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Is long distance running harmful for women?
I was considering taking part in marathon, but recently I came across this article. To summarize, the author claims that long distance running, and actually any cardio done for hours at or above 65 ...
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According to whom breakfast is healthy? [closed]
I've certainly been taught breakfast is the most important meal of the day because while you sleep it's the longest period of time the body goes without food. Someone told me today that there is no ...
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I want to know the exact formula to calculate metabolic age
I want to know the exact formula to calculate metabolic age. How do i get the average bmr of people in the chronological age group? Is here any link I could get regarding the calculation?
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Are there any advantages of being an ectomorph?
It can be on fitness, sports or just plain daily life.
Everything I hear and know about ectomorphs is:
They struggle to gain weight (be it fat or muscle) and they tend to lose the gains easily.
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Is fasting for two days dangerous? [closed]
I've always wanted to try a fast for 1 - 2 days (but with water!) for religious purposes, but I'm always scared it may result in a slowed metabolism or some sort of health problem.
Will a 2 day fast ...
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Metabolic Equivalancies
From what I've read, the MET for moderate intensity activities is between 3 and 6, walking 3 mph being 3.3 for example. It seems to me that this number must vary from person to person. Is there a ...
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Does it matter when during the day carb intake occurs?
I have heard from multiple sources that "no carbs in the evening" is supposed to be a good way of decreasing the fat buildup and facilitating weight loss. Now while I am aware that none of these ...
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Does exercise REALLY increase the basal metabolism rate for any significant length of time after the exercise is over?
I am new to this site, but have read several questions and answers here that are related to this question and have found different contradictory answers. Some say that the only effect is that a ...
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Is it true that the body gets used to diet and exercise after a while and stops responding?
I am currently reading a book called "The Body Sculpting Bible for Men" by James Villepigue and Hugo Rivera. In it the author claims that when you start dieting your body receives a shock from the ...
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Does aerobic exercise training change resting metabolism?
My question is basically whether aerobic exercise training makes one more effective at utilizing a greater proportion of FFAs (free fatty acids) as opposed to glucose under resting conditions. So this ...
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How Antioxidants affects Metabolism? [closed]
I'd like to know how antioxidants affects the metabolism and which ones are essential for metabolism processes.
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Why did I not gain weight when having 4000 calories a day?
I'm about 6ft high and weigh 175 pound, age 26.
For the last few years, I have lived a fairly sedentary lifestyle, easily consuming about 4000 calories per day.
What I would like to know is why if ...
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Is a drastic calorie reduction harmful?
For a long time I was consuming 4000 calories a day. This was between soda and various "junk foods". I was surprised to find my protein, carb and fat levels were pretty close to what they should have ...
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How to Increase height naturally? Are those ads gimmicks?
I'm 5'6, weigh 137, male and close to be 24 soon. I am not happy with my height. I love sports, basketball, soccer, and others.
Being this short have some influence on sport activities I ...
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Am I in “starvation mode”?
I am male, 48, 6'2" and 230 lbs. I workout 4 to 5 days per week, doing a wide variety of sports (running, cross training, TRX, skiing, lifting weights etc). I was assessed last year and my ...
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What is a safe juice or liquid fast?
For Lent I am doing a juice/liquid fast from sun up, to sun down. I can eat one meal at sun set, and snack before bed. The thing is I was told I could “brake” my metabolism so that after my fast I ...
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What should I be concerened about healthwise with a fast metabolism?
I seem to have a very fast metabolism, ever since I was a teenager.
For instance I easily consume 500 calories from non-diet sugar based soda a day and then may typically consumer anywhere from 1500 ...
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Eating more and still losing weight
I started regular exercising a few months back (after years of being not so active). I have now been regularly spending 1h on the treadmill every other day and started losing weight. I am of course ...
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What does it mean to “boost your metabolism”?
I hear this term quite a lot - "if you exercise it will boost your metabolism". The implication generally being that if you do some exercise not only will the exercise burn some calories, but you will ...
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is the so called “afterburn workout” good for someone with overweight
I weight 242 lbs (110kg) with 5' 9" (182cm). I want to lose weight.
My workout the last month was to walk an hour every other day.
Right now walk doesn't make me feel tired, so I run. But I can only ...
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Advice for improving metabolism burn: how do we keep it in high gear?
According to Mayo Clinic about 60% - 75% of the calories burned are non-exercise related. It seems each person's metabolism adjusts to ensure proper support of the body with the focus on efficient ...
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Good fitness strategies for an ectomorph
I've recently joined a local gym to try and supplement my martial arts training, and as a result I have been getting a lot more exercise recently (I'm still in the over-enthusiastic early phase where ...
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Does food temperature affect absorption time and efficieny?
If I consume equal amounts of (say) mango, one in frozen chunks, the other at room temperature, will I digest them at different speeds? That is, will they have a different impact on my blood sugar ...
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Could cyclic eating help us to keep our metabolism up?
Insulin oscillations with period of 3 - 6 minutes are believed to
be important for insulin sensitivity by preventing downregulation of
insulin receptors.
Reading this I was wondering, if the ...
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How does one train for sports when the three metabolic pathways interact?
As I understand it, there are three mechanisms by which ATP is replenished:
For intense 10-12 second efforts, ADP is directly converted back to ATP using creatine phosphate
For efforts up to ...
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How to maximize mitochondrial biogenesis?
The question says it all: How can I increase the mitochondrial biogenesis? (The creation of new mitochondria)
All sources I found say, that it is increased if there's enough demand. So what kind of ...
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transitioning into and out of ketosis
About eight years ago, I lost a significant amount of weight using Dr Atkins' ketogenic diet; unfortunately, I gradually let my food intake slide afterwards. I since gained some weight back, but I'm ...
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What is the best way to bring one's metabolism out of starvation mode following a diet?
A friend of mine has obviously brought her metabolism into starvation mode by performing strict low-calorie diets (without any exercise) for over ten years. This has resulted in a yo-yo effect where ...
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How does our body dispose of excess calories (physiologically speaking)?
My question is whether all the excess energy that is left every day always go to fat, or can it be wasted or disposed of somehow? (for example by not digesting everything to 100 percent?)
Now, I am ...
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How long should I wait to exercise after eating?
How long after eating should I wait to exercise, or does it not matter? I am mainly talking about cardio, not weightlifting. I am trying to lose weight, not gain it, and in large amounts.
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Naturally increasing my Metabolism
I see all kinds of commercials on the TV about how to lose X amount of weight in Y amount of time, and how this old guy looks surprisingly like this younger guy, even though he's not supposed to. My ...
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Does working a diverse set of muscles increase metabolism?
By supplementing my running with working additional muscle groups, can I increase my metabolism? I'm thinking of doing about 30 situps 30 pushups before running and gradually building up. I might add ...
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How long should I wait with eating after an exercise?
I hear sometimes that after running you should wait with eating for 30 or 40 minutes (may be the metabolism is still in fat burning mode?).
What is the reason for this advice? How long exactly should ...
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Keeping my metabolism high
I am looking for some diatary ways to keep my metabolism high, especially between meals.
What kinds of foods or supliments can help keep your body processing long after you've consumed them?
Ideally ...
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Is it true that you can eat anything you want within 15 minutes of working out without putting on weight?
A friend of mine told me that you can pretty much eat whatever you want within about 15 minutes of a big exercise session without putting on weight. I can't really understand the science behind this. ...
