The Power of Metabolism - The Metabolism

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Chapter: A Giant Problem

Metabolism - What is metabolism really all about?

A lot of people complain about having a slow metabolism but really, what is metabolism?

Dictionary definitions of the word metabolism can be quite technical or complex. I offer readers the following basic definition of metabolism that I find easy to understand:

Metabolism: the sum of all the movements, actions and changes that occur in the body to convert food and nutrients into energy for survival.

There are many processes, movements, actions and changes that the human body performs in order to survive: digestion, absorption, respiration, immune system (defense), circulation, elimination, etc. Each of these processes has one thing in common: movement. Movement always involves the use of energy. Without energy there is no movement. Matter, all matter, is composed of energy in motion. Although we cannot see with the naked eye the atoms that make up matter as they move in their constant orbits, it is still true that all matter is composed of atoms that are in motion.

The human body is composed of matter. These are components such as water, fat, proteins,carbohydrates and minerals. All these matters are animated by the life in us but in turn respond to the laws of physics and atoms. Living organisms, in order to survive, must be able to have movement. But the movement must be an orderly movement and at a suitable rhythm . Example: if our heart goes at too slow a rate it would be almost as severe a risk as if it goes at too fast a rate . To survive, the human body needs to have movement but this movement must be at an adequate rate , neither too slow nor too fast.

Metabolism is the sum total of all the movements that the body executes in order to exist as a body. When we say that we have a slow metabolism we are actually saying that the body's movement is not occurring at the optimal rate .

There are health, nutrition and lifestyle factors that slow down the rate of movement of the body's processes. There are also other factors that speed up, accelerate and contribute to increase the rate of movement of body processes.

People associate the so-called slow metabolism with a strong difficulty in losing weight. However, having a slow metabolism is something that can become really dangerous. This is because when the metabolism is too slow all the processes of the body are also slow and this can be reflected in constipation, accumulation of toxins, poor circulation, many infections, poor digestion, overweight and obesity, among others.

The Power of Metabolism is about how to recognize these factors and how to use the knowledge to improve our metabolism and with it our health.