rate is a measure of how our body burns calories while at rest. The number of calories we burn while doing nothing is the direct result of the calories we take in during meals and push out from exercise. The more we do of this “in and out”, the better the body becomes at burning calories.

    The keys to revving your metabolic engine. The key lies in the way we eat–what we eat, and how we eat it. We want to keep our metabolism revved, like a fine-tuned car engine. We often refer to someone thin as having a “high” metabolism, but I prefer to use the word “efficient”.

    Our goal should be to make our metabolism as efficient as possible. So, how do you create this efficiency? While factors such as heredity and amount of exercise affect it, we can take certain actions solely through our diets to increase our metabolic rate and help us burn calories–and fat–more efficiently. For example, the body has to work harder to break down nutritionally-dense foods such as fiber and protein to convert their nutrients into the energy we need. That uses more energy and burns more calories and fat. And by losing fat, our natural metabolic rate rises, which, in turn, burns fat more efficiently.

    By eating the right types of foods, or by simply adding certain foods to your existing diet, you can rev your metabolism with little effort. By integrating even some of the 50 Simple Secrets into your life, you’ll be on your way to boosting your metabolism and burning fat.

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    5 years ago

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